A ventilator prototype in the Waikato

A ventilator prototype in the Waikato

An engineer and two medical specialists in the Waikato, who all happen to be neighbours, have teamed up to create a new emergency ventilator prototype.

Jesse Mulligan speaks to Jeff Sharp, who is the managing director of the Hamilton plastics engineering firm ES Plastics.

You can listen to the interview below, and on the RNZ website: