Ayesha Verrall

Seniors living in retirement villages and rest homes are feeling nervous about an anticipated spike in visitors under the new traffic light system.

Among the first to get the Pfizer vaccine, they now… Audio

When MPs begin their careers most outline hopeful future achievements. Some very hopeful. Few get to start polishing them off inside a year. Video, Audio

RNZ podcast 'The Unthinkable' has taken out gold at the prestigious New York Festivals Radio Awards at the same time the government promises to do more for families who lose a baby. Audio

Parliament is recruiting for a 2022 youth version of itself. Phil Smith chats with former Youth MPs, now actual MPs Ayesha Verrall and Tangi Utikere about they 1997 Youth parliament experience. Video, Audio

The Government is bowing to pressure from business leaders who want fast acting Covid-19 tests available in workplaces.

A coalition of 25 firms contacted the Government on Tuesday, pleading for… Audio

The Associate Minister of Health is not aware of any recovered cases from the delta outbreak having travelled to Bay of Plenty.

Covid-19 was detected in a wastewater sample collected last Thursday in… Audio

Regarding the truck driver who tested positive for Covid-19, Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall told Checkpoint if there are any locations of interest to come from the truck driver's travel… Video, Audio

New Zealand has dodged fears it would have to slow down its vaccination campaign with the government close to securing a deal boosting its supply of Pfizer doses.

After a slow start, the immunisation… Video, Audio

An investigation is underway after a Covid-19 positive man escaped from an Auckland MIQ facility and travelled more than 12km.

There 49 new Delta cases in the community today, bringing the cluster… Audio

Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says it is unacceptable pacific people were asked to present their passports when arriving for Covid-19 vaccine appointments.

The Bay of Plenty DHB has… Audio

Auckland health authorities are urgently recruiting more contact tracers as the system hits capacity just five days into the outbreak.

The tracers are vital to the Covid-19 response because they get… Audio

A 22nd case of Covid-19 in the community has been confirmed overnight.

That person is a young man who is receiving treatment in Waitakere Hospital. In the past few days, he had visited North Shore… Audio

We look at the first outing of the conversion therapy ban bill, and whether MPs could need therapy for first reading  confusion. Audio

The acting Covid-19 Response Minister has conceded it was a political decision to let the Australian men's rugby team come to New Zealand despite the trans-Tasman bubble pause. 

The Wallabies have… Video, Audio

A bill on water fluoridation decisions has passed its second reading at Parliament - more than four years after it was first introduced. Audio

A new team of experts has been set up to advise the government on critical Covid-19 decisions as the country moves into the next phase of the pandemic response.

These include how many people should… Audio