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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
FAQs about Covid Watch:How many episodes does Covid Watch have?The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.
April 12, 2022Louis Houlbrooke: We need to ensure tourists cover their costsWhy should New Zealanders have to pay for the healthcare of tourists? The debate's re-emerged today that instead of tourists coming under ACC, why not make travel insurance compulsory for all tourists instead? The borders open up to Australians......more4minPlay
April 10, 2022Kate Hawkesby: Keeping us in Red over Easter would be political suicideSo as we slide towards the Easter break this week there will be many in tourism and hospo keeping their fingers and toes crossed that this week sees the long-awaited move to the Orange Traffic Light.Remember at the last announcement of a possible......more4minPlay
April 09, 2022The Panel: Covid-19, hot cross buns and Will SmithWill Smith has been given a 10-year ban from the Oscars and Netflix has shelved plans for an upcoming project he was attached to. Are we going too far or is this justified? There has been a new division created by Covid-19; those who have had it and......more11minPlay
April 08, 2022Jack Tame: How the hell haven't I caught Covid?The creeping pink line still fills me with dread.Every time I watch it, the viscous juice from the depths of my nasal cavity soaking up the paper, I feel a little panic as it passes the ‘T’.Is that a line? Even just a faint one? I’ll catch my......more4minPlay
April 08, 2022Peter Lewis: Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdownResidents of Shanghai are struggling to get meat, rice and other food supplies under anti-coronavirus controls that confine most of its 25 million people in their homes, fueling frustration as the government tries to contain a spreading outbreak.......more7minPlay
April 08, 2022Richie Poulton: Dunedin Study director on new research linking Covid vaccine hesistancy with childhoodResearchers in the Dunedin Study say we need to take into account the childhoods of those opposed to the vaccine.This world-famous study found that 13 per cent of their group were resistant to the Covid vaccination.When they dug down deeper, the......more6minPlay
April 05, 2022John MacDonald: We're too selfish to be bothered fixing our hospital systemHow many times have you heard someone say something like ‘if there weren’t people involved, it would all work perfectly’?We’ve probably all said it at some point, haven’t we? Because people aren’t machines or computers. You can’t programme people to......more6minPlay
April 04, 2022Kerre Woodham: Health system under strain, does that mean Red forever?When I checked the ZB website yesterday afternoon to check where we were with the level changes, I didn't feel anything at all when I saw we were going to be staying at red.I think I'm just desensitized to it all now, but then I'm not somebody whose......more6minPlay
April 04, 2022Mike's Minute: Govt has learned no Covid lessonsWhat on earth were you thinking? Shame on you. Orange? A sense of normality? What's the matter with you?Oh, how ironic when I raised on the programme yesterday the idea that masks would be with us for the rest of the year, many of you thought I was......more2minPlay
April 04, 2022Huw Beynon: NBL general manager says they are optimistic they will fill the bleachers for their domestic seasonBasketball New Zealand is optimistic they will fill the bleachers for their domestic season.Indoor sports were dealt a further blow yesterday with the government opting to maintain crowd restrictions at 200 people under the red traffic light system.......more4minPlay
FAQs about Covid Watch:How many episodes does Covid Watch have?The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.