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All coverage of Coronavirus including the political response and the effect on our health system, the economy and our communities.
Covid-19 headlines with summaries.
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Up to 8-week wait for doctor's appointment in Dunedin
16 May 2022Dunedin has more GPs than many areas but Covid-19 is putting already stretched services under more pressure, and many practices are turning away new patients.
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Covid: What will the pandemic look like in North Korea?
15 May 2022For almost two-and-a-half years, North Korea has stuck to its claim it has seen no cases of Covid-19. Not any more.
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North Korea's Kim says epidemic a 'great turmoil' as 21 new deaths reported
The North Korean leader has called for an all-out battle to overcome the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
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Shanghai aiming for zero-Covid at community level by mid-May - city official
13 May 2022Shanghai is aiming to reach zero-Covid at the community level in the next few days and will then start to steadily ease traffic restrictions and open shops, the city's deputy mayor Wu Qing said on…
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Employers association wants household contact isolation ended
15 May 2022An employer's association wants the seven day isolation period for household contacts of Covid-19 cases to be scrapped.
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Covid-19 update: 15 more deaths, 5745 new cases
15 May 2022Fifteen more deaths of people with Covid-19 have been reported today, with another 5745 new community cases also recorded.
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Surgeries, clinics on hold as thousands prepare to strike
15 May 2022Many elective surgeries and clinics nationwide are set to be deferred as 10,000 allied health workers walk off the job for 24 hours.
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Thousands of nursing vacancies set to test hospitals over winter - union
15 May 2022One of the heads of the Nurses Union says New Zealand's public health system is short 4000 nurses heading into winter.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19
14 May 2022Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that she has tested positive for Covid-19, and will miss Budget day Thursday.
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MP Phil Twyford pulls out of Timor-Leste trip after positive Covid-19 test
14 May 2022Twyford is the second Labour MP to test positive today, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern earlier revealing she had also contracted the virus.
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'The system is so stretched' - Nurses, doctors say border changes not enough
14 May 2022Doctors and nurses organisations are not happy with the government's mmigration and border changes, saying it won't help a system under severe strain.
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North Korea reports first Covid-19 death after 350,000 sickened with fever
13 May 2022At least one person confirmed to have Covid-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday.
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Covid-19 briefing: 'Half of actual cases are being reported' - Bloomfield
13 May 2022Thousands of new cases of Covid-19 are being reported every day in NZ, but this is likely to be half of the number of actual cases, Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. Watch the latest Omicron briefing here.
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Updated vaccine pass to be rolled out - Hipkins
13 May 2022An optional updated vaccine pass will include booster information, and will be available to people who have had Covid-19 in the past three months.
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Covid-19 update: 7441 new cases, 29 deaths - including five under 40
13 May 2022There have been 7441 new community cases of Covid-19 and another 29 further deaths reported today, including five people aged under 40.
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NZ likely to be hit with second wave during winter: Covid-19 modeller
13 May 2022As immunity wanes, people who have already had Covid-19 could get it again, modeller Michael Plank says. Audio
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Leave cancelled, staff under pressure as Canterbury DHB sees high Covid-19 cases
13 May 2022Canterbury District Health Board is still grappling with high numbers of Omicron cases weeks after it thought it would be over the worst.
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Pacific students' education hit harder by pandemic
12 May 2022New research shows the pandemic has hit Pacific students harder than others, but many schools are successfully addressing the problem, an educational leader says. Audio
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Covid-19 case update: 9392 community cases, 9 deaths
12 May 2022Another nine people with Covid-19 have died while there are 9392 new community cases today, the Ministry of Health says.
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Locals pitch in to keep Queenstown businesses open
12 May 2022Queenstown locals are putting up their hands - and picking up dish cloths - to help as businesses brace for a busy winter with staff thin on the ground.
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Super Saturday Covid-19 vaxathon cost $2m to film and promote
12 May 2022The telethon ran on 16 October, alongside a day-long, nationwide push to get people vaccinated against Covid-19.
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'Flabbergasted': Nurses angered sector left off fast-tracked residence list
12 May 2022The New Zealand Nurses Organisation says it makes little sense overseas nurses have been left off a new list for a pathway to residence that allows overseas doctors, scientists and engineers to apply…
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How to tackle the Long Covid threat, and how not to
12 May 2022Opinion - A post-viral disease afflicting up to 40,000 New Zealanders could teach us valuable lessons in how to look after Long Covid patients - and how not to.
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'One distraction too many': Schools give fail mark to involvement in global tests
11 May 2022New Zealand's participation in the OECD's PISA tests of maths, reading, and science is at risk.
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