Kim Hill

School principals are confident their staff will comply with the government's order to get vaccinated before 1 January.

They are also relieved Cabinet did not push ahead with plans to reopen… Audio

The woman who went into hiding after travelling around Northland with an individual who tested positive for Covid-19 has been found by police.

She was located at a west Auckland house and taken into… Audio

Everybody who wants to remain in the education sector, and who hasn't already, is in for a couple of short, sharp jabs before year's end.

The PPTA president Melanie Webber says the sector remains… Audio

Mandatory vaccinations have been introduced for health and education workers but there has been no change to alert levels in the latest government response to our Covid-19 outbreak.

The opposition… Audio

A huge fire at an oil facility in Lebanon has taken three hours to contain, and has been called a near catastrophe.

It follows the devastating blast in Beirut last year, which killed over 200 people.

The Waikato region had its first 24 hours without a new community case since it went into a snap lockdown last week.

There are currently 31 active cases in the community, with the highest number - 16… Audio

A Northland couple who were at a location of interest at the same time as a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 say the woman's actions are causing stress for the community.

The woman, who tested… Audio

A vegan oats recipe has made it to the Top of the Pots in the World Porridge Making Championships.

Food blogger Miriam Groot's "Oatmeal Arancini", deep fried balls of oaty risotto with mushrooms and… Audio

There's been some disagreement about Covid-19 case rates in Singapore.

Rod Jackson, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Auckland, spoke to Kim Hill. Audio

Across the Tasman, Sydneysiders are waking up to Freedom Day. Australia's largest city ended it's 108-day lockdown at the stroke of midnight.

But the state's premier Dominic Perrottet says the fight… Audio

The Silver Ferns have beaten the Aotearoa Men's team in the first of three matches.

The final score saw the Ferns win 58-47 at the game in Wellington last night.

Netball correspondent Bridget… Audio

Universities, polytechs and wananga have been given ten years to end the persistently lower pass rates for Māori and Pasifika students.

It's the third time in the past decade the Tertiary Education… Audio

The city state of Singapore is now opening itself up again to the outside world with fully vaccinated citizens now able to travel to many countries and many big public events are back on the social… Audio

The heightened anxiety from confirmation of a Covid-19 case in Te Tai Tokerau had residents turning up in droves to get tested and vaccinated over the weekend. 

The region is among the… Audio

With just one week of holidays left, the Secondary Principals' Association wants a plan on how Auckland schools are expected to open safely.

President Vaughan Couillault says a public health order… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern doesn't believe hospital intensive care units will be overwhelmed as Covid-19 case numbers rise.

In countries such as Singapore, where Governments have moved out of… Audio

Auckland's daily Covid-19 case numbers could reach triple figures by the end of the month.

There were 56 cases in the city yesterday, the highest since September the first, and the current situation… Audio

Iwi-led border control checkpoints went into full swing in Northland over the weekend - with local volunteers saying they'll do all they can to keep Delta out of the region.

Te Tai Tokerau plunged… Audio