Jacinda Ardern

Covid-19 has dominated question time this week in the first of two unexpected extra weeks of Parliament. Audio

The government has unveiled a high profile team of trouble shooters to help protect the country's border.

It is scaling back the use of private security guards at managed isolation facilities, opting… Audio

Air New Zealand staff say there are a multitude of loopholes in the airline's border controls - and Covid-19 testing and isolation requirements need urgent attention.

The Health Minister today met… Video, Audio

It's a mystery baffling our health experts: How did a Rydges hotel maintenance man contract a strain of Covid-19 from a hotel guest he apparently never came into contact with?

Yesterday the Ministry… Video, Audio

A small group of MPs have returned to the capital for a stripped back version of Parliament - with the government's Covid response, in particular the country's border at the top of the agenda.

It was… Audio

Parliament is back and the MPs are already knee-deep in Covid. We outline the plan for the unexpected reprise of Parliament. 

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she thought testing was taking place for all border workers, asymptomatic or not, before Auckland's latest Covid-19 outbreak, but it was not.

"Our view was that… Audio

MPs will return to the Capital today - for three weeks at Parliament no one expected.

The 2020 general election has been pushed back four weeks to 17 October, which means politicians will reconvene… Audio

Despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the Auckland community, it appears not everyone is onboard with the latest lockdown measures, which came into force at lunchtime yesterday.

Residents could also… Video, Audio

There is now officially a cluster of community transmission in New Zealand, with 13 new cases confirmed today.

They are all close contacts of the four cases identified on Tuesday, and all are in… Video, Audio

The shock Covid-19 lockdown has seen election season screech to a halt and may yet derail voting day altogether.

Parliament was due to terminate today, marking the official end of term and the start… Audio

Auckland's testing centres were inundated today as thousands of people lined up for Covid-19 tests.

Even the early birds who showed up as sites opened couldn't escape the queues that saw hundreds of… Audio

The recovery of the Pike River Mine's entry tunnel has been halted, after the discovery of a carcinogenic residue. It has been found on the walls, the roof and mining equipment and could even be on… Audio

National is promising to get tough on gangs and youth offenders, as it hit the campaign trail in earnest today.

Leader Judith Collins announced their law and order policy in Taupō today.

She has… Audio

New Zealand's prime minister says a travel bubble with the Cook Islands could be open by the end of the year, but there's some disappointment in the Cook Islands at how long it's taking. Audio

Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern isn't planning on doing a deal with the Green Party in the Auckland Central electorate.

High-profile Green MP Chloe Swarbrick is running to win in the seat and the… Audio

Jacinda Ardern says it's impossible not to define the upcoming election as the "Covid election" with all parties focused on the best way to get New Zealand through - jobs, the economy and welfare… Audio

Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman offer their thoughts on the past week's news from Aotearoa and abroad. They're looking at Covid-19-related matters and the launch of the… Audio