Vaccines
Covid-19 vaccine certificate required wherever there's a crowd
It's the ticket to that summer festival, big bar or maybe even a wedding - the proof of vaccine you may need this summer. A pass to party. All it will cost you is two doses of the Pfizer vaccine… Audio
A roadmap out of lockdown
Cabinet will review Covid levels today, but the Prime Minister is already framing today's announcement more as a "roadmap" forward, after vaccination rates fell 87,000 short of a 90 percent goal for… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Lavina Good and Chris Finlayson
This weekend Lavina Good and Chris Finlayson join Jim to discuss the New Zealanders trapped aboard as the MIQ booking system continues to thwart Kiwis trying to get home, vaccine passports - the… Audio
Covid-19 vaccine rollout leader pushes for more Māori, Pasifika vaccinated
Auckland has cracked a vaccination milestone; 81 percent of the eligible population's had one dose of Pfizer.
There is a push this weekend to get more vaccinated. The carrot is a possible alert level… Video, Audio
Encouraging friends and family to get vaccinated
Kira Mance Freire has embarked on a fun way to encourage her friends and family to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Audio
Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua
There is 2 days of lockdown for mass Covid vaccinations in Samoa, as Pasifika community vaccination events are underway in South Auckland and Wellington, and in Fiji and New Caledodna 15-17 year olds… Audio
Whānau need to step up for Covid-19 vaccination - Willie Jackson
The vaccination rate for Māori is far behind that of the general population.
Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson says it is disappointing, but he believes things are improving.
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My Current Song: Hello Hello by The Eyes Open (ft Aly Cook)
Kiwi country singer Aly Cook has strong ties to the Aussie music scene, so it's perhaps no surprise that she's working as part of a New Zealand and Australian music collective. The Eyes Open's new… Audio
Prof Kim Mulholland: are vaccine passports worthwhile?
Vaccine passports that prove a person's Covid-19 immunisation status are expected to be available from December for New Zealanders who want to travel abroad. Professor Kim Mulholland is a… Audio
Auckland Covid-19 vaccinations carry on as new supply lands
It was full steam ahead at mass vaccination clinics in Auckland today with thousands of doses delivered across the city.
And vaccine stocks are getting replenished, with an 250,000 extra Pfizer jabs… Audio
Latest Covid-19 details from government
The government's Covid-19 spokesperson on Friday is Aupito William Sio.
He talks to Lisa Owen about the latest details regarding new cases, testing, vaccinations and MIQ.
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Flags and music at Tongan community vaccination event
What better way to mark Tongan language week than a mass vaccination event set-up by the Tongan community, for the Tongan community.
Flags and music burst out of the drive-through pop-up site at the… Audio
Faafoi defends Shaw's planned Glasgow trip, talks MIQ booking details
The goodwill of other countries will mean New Zealand's vaccine stocks will not run short while we wait for the big promised deliveries from Pfizer next month.
The Delta outbreak saw vaccination… Video, Audio
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Siouxsie joins Lynn to talk about a new study that's good news for 'highly allergic' people who are worried about getting vaccinated against Covid 19, and answers listeners questions about the… Audio
Covid-19 Minister details alert level changes, vaccine supply
All of New Zealand except Auckland will move to Covid-19 alert level 2 at 11:59pm on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister has announced two major changes to the level 2 rules.
Jacinda Ardern says face… Video, Audio
The next major pandemic will hit by 2080 at the latest
A global pandemic comparable to the Covid-19 crisis we are currently enduring is likely to strike by 2080 -- but probably far sooner, according to newly published analysis. The study (Intensity and… Audio
Door to door Covid-19 vaccinations start in Far North
Vaccinators are going from whare to whare with Pfizer shots in the Far North to make sure nobody misses out.
The region's population has been identified as one of the most vulnerable to Covid-19… Audio
Covid-19: What life is like for those allergic to mRNA vaccine
As people flood into vaccine centres each day to get their shots, a small group are unable to get the Pfizer vaccine.
They're not conspiracy theorists, they're not anti-vaxxers, they just need an… Audio
Dr Richard Webby: 'We'll all catch Covid-19 eventually'
The Coronavirus is here forever. This is how we live with it. That was the rather foreboding headline from a recent article in The Atlantic which quoted a number of leading medical authorities… Audio
Covid-19: Pharmacist needs to offload flu vaccines
A pharmacy on the Coromandel Peninsula's calling on its community to get jabbed against the flu to make more space for Covid-19 vaccines in its freezers.
The Tairua-Pauanui Pharmacy, on the… Audio