Covid 19
The invisible victims of the pandemic
Long Covid sufferers feel they've been abandoned by health authorities and the government.
Covid vaccines and new variants: What you need to know
Different countries are using slightly different Covid vaccine - some newer than the ones available in NZ. Does that matter? Audio
More children starting school struggling to speak - teachers
Teachers said some children could not talk in sentences of more than four or five words. Audio
The puzzle of the coalition pledge to end vaccine mandates
The government is still trying to work out how it will meet its pledge to end Covid mandates, given the mandates were scrapped more than a year ago.
China due to free vlogger who filmed Wuhan lockdown
A Chinese journalist who covering the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic from its epicentre in Wuhan is due to be released from prison after serving a sentence for "provoking trouble".
$700,000 on Covid pins, now government department cutting costs
A government office that set aside millions for lapel pins for pandemic workers is now looking to cut back on spending.
Court dismisses Air NZ appeal over Covid-19 compensation to crew member
A former Air NZ flight attendant who fell ill with Covid-19 while helping people get home between New Zealand and China during lockdown has achieved a milestone in his fight for compensation.
Covid-19 testing: What you need to know
Explainer - With all these new Covid variants, how are the old tests holding up? And what's the point of testing now, anyway?
New separate pandemic inquiry may undermine ongoing Royal Commission
The new coalition government has decided to open an independent inquiry into the pandemic response but a legal expert warns it's not a good look.
‘This isn’t a life’: The crushing burden of Long Covid
The first authoritative NZ research reveals the heartbreaking impact of Long Covid on patients' lives, Newsroom's Marc Daalder reports.
Siouxsie Wiles takes Auckland Uni to court
She's taken her employer to court over what she claims is a failure to protect her during threats she received for her commentary on Covid-19 and vaccines.
Schools' international reading, maths results likely to be skewed - ministry
A skewed sample is likely to have boosted New Zealand's scores in the most recent PISA tests of reading, maths and science.
Two sentenced over Covid-19 wage subsidy fraud
A man has been jailed for more than two years and a woman has sentenced to seven months' home detention for defrauding taxpayers through the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.
Levin crowd backs Winston Peters as he berates media, highlights policies
Levin residents who have heard from Winston Peters on the campaign trail are betting he will be back in the Beehive before long, and say they want to see him champion the issues others will not.
'Covid is not done with us': Coronavirus and its impact on immunity
Covid infections are putting people at higher risk of diabetes, strokes, heart disease and other long-term illnesses - but experts warn it may be decades before the full impact is known.
Why targeted protection is now the best strategy against Covid
Opinion - Interventions to decrease the rate of Covid infections are sensible, but not at any cost, a group of academics write. Here's what the science shows us about protection strategies.
Millionaires campaign for ministry to claw back Covid-19 wage subsidies
A petition demanding the Ministry of Social Development claw back billions of dollars in Covid-19 wage subsidies has got more than 10,000 signatures.
UK govt refuses to hand over WhatsApp messages to inquiry
Britain's government is refusing to hand over internal WhatsApp messages to a public inquiry into its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.