Rowan Quinn
Entire towns to get Covid-19 vaccinations at once
More details are emerging of people in small towns getting Covid-19 vaccinations more quickly than originally planned under the government's priorities list.
Whanganui DHB says it plans to offer jabs… Audio
New cervical screening test will save lives, but won't fix everything - Māori health workers
Health workers at the frontline of fighting terrible rates of cervical cancer among Māori say a new, easier test, will save lives but isn't a one-stop fix.
The government will introduce a type of… Audio
Covid-19: GPs inundated by over 65s wanting vaccination
Doctors are being inundated by over 65s who thought they could get their vaccine from this week - but can't.
The government's roll out plan says over 65s who don't fall into earlier high risk groups… Audio
Vax to the Max: Waipareira Trust opens Covid-19 vaccine centre
Antivaxxers are being warned not to sabotage the hard work of westies as Auckland's latest mass vaccination clinic opens.
Te Whānau o Waipareira is running the new clinic, in Henderson, for the… Audio
Covid-19 vaccination super clinic opening in West Auckland
A new Covid-19 vaccination super clinic is opening in West Auckland this morning.
The clinic is being opened by the Waitematā District Health Board and Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust.
The clinic was… Audio
Focus on Politics: DHBs on the Scrap Heap
Health Minister Andrew Little this week announced an extraordinary overhaul of the health system, scrapping all 20 DHBs and putting a new entity in their place. RNZ health correspondent Rowan Quinn… Audio
Govt unveils major health reforms
The government's unveiled a major reform of the health system, scrapping all 20 district health boards. They'll be replaced by a new, national body, Health NZ which will be responsible for running… Audio
Biggest shake up of health sector for decades - DHBs gone
In the most radical shake up of the health system in decades, the country's 20 District Health Boards are being scrapped. The Health Minister Andrew Little has announced details to health leaders in… Audio
Government reveals plans for health overhaul
Hundreds of people are at parliament this morning to hear the Health Minister Andrew Little announce major health reforms in response to last year's Health and Disability System Review.
Health… Audio
Health reforms to be announced on Wednesday
Major health reforms aimed at fixing a health system many say is broken and unfair are set to be announced at 8am on Wednesday.
The Health and Disability System Review last year recommended a huge… Audio
Health overhaul: What's on charity surgeon's wishlist
Hundreds of people who work in health care are gathered at parliament on Wednesday to hear details of the biggest restructure of the health system in decades.
Health Minister Andrew… Audio
Major overhaul of health system announced today
A major overhaul of the health system is due to be unveilled this morning after a Health and Disability System Review recommended a raft of changes. Joining us now from Wellington to tell us what's… Audio
The rocky road to herd immunity
Trans-Tasman quarantine-free flights are back on - as New Zealand's vaccination rollout's been described as shambolic, and Australia's as a failure. Audio
The rocky road to herd immunity
Trans-Tasman quarantine-free flights are back on - as New Zealand's vaccination rollout's been described as shambolic, and Australia's as a failure.
AudioMass vaccination clinic opening in Auckland today
A new mass vaccination clinic is opening in Auckland today. It comes as health officials in the city struggle to recruit enough people to deliver the injections. RNZ's health correspondent Rowan Quinn… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland has half as many vaccinators as it needs
Auckland only has half the number of vaccinators it needs for the Covid-19 roll out.
The city's DHBs say they're encountering frustrating roadblocks in getting enough people approved to do the… Audio
Counties Manukau DHB CEO wants more vax training for nurses
Auckland DHB say they need hundreds more vaccinators - and fast - if they're to have any hope of meeting their vaccination targets.
Counties Manukau DHB's chief executive Margie Apa, who is working… Audio
Covid-19 at MIQ: Arrivals from India stopped until end of April
Kiwis wanting to return home from India are being locked out until the end of the month.
From Sunday, no one who has been in India in the last 14 days will be allowed into the country as the… Audio
Concerns about complacency a year on from lockdown
Doctors and nurses who were preparing to face down Covid-19 as the lockdown hit, worry about complacency one year on.
It's a year this week since the country went into level four lockdown, as the… Audio
Covid-19: Rural doctors turning down vaccine due to time constraints
Some rural doctors and nurses are turning down their chance to get a Covid-19 jab because they can't take hours out of their busy day to get it.
Whangamata GP Fiona Bolden, who heads the rural GP… Audio