Covid 19
Our Changing World: Professor Jemma Geoghegan on communicating science
Claire Concannon sits down with Professor Jemma Geoghegan, winner of the Prime Minister's Te Puiaki Whakapā Pūtaiao Science Communication Prize, to chat about Covid-19, bird flu and her virology lab.
…Winners of 2024 Prime Minister's Science Prizes announced
From helpful plant-fungus combos, to studying anxiety - the latest Prime Minister's Science Prizes have been awarded.
Feature interview: how the pandemic changed education
It happened without warning and preparation. Students around the world became lab rats for the world's largest experiment in online and distance learning when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to… Audio
Last minute call for people to share pandemic experiences
Public submissions for the Covid 19 Inquiry close at midnight on Sunday.
How three Chinese families survived NZ's Covid lockdowns
Five years on, three families in very different set of circumstances consider how the country's lockdowns shaped their lives.
Five years on from its first Covid lockdown, NZ faces hard economic choices
Analysis - Five years after New Zealand's first Covid-19 lockdown, it is clear there will be no going back to the pre-pandemic "normal".
Another pandemic could arrive any time, but our readiness is a mixed bag
The next pandemic could arrive at any time, but the government has ignored a Royal Commission of Inquiry report that could help it prepare.
Five years after the first big lockdown, is NZ ready for the next pandemic
The next pandemic could arrive at any time, but the government has ignored a Royal Commission of Inquiry report that could help it prepare Audio
The lessons from Covid we haven't learnt
Hospital-acquired infections are a billion-dollar burden and cause more disability than road crashes. Why aren't we doing more to prevent them?
Five years on: where are the animals now? Dr Laura Jean McKay
Dr Laura Jean McKay is the first New Zealand-based author to win one of the world's top science fiction prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, for her novel The Animals in That Country. Audio
Catching Covid in hospitals
Experts are worried that lessons learnt during the Covid pandemic are being ignored and too many people are getting sick and dying after catching the virus in healthcare settings. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 28 February 2025
On today's episode, five-years-ago today, New Zealand recorded its first Covid-19 case, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, will land in South Korea tonight for the final leg of his trip to… Audio
How the first days of the pandemic went
Five years to the day, New Zealand declared its first case of Covid-19. Here's what happened next.
Five years of Covid: What have we learnt?
We ask New Zealanders, including Sir Ashley Bloomfield, about when they found out, and what's changed since. Audio
Five years ago, NZ has first Covid-19 case
Today marks five years since the country's first case of covid 19 - Mahvash Ikram took a look back Audio
Tourism in North Pacific still below pre-Covid levels
Tourism in the North Pacific is still very far off from recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. Caleb Fotheringham reports. Audio
CIA now says Covid-19 'more likely' to have come from lab
The CIA says it has "low confidence" in its assessment that a "research-related origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is more likely".
Five years on, WHO urges China to share Covid origins data
The World Health Organization has implored China to share data and access to help understand how Covid-19 began.
Covid-19: 1719 new cases, seven deaths
Covid-19 cases rose slightly again last week, with just over 1700 new cases reported in the week to Sunday.
Is New Zealand 'one of the worst countries' when it comes to long Covid?
Patients feel gaslit by their doctors, and there is little - if any - research being funded, critics say. Audio
