Covid Watch

By Newstalk ZB

Covid Watch is the home of the latest Covid-19 news from New Zealand and around the world, with the conversations Newstalk ZB is having with all the newsmakers and experts to keep you informed.... more

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How many episodes does Covid Watch have?

The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.

Covid Watch episodes:

July 27, 2022 Dr. Ashley Bloomfield: Departing Director General of Health in his final interview with Mike Hosking Breakfast
Dr. Ashley Bloomfield is content with his handling of Covid-19.
He's finishing up as Director General of Health tomorrow, after leading New Zealand through its response to the pandemic.
In his final interview with Mike Hosking, Bloomfield says aspects...
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9min
July 25, 2022 Melanie Webber: Teachers' union says attendance numbers drop is not surprising
Less than half of students are regularly attending school.
The latest truancy data shows regular attendance in term one dropped to just 46 percent.
It's down on 72.8 percent in 2019 - pre Covid - and 50.5 percent in 2020.
Post Primary Teachers'...
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4min
July 25, 2022 Dr. Bryce Wilkinson: NZ Initiative Senior Fellow on claims worldwide inflation caused by central bank mistakes
Claims the outbreak of inflation in many economies is due to mistakes made by central banks.
It comes in the form of a new paper, co-authored by former governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Graeme Wheeler, and the New Zealand Initiative's Dr....
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5min
July 25, 2022 Alan McDonald: Business leaders want to end Covid-19 isolation rules for household contacts
Business leaders want an end to Covid-19 isolation rules for household contacts, to help ease staff shortages.
Instead, they want a test, pass, work protocol so people who aren't sick are able to carry on working.
The Employers and Manufacturers'...
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4min
July 25, 2022 Simon Britten: Truancy data shows just 46 percent of students attended school regularly in term one
The number of school students dropping completely off the radar has doubled over the pandemic.
Latest truancy data shows just 46 percent of students attended school regularly in term one, down from 65 percent in term four last year.
However, Te Ora...
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4min
July 25, 2022 Michael Barnett: Auckland Business Chamber CEO says isolation rules are causing issues for businesses
Isolation rules are causing long Covid for businesses, according to the Auckland Business Chamber.
The Chamber says hotels are closed, flights can't depart and there are no busses to get to the ski-fields with so many workers isolating as household...
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3min
July 24, 2022 Wendy Kofoed: Primary Principals Assn as teachers throw support behind new Covid-19 guidelines
As the school gates reopen for another term, teachers are throwing their support behind new Covid-19 guidelines.
The Ministry of Education has written to schools asking them to enforce mask wearing policies.
Auckland Primary Principals Association...
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4min
July 22, 2022 Wendy Kofoed: Primary school principal says parents are supportive of mask-wearing in schools in her experience
The Government has issued a strongly worded recommendation to schools to enforce mask-wearing for the first four weeks of Term 3.
But it's stopped short of making masks compulsory nationally, instead leaving it to each school to decide for itself....
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3min
July 21, 2022 Susan Houge Mackenzie: Co-author on study finding adventure sport participants coped better during lockdowns
Adventure tourism operators could benefit by emphasising the wellbeing benefits of outdoor activities.
During the 2020 lockdown, Otago University spoke to people who regularly do adventure sports, but weren’t able to.
It found they coped quite well,...
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4min
July 21, 2022 The Huddle: Taxpayers' Union vs LGNZ, overseas investors, mask use
The Taxpayers' Union claims they've been banned from the Local Government New Zealand Conference underway in Palmerston North.
The union says it was told late yesterday their registration has been revoked.
It's now about to get a bit harder to be an...
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9min

FAQs about Covid Watch:

How many episodes does Covid Watch have?

The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.