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Why we should vaccinate Pacific Islands early
4 March 2021
Opinion: Collin Tukuitonga explains why making New Zealand citizens of the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau a priority for the Covid-19 vaccine is a good investment.
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How did we get vaccines so quickly?
2 March 2021
Opinion: In less than a year, the world has a number of available licensed Covid-19 vaccines – this is incredible progress. Nikki Turner summarises how it was done.
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Collin Tukuitonga: our Covid-19 message is clear
1 March 2021
Dr Collin Tukuitonga is trying to spread simple scientific health messages to Pacific communities and beyond.
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How the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 works
24 February 2021
Opinion: With the roll-out of a Covid-19 vaccine gathering steam across New Zealand, here’s a quick explainer from Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles on what goes into it and how it works.
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Sir Peter Gluckman on global Covid mapping panel
18 February 2021
A University of Auckland scientist is a key member of a new international panel mapping future Covid-19 scenarios.
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The economics of happiness and well-being
17 February 2021
New Zealand has its own world expert on the economics of happiness. Professor Robert MacCulloch says the pandemic is an opportunity to show how we could do a lot better.
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How New Zealand sleuths are investigating the new mystery Covid cases
17 February 2021
Opinion: The scarcity of Covid-19 cases in New Zealand allows our formidable scientists to learn things you simply can’t in places where the virus is widespread. This helps us not just strengthen our controls but contribute to the world’s understanding, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
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Why Māori and Pacific people should get the vaccine first
17 February 2021
With much higher rates of Covid infection and death, Māori and Pacific people should be first in line for the vaccine, write Dr Collin Tukuitonga and Grace Shaw
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Your questions on the latest Covid cases, answered
16 February 2021
Opinion: Three new community cases of Covid-19 and an unknown source have plunged Auckland into lockdown and the rest of the country into alert level two. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tackles some of the critical questions we now face.
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Lessons from lockdown: what could we do better?
9 February 2021
The 49 days of national lockdown in 2020 created stressful dilemmas between public compliance and personal responsibilities, a new study has found.
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Covid-19 transmission 101
5 February 2021
Opinion: Our understanding of the way Covid-19 is transmitted from person to person has changed a lot since the pandemic began. A year in, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains what we now know.
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What do we know about Covid transmission via pipes and ventilation?
29 January 2021
Opinion: Is it plausible that the new cases contracted in the Pullman hotel in Auckland were transmitted via pipes? Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains what the science tells us.
