Mani Dunlop

A clean up will get underway in Tairawhiti today after the region was drenched by rain yesterday.

Three months of rain fell in 36 hours. Roads turned into lakes and there were widespread power… Audio

It's Niuean language week in Aotearoa, and the theme is 'May the Niuean people thrive' - Kia Tupuolaola e Moui he Tagata Niue . 

The Auckland War Memorial Museum hosted an online showcase to… Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government's new traffic light system may be rolled out in the South Island ahead of the rest of the country, if its DHBs reach the 90 percent vaccination… Audio

The government's reopening plan does not include a specific target for Māori vaccination rates.

The new system will come in when 90 percent of the entire eligible population in each District Health… Audio

The prime minister Jacinda Ardern this morning set out how the new traffic light system will work.

To discuss what the traffic light system will mean for Aucklanders - the city's mayor Phil Goff… Audio

The future of Covid-19 restrictions is about to change to a new traffic light system, so long as at least 90-percent of eligible New Zealanders get two doses of the vaccine.

Te Pūrongo o te… Audio

New Zealand, after Australia, is the second country to secure a Free Trade Deal with the UK, post Brexit.

British High Commissioner Laura Clarke spoke with Māni Dunlop. Audio

An Auckland budgeting services trust says something needs to change - and fast - to help families struggling to feed themselves as food, fuel and housing prices increase faster than income.

Mangere… Audio

A Pacific public health expert is warning it's absurd and unrealistic not to ensure all ethnicities reach vaccination milestones before opening up and easing restrictions.

94 community cases were… Audio

The National Party has laid out its so-called Back in Business plan to support businesses, reduce restrictions, and reopen the country.

It would let areas with 70 percent vaccination and no Covid-19… Audio

The government this morning announced plans to change the way managed isolation is co-ordinated for health workers, guaranteeing 300 spots a month for the health and disability sector.

Health… Audio

Three COVID-19 positive community cases escaped from an MIQ facility near Auckland Airport yesterday evening.

The first two men were caught by police around five minutes after they fled.

But the… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal says it is taking far too long to calculate how much compensation Māori health services should get to make up for years of underfunding.

It says the delay compounds the… Audio

Pasifika women might as well be working for free from now until the rest of the year, given the chasm that is the gender and ethnic pay gap.

Figures from the Council of Trade Unions show on average… Audio

Those vying for a house in the North Island are most at-risk in an economic downturn.

CoreLogic's Property Vulnerability figures released just moments ago show the areas most prone to changes in the… Audio

A worst case scenario model for the Covid-19 outbreak says there could be 5,200 cases per week in the Auckland and Northern region - and that's if 90 percent of people aged 12 and over are vaccinated.

The travel companion of a woman who travelled through Northland has also been confirmed as a positive Covid-19 case.

She was found by the police in West Auckland last night, and is in the process of… Audio

First there were vaccine clinics, then buses.

Now, Māori health providers in South Auckland are adding 44 vaccine campervans (campervaxxes?) to their covid-fighting fleet. 

Māni Dunlop talks to the… Audio

The National Iwi Chairs Pandemic Response Group wants everyone to stick to the travel restrictions and are pushing for all Maori to get vaccinated.

Border control checkpoints went into full swing in… Audio

Medical professionals are warning the health system would be ill-equipped to deal with escalating Delta cases outside of Auckland.

Dr Michael Howard, an emergency consultant at Whangarei Hospital… Audio