Just as the excitement was building for the first All Blacks test of the year - Covid has struck.

Ian Foster and his assistants John Plumtree and Scott McLeod are out of action with the virus.

Add to that midfielders David Havili and Jack Goodhue...

Covid had struck both the All Blacks and the Irish camps ahead of their first test this weekend.

So far, one Irish player, two All Blacks midfielders and three All Blacks coaches have had to isolate after testing positive.

As a result, former Ireland...

Joe Schmidt has been called in to help coach the All Blacks in their first test against Ireland at Eden Park on Saturday after a Covid outbreak in camp.

Schmidt was not due to start his selector/analyst role with the All Blacks until the Rugby...

You’ll be pleased to know you’re not about to hear another white middle-aged man pontificate about abortion.  

But I will talk about the effect of the ruling. 

That Christopher Luxon felt compelled to make a public statement on the future of this...

It’s so good to be back. I was a bit nervous about coming back because when you’ve been sick for three weeks unable to stay awake for long periods and feeling so crap, it’s hard to imagine how you’ll ever get up at 3am again. But as it turns out I was...

The Act Party wants to see vaccination mandates for health workers scrapped.

Hospitals are facing severe staff shortages just as the flu hits and overseas evidence suggests another Covid surge is likely.

Act leader David Seymour joined Early Edition....

MIQ.

You'll have heard calls from the Opposition for an apology to some of the New Zealanders who were locked out of the country at the height of the pandemic.

And especially pregnant women who couldn't get home to have their babies here.

Newstalk ZB...

Why are we still firing nurses over the Covid jab?

We have a shortage of 4000 nurses.

We have a report that a woman died in Middlemore emergency department of a brain bleed last Wednesday morning because there was an 8 hour wait to see a doctor.

We...

There are suggestions we may have seen an economic revival of sorts in the month of May.

Despite rising costs, the latest BNZ - Business NZ Performance of Services Index shows a surge in sales and new orders for the month of May.

The PSI rose 3 points...

Today on Newstalk ZB Canterbury Mornings, John MacDonald spoke to Labour's Tracey McLellan and National's Gerry Brownlee on Politics Friday.

They discussed today's big news that the Christchurch Santa Parade will now be an indoor event, with a $15...