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- HDPA: Pandemic predictions are too gloomyOne of the big lessons that I’ve learnt during this pandemic – but especially this year – is that most of the pandemic predictions are too gloomy.Look at the GDP numbers out today; a contraction of 3.7% in the economy.Granted, that’s bad. That’s...3 min
- Rodney Jones: The border re-opening next month could be at riskPlans to begin re-opening our border from next month could be at risk.New Zealand citizens and residents in Australia are set to be able to travel here and isolate at home from January 17, skipping MIQ.Covid-19 modeller Rodney Jones told Heather...4 min
- Australian Correspondent: Murray Olds on NSW's record case numbersNew South Wales has recorded an all-time record of 1,742 Covid-19 cases today.The state's been warned it could see 25-thousand cases a day by the end of the month.International Correspondent Murray Olds told Heather du Plessis Allan it's been a...5 min
- Linda: Aucklander trying to get to Hawke's Bay phones in with an updateYou'll remember at the start of November Linda called in, she was trying to cross the border, desperate to see her daughter who had two major surgeries with major complications.She and her husband were fully vaccinated, both had negative covid tests...10 min
- Mike Yardley: Is the Government prepared to let tourism wither and die?A leading light in our international tourism industry remarked to me the other day, Mike, our industry has officially sunk into a state of depression. I alluded to this yesterday, with the Air New Zealand chief.Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has sunk...2 min
- Tim Dower: Why I'm feeling more hopeI come to the programme this morning with a feeling of hope after seeing something yesterday that I haven't seen in well over a year.Backpackers.A group of four of them, in their 20s, walking the Te Araroa trail together.All three thousand...3 min
- Andrew Little: Health Minister asks for patience when it comes to hospital fundingThe Health Minister is pleading for patience when it comes to hospital funding.Hospitals will receive more than half a billion dollars in extra funding from the Government.This will add 75 standard inpatient beds and convert 355 beds into...4 min
- Dr Jeremy Webber: Rural Health Clinical Director says they are still calling out for more reasourcesA health expert says rural hospitals have been left off Andrew Little's Christmas list.The Government is giving hospitals more than half a billion dollars for upgrades and to help them support more Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients.The Rural GP...5 min
- Nick James: Newstalk ZB reporter at Wellington Airport as Aucklanders touch down once moreThe borders are open and the first passengers arrived at Wellington Airport this morning. Newstalk ZB reporter Nick James was there as flights touched down and told Nick Mill about some of the emotional reunions.LISTEN ABOVE4 min
- Greg Foran: Air New Zealand CEO says he expects it to be a bumper summer for the airlineAir New Zealand is expecting a bumper summer.The airline says 12 thousand people will travel in and out of Auckland on its flights today, with the city's borders now open.Chief executive Greg Foran says they're operating nearly a third higher than...7 min
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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.