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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The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.

Covid Watch episodes:

January 31, 2022 Vincent McAviney: Boris Johnson apologises as Sue Gray report slams lockdown parties
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised after an inquiry found that Downing St parties while Britain was in lockdown represented a "serious failure" to observe the standards expected of government or to heed the sacrifices made by millions...
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3min
January 31, 2022 Grant Robertson: The emergency spots were created for situations like this
Grant Robertson insists there are MIQ spots for those who urgently need it.
Pregnant Afghanistan-based Kiwi reporter Charlotte Bellis has been unable to secure MIQ.
The Government's encouraged her to bring forward her travel plans, to make her...
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9min
January 31, 2022 Heather du Plessis-Allan: I'm embarrassed by the Charlotte Bellis situation
I'm embarrassed by this Charlotte Bellis situation.
It's got the attention of the world.
it’s all over the UK papers, the Australian papers, Asian papers, newswires like Reuters.
I got a text on Saturday from an Australian contact saying he was...
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4min
January 31, 2022 Tudor Clee: There is no reason for Bellis to lie to the government
Charlotte Bellis' lawyer argues she shouldn't have to reapply for MIQ.
The pregnant Afghanistan-based Kiwi reporter has been unable to secure an MIQ spot.
MIQ officials say she wasn't eligible for the dates she provided, but could apply to come in...
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6min
January 31, 2022 Erica Stanford: Too many women are in the same position as Bellis
National says too many women have been in the same situation as Charlotte Bellis.
The pregnant New Zealand journalist is seeking asylum in Afghanistan – after a failed emergency MIQ bid had her turn to the Taliban for help.
National MP Erica...
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5min
January 30, 2022 Kerre McIvor: Charlotte Bellis is another example of the tragedy of MIQ
Yet again, the cruel and unnatural Hunger Games-style MIQ lottery has been in the spotlight. This time because a high profile journalist has been denied permission to return home so she can have her baby.
Christchurch native and former journalist at...
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4min
January 30, 2022 Erica Stanford: National MP on Charlotte Bellis' attempt to return to New Zealand
There are renewed calls for pregnant New Zealanders overseas to be given MIQ spots.
These calls come amid New Zealand-born journalist Charlotte Bellis’ attempts to come back to New Zealand from Afghanistan for her child’s birth.
National MP Erica...
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6min
January 30, 2022 Jono Hendricks: Auckland school principal says a hesitancy to bring kids back to school will become a truancy issue
Schools are facing hesitancy from parents, about sending their children back from the start of Term One.
Students at most schools will return today and tomorrow.
Under the Red Traffic Light restrictions, teachers and students Year Four and above must...
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5min
January 30, 2022 Debbie Sorensen: Pasifika Futures chief executive says Government needs to talk less and do more to improve home isolation
The Government is being urged to talk less and do more to improve home isolation.
Under the current framework, introduced following two deaths in home isolation last year, a person should be contacted by a healthcare provider within 24 hours of...
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5min
January 30, 2022 Liam Rutherford: NZEI President says it's unclear what school will look like when more people are close contacts
Anxiety about Omicron as schools prepare to welcome back students for the start of Term One.
Most students are returning this week under the Red Traffic Light setting.
Teachers and students in years four and up will need to wear masks indoors, and...
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5min

FAQs about Covid Watch:

How many episodes does Covid Watch have?

The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.