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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.
December 12, 2021Megan Singleton: Travel blogger on how to add your My Vaccine Pass to your Air NZ appTravel blogger Megan Singleton joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss how to add your My Vaccine Pass to your Air NZ app.LISTEN ABOVE...more6minPlay
December 12, 2021Sunday Panel: Should Auckland move to the Orange setting?With Covid cases dropping in Auckland, there is cause for optimism for the city to move to the Orange setting of the Traffic Light System.Yesterday saw 63 new cases recorded, with 53 in Auckland.The Government will review the settings at Cabinet on......more11minPlay
December 11, 2021Francesca Rudkin: How a documentary has taken the edge off our Covid experience for meOn Friday I watched The First Wave on Disney+. It’s a National Geographic documentary that looks at the first four months of the Covid 19 outbreak in 2020 in New York City through the eyes of those on the front line, the hospital workers at Long......more4minPlay
December 10, 2021Dr Bryan Betty: The year of CovidOur resident doctor Bryan Betty chats to Jack Tame about the year of Covid and how successful we have been with the vaccination program. He also talks about why there's the issue with Māori vaccination rates, Covid in the community and the emergence......more6minPlay
December 10, 2021Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB Political Editor on police recruits at the Northland borderAbout 300 police officers are having to be pulled from around the country to man the Northland border.Now trainee police officers are being pulled in to help out at these checkpoints.They'll be sworn in as authorised officers under the law changes......more7minPlay
December 10, 2021Gavin Grey: Boris Johnson's press chief gave out joke awards at Christmas party breaking UK lockdown, reports sayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson's press chief gave out joke awards and made a thank you speech at a Downing Street party on December 18 last year while London was under strict lockdown, according to CNN affiliate ITV.Jack Doyle, who was......more5minPlay
December 09, 2021Mike Hosking: What's the Waitangi Tribunal's Covid inquiry going to achieve?The Waitangi Tribunal is meeting this week to hear a long line of complaints from Māori health providers over their inability to do their job when it's come to getting Māori vaccinated.The hearing has been called for under urgency. What it achieves I......more3minPlay
December 09, 2021Chris Roberts: Tourism Industry Aotearoa Chief Executive says tourism is caught between business and safetyA bit of both ways from the tourism sector. It wants New Zealanders travelling this summer while at the same time, keeping safety front of mind. Several organisations and businesses in Bay of Plenty's Ōpōtiki district are backing a call from the......more4minPlay
December 09, 2021Enda Brady: Omicron spreading quickly in UK; Time to work from home againBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tighter restrictions Wednesday to stem the spread of the omicron variant, urging people in England to again work from home and mandating COVID-19 passes for entrance into nightclubs and large events.......more5minPlay
December 09, 2021The Huddle: Smokefree 2025, Jonie Girouard, East Coast iwi checkpointsCanterbury doctor Jonie Girouard has been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons.A Newshub investigation revealed that she had been issuing fake vaccine exemption passes for the Pfizer vaccine.The Government launched the SmokeFree 2025......more11minPlay
FAQs about Covid Watch:How many episodes does Covid Watch have?The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.