Shaun Hendy

Auckland University COVID-19 modeller Shaun Hendy joins the show to explain the latest Covid numbers ahead of Monday's 4pm alert levels announcement.  Audio

A Covid-19 modeller is warning the current outbreak is much larger than initially suspected and is significantly worse than what NZ experienced last year.

Professor Shaun Hendy provides advice to the… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that all of New Zealand will remain at alert level 4 until at least Tuesday midnight. Cabinet will meet on Monday to decide on the next move on the… Audio

The country is anxiously awaiting new information from health authorities about the number of emerging Covid-19 cases.

One of three new cases confirmed last night has no known link to the existing… Audio

At least 60 to 70 percent of the entire New Zealand population would need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to ensure the risks of any home self-isolation plans are managed. That's the advice… Audio

As Australia grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant, experts say it's unlikely the trans-Tasman bubble will reopen.

Travel is set resume next month following an eight-week hiatus - but a… Audio

No significant reopening of New Zealand's border will happen until early next year, and not before our vaccine programme has been rolled out. We remain in danger of a Covid-19 outbreak similar to New… Audio

Pressure is mounting on the Fijian government to impose a national lockdown amid the worsening Covid-19 crisis in the Pacific island nation. Audio

Yet more pressure is mounting on the Fijian government to impose a national lockdown amid the worsening Covid-19 crisis.

More than 16,000 people infected with the virus are in isolation - with a… Audio

A decision will be made today about whether the entire trans-Tasman travel-bubble will be closed.

Cabinet convened a special virtual meeting yesterday to discuss the pause, and its decision about… Audio

A new study from Te Puna Matatini suggests it is virtually impossible for New Zealand to achieve herd immunity only with vaccinations, against the Covid-19 Delta variant.

In a worst-case scenario… Video, Audio

Experts are urging Wellingtonians to take a cautious approach over the coming days, as the extent of Covid-19 spread is ascertained. Professor Shaun Hendy is a Covid-19 data modelling expert and the… Audio

Would it be more effective to vaccinate more socially mobile people before the elderly? A study by researchers at the University of Oslo, published today, says yes. Perlina Lau speaks to the director… Audio

The Australian state of Victoria is back in lockdown after a Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne.

It's forced NZ to close the bubble with the state and ask 5000 people who visited the city and travelled… Audio

A new lockdown in Melbourne is all but inevitable - after 11 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered overnight. That brings the cluster to 26 total cases. The only question for health officials in… Audio

There are some familiar names as well as some new faces among the winners of the 2020 Prime Minister's Science Prizes. Audio

Health officials are investigating whether there is an unknown person linking the three latest Covid-19 cases.

A third worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility in Auckland has now… Audio

The Prime Minister is set to announce a date for a trans-Tasman bubble between Australia and New Zealand. It will be a relief for those clamouring to cross the ditch, but comes with a warning… Audio