Mani Dunlop

Covid-19 has been able to get into the Auckland community at least twice, although the exact method of transmission is a mystery for both occasions. Otago University epidemiologist professor Michael… Audio

Only 40-percent of staff working in managed isolation and quarantine facilities were tested prior to last week's Covid-19 community outbreak in Auckland. This comes after a maintenance worker at one… Audio

Genomic sequencing is still underway to help trace the source of the most recent outbreak. Scientists at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research have been analysing the genome sequencing… Audio

Testing of Mt Albert Grammar students is underway after a pupil became the latest confirmed case of Covid-19 in the community.

The student is the latest member of a South Auckland family outside of… Audio

The Auckland cold store company Americold NZ has confirmed three more employees have the Covid-19 virus.

There are now four members off staff from the Mt Wellington store with the virus.

RNZ… Audio

With Auckland under alert level 3 lockdown, the North has effectively been cut off from the rest of the country.

Police say people in Northland are unable to drive through the Auckland checkpoints… Audio

The demand for testing remains high in the Auckland region.

Māni Dunlop.spoke to RNZ reporter, Jordan Bond, who visited a pop-up testing centre in Warkworth, about the wait to get a swab. 
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There's been huge demand for Covid-19 testing in communities with strong links to South Auckland.

GPs in Porirua have been flooded with requests for tests, while in Hamilton there were queues at… Audio

Nine checkpoints are now in force around the Auckland supercity boundaries.

Travel in and out of the city is restricted to essential travel and freight movements. 

RNZ's health correspondent… Audio

Auckland testing centres in have been overwhelmed since they opened this morning.

RNZ's Jordan Bond spoke to Māni Dunlop from the testing centre in Northcote.
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The cold store company in Auckland where one worker has tested postive for covid is Americold NZ.

The worker is from their Mt Wellington plant which has now been closed down, while a second of their… Audio

A covid-positive woman travelled to Rotorua with a family of four at the weekend while she was symptomatic.

The mayor of Rotorua, Steve Chadwick, spoke with Māni Dunlop. Audio

One of the four people who've tested positive for Covid-19 outside of managed isolation travelled to Rotorua at the weekend while she was symptomatic.

Epidemiologist and head of Otago University's… Audio

Two Auckland workplaces have been shut down and Rotorua is on high alert, following close contact with people infected with Covid-19.

There are four confirmed cases from an unknown source in the… Audio

A former soldier left a tetraplegic due to a Defence Force failure has been given a formal apology and compensation 31 years after the incident.

George Nepata received a formal apology this morning… Audio

The clean up has started at St Paul's Cathedral in Dunedin where a fire broke out early this morning.

Firefighters were called to the Anglican cathedral at the corner of Moray Place and Stuart Street… Audio

The Defence Minister has described an ex-soldier's 30-year-old training injury as "totally avoidable and unnecessary".

George Nepata was rendered a tetraplegic after he was severely injured in April… Audio

A US Secret Service officer and a member of the public have both been transported to a Washington DC hospital after a shooting outside the White House.

President Donald Trump was forced to abruptly… Audio

The Government has announced a multi-million dollar investment to transform and restore the east coast's Raukumara forest, which is being destroyed by pests and predators.

Raukumara Pae Maunga, a… Audio

The Defence Minister is describing an ex-soldier's 30-year-old training injury as "totally avoidable and unnecessary".

George Nepata was rendered a tetraplegic after he was severely injured in April… Audio