Covid: it's clear now that the Government's lost the room and the signs are that even Ministers, yes even government ministers now realise it.

Jacinda Ardern was asked the other day about the sky-rocketing case numbers, more people dying, and yet...

Te Tai Tokerau's Principal's Association is having to tell schools to not reduce staff levels, despite a drop in attendance numbers, saying that the kids will return to the classroom.

Pat Newman, president of Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association,...

David Seymour's argument is you need the Royal Commission into Covid despite the fact it will cost tens of millions of dollars.

It will cost tens of millions to save tens of billions, he tells us. But you know what? I don’t think it will.

What I have...

The Health Minister says he isn't ignoring the concerns of health staff.

A letter sent to the Prime Minister from more than 900 doctors says the workforce is at risk of catastrophic collapse.

Andrew Little says the Government has added five and a half...

So if the rumours are true, I personally don’t think they are, today we go into a red light.

I first heard this rumour last Friday. A worried retailer told my husband he’d heard from ‘someone very reliable’ (isn’t it always?) that Monday was going to...

A reminder of just how close to the surface the carnage of our Covid response is.

I am standing Friday in a retail outlet, when the owner comes to me and says look what I have just received. It's a text from his friend who is inside the government and...

Businesses are being pushed to the brink as staff sickness upsets workplace rosters.

Flu season is in full swing, combining with a spike in Covid-19 case numbers and hospitalisations.

Global modelling suggests up to 45 percent of new Covid cases could...

Our Covid numbers are going back up and the experts are warning of a second wave.

Employers are being told to brace for another round of long periods of workers off with sick leave.

But with that come responsibilities for an employer, especially...

Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities, while tight restrictions remain in place in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese cities....

John MacDonald spoke to Labour's Megan Woods and National's Gerry Brownlee about the big topics of the week on Newstalk ZB Canterbury Mornings.

MacDonald asked them what they felt the biggest issue facing Canterbury was in their opinion, whether the...