244 New Zealanders diagnosed with HIV last year

The University of Otago's AIDS Epidemiology Center released their annual HIV/AIDs report yesterday as part of their newsletter. The report showed that 244 people were diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand in 2016, the highest number ever diagnosed in one year since recording began of the epidemic in 1985. Wire Producer Harry Willis spoke with the Head of the AIDs Epidemiology Center Dr Sue Mcallister to try and break down some of the statistics released and to try to figure out why these numbers are getting higher each year.