Ben Strang

The government is changing tack to allow Covid-19 infected people to quarantine at home, as modelling suggests cases could overwhelm managed isolation spaces.

A worst case scenario model, based on 90… Audio

A worst case scenario model for the Covid-19 outbreak says there could be 5,200 cases per week in the Auckland and Northern region - and that's if 90 percent of people aged 12 and over are vaccinated.

The government is still figuring out what 'mandatory' will actually mean when vaccine certificates roll out next month.

Lawyers suggest the certificates could face a legal challenge for breaching a… Audio

The police hierarchy asked staff not to get vaccinated early in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, unless they did it through the police's chosen provider.

That's because the police were prioritising… Audio

The Ministry of Health doesn't recognise Covid vaccines a person has received overseas, and they can't be added to a vaccination record.

It's understood hundreds of people have been in contact with… Audio

There's been an almost 50 percent increase in injuries recorded as a result of firearms crime in Auckland City over the past year and a half, compared with the two years previous.

The rates of gun… Audio

There have been at least eight breaches of Covid-19 infection prevention protocols at quarantine facilities since the latest community outbreak began.

They include two quarantine staff members not… Audio

The number of positive delta cases in the community is also putting pressure on MIQ spaces.

The number of cases that now need to be accommodated in MIQ hotels has increased dramatically since the… Audio

Delta cases isolating at the Grand Mercure in Wellington are allowed to leave their rooms and use the hotel's "fresh air" area, which is an underground car park.

The joint head of managed isolation… Audio

There are fears MIQ workers at Wellington's quarantine facility are being put at unnecessary risk with Covid-19 cases allowed to exercise in an underground car park with no forced ventilation.

All of… Audio

There was no increase in cases in Wellington today - with the total standing at 14.

But the city will move to alert level 3 limits on Tuesday night.

Our reporter Ben Strang is in Courtenay Place and… Video, Audio

Almost 53 years ago, the Apollo 8 mission was the first manned space flight to leave low earth orbit, and reach the moon.

The mission was a precursor to the famous Apollo 11 moon mission which… Audio

The Transport Agency spent more than $180,000 advertising the Clean Car Discount during the first month of the policy.

The advertising paid for print and radio ads, as well as posters, flyers and… Audio

It is Tuesday afternoon and people are already flocking to supermarkets to stock up.

There have been queues forming outside several of them. Nick Truebridge is outside a Mt Eden supermarket.

And in… Video, Audio

A leading Māori doctor is hopeful that children as young as five years old can get a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of this year.

Dr Rawiri Jansen says about 30 percent of the Māori and Pacific… Audio

Gangs with guns; the fatal shooting of an officer in West Auckland; a changing attitude from front line police on firearms. Should we be arming our force?  Audio

People in the tourism and infrastructure industries are hoping more low risk travellers will soon be allowed into New Zealand.

The government says it's about to release some of the advice it's… Audio

The Police Commissioner says he will not be routinely arming his officers - despite a new survey showing three quarters of the force want to be armed.

It's a decision that solely rests with him, but… Audio

A survey has shown 73 percent of police officers want to be armed - the highest level in a decade The Police Association's biennial survey, which included about 6000 of its members - showed support is… Audio