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Hospitals are being told to consider putting off surgery for older or seriously overweight patients as they start to resume their normal work.

In a memo to DHBs, the Ministry of Health urges them to… Audio

A woman was contacted by the Ministry of Health's tracing team four and a half weeks after she came into contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case. 

She took a regional flight on 17 March and ten days… Audio

Dunedin and Invercargill hospitals would have been turning patients away from their intensive care units by the end of this month, if the worst case scenario for Covid-19 had played out.

Modeling… Audio

Waitematā DHB concedes it has had complaints about ill-fitting masks that are supposed to protect staff from Covid-19.

The DHB's launched an investigation into the use of PPE (personal protective… Video, Audio

A nurse at Waitematā DHB where three staff have contracted Covid-19 says "beggars belief" that personal protective equipment use failed.

But she says her DHB is ill-prepared and has shown… Audio

The Health Ministry has been consulting with the state spy agency, the GCSB, about how best to trace people as it works to get its Covid-19 systems up to speed.

A tech industry leader says it's… Audio

A top pandemic advisor to the Government says the data around contact tracing is still weak, just five days before the Government will decide whether to ease the lockdown.

Physics professor Shaun… Audio

More Government ministers will come under the scrutiny of Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee today where the Finance Minister will spell how just how badly Covid-19 has affected the economy.

As… Audio

Almost three weeks into lockdown and one of the country's major healthcare providers is still struggling to get even a week's worth of personal protection equipment from the 20 District Health Boards.

Police were out in force over the Easter weekend with 500 checkpoints set up around the country and thousands of motorists stopped.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster is on the line speaks to Corin… Audio

Rest homes are looking at buying their own Covid 19 testing kits after the Ministry of Health refused to test new admissions.

This comes as infections continue to show up among the country's most… Audio

A group of academics are calling on the government to get the country back to normal as soon as the lockdown ends, but other experts are saying normality could be months away.

The group, led by… Audio

A major healthcare provider is struggling to get personal protection equipment for their staff, with the ability to get the equipment differing from one District Health Board to another.

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Kylie Eastman and her family were visiting relatives in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh when it went into lockdown. They haven't been able to leave the house for three weeks, and are uncertain when… Audio

Dr. Bradley Garrett spent four years with people preparing for the end of the world while researching his new book, Bunker: Building for the End Times. He joins the show to discuss the experience and… Audio

Research NZ continues to take the pulse of the nation through the Covid-19 lockdown period. The latest survey shows that more people now fear they will lose their jobs, and more Kiwis think a 10pm… Audio

Technology commentator Paul Matthews looks at some of the privacy and security issues that have hit Zoom as its popularity during the Covid-19 crisis soars. Inland Revenue is most of the way through a… Audio

Holiday hotspots around the country will be on high alert this weekend for people coming to spend Easter at their holiday homes, despite the government and police saying its against the lockdown… Audio

The Government isn't ruling out tracking people's movements through their cellphones to help trace the spread of the coronavirus.

The UK, U.S, Russia and Singapore have all used app technology to map… Audio

The police are working to ensure the security and quality of tracking software being used during the nationwide lockdown.

Some people who have entered the country in the past fortnight have been sent… Audio