Health
Covid-19 Live Updates: Our First Weekend in Lockdown
It's the first weekend of our 4-week nationwide lockdown. If you're looking for just the key, verified facts, check in here for rolling live updates.
1:00pm Sunday,…
Supermarket workers tell us about being on the front line of Covid-19
Supermarket workers are risking their health to keep us fed. Re: asked three workers how they’re coping and what they need from us to help them…
Opinion: Otago University fucked up with Covid-19
Doing the bare minimum until the last second is fine for assignments, but not for pandemic responses, argues Erin Gourley in this opinion piece originally published…
How can we predict the spread of Covid-19?
On Monday 23 March, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said without Level 4 measures, medical modelling showed Covid-19 would kill tens of thousands of New Zealanders. Genevieve…
Covid-19 Live Updates: 24-25 March
As we approach our 4-week nationwide lockdown period, starting at 11:59pm tonight, the government releases more information on what that period will look like. If you're…
Covid-19 Live Updates: NZ will go into 4-week lockdown (Monday 23 March)
Right now, there's a flurry of information - some true and some false. If you're getting a bit fatigued and just want the key, verified facts,…
Covid-19 Live Updates: 21-22 March
Right now, there's a flurry of information - some true and some false. If you're getting a bit fatigued and just want the key, verified facts,…
5 ways to keep your social life going from a distance
The Ministry of Health’s Director General Dr Ashley Bloomfield said he’s no longer using the term “social distancing” and instead using “physical distancing”. That’s because in…
How to stop being afraid of the word 'fat'
Ema Tavola first learnt about BMI when she was at school. “We went around the class. Everyone got weighed, and then we looked at everyone on…
People living with HIV tell us how we can stop the stigma
Modern HIV medication keeps New Zealanders alive and untransmittable. Nowadays, the stigma is harder to live with than the virus itself. Re: spoke with three HIV+…
Fighting the inequity of our racist health system
In October 2018, the Waitangi Tribunal began the Wai 2575 inquiry into health services and outcomes for Māori.
The resultant report is a stark and disturbing reminder…