Covid 19

Legislation that will replace the current alert levels with the traffic light system has passed its final reading in the House.

One of the South Island's biggest agricultural shows will go ahead next year, bucking the trend of widespread cancellations of A&P shows around the country.

The introduction of a vaccine mandate for food exporters is on ice for now, with the sector instead being encouraged to use a new assessment tool that'll be released next month.

The 15th of December is D-Day for the Ranga Tupua iwi collective as it scrambles to protect vulnerable communities in the central plateau, Rangitīkei, South Taranaki and Whanganui against Covid-19.

Auckland hairdressers are preparing for a surge in customers when they are allowed to re-open on Friday, a week before businesses adjust to new requirements.

Government announces assessment tool to help businesses understand vaccine pass requirements, daily case numbers breach 200 once again and Nelson-Malborough DHB reaches 90 percent first dose…

NZ and other countries must combat rampant vaccine misinformation in the Pacific, which threatens the whole region, a researcher says. Audio

A three-month-old baby has died of Covid-19 in Fiji. The infant's death brings the country's death toll from the virus to 695.

Two siblings from Kāwhia are urging their whānau to get vaccinated decades on since they both fought and survived polio.

Opinion - Aucklanders are already booking summer holiday houses in record numbers. Leonie Hayden argues for putting off that road trip just a little longer.

Health experts are concerned some people self-isolating with Covid-19 aren't getting enough information on how to use a small, potentially life-saving device.

Health officials thought a man diagnosed with Covid-19 in Napier was in Auckland.

Analysis - Last week's Covid-19 protest outside Parliament served as a warning that New Zealand is not immune to the kinds of anger seen overseas, writes professor Alexander Gillespie.

Covid-19 is a top-10 killer of US children, and a US expert says New Zealand should learn from their experience and adopt classroom surveillance testing.

Wellington City is now 90 percent double vaccinated against Covid-19.

Taupō has had a Covid-19 testing blitz today, after five cases of the virus were discovered in the lakeside town. Audio

Auckland and Waikato students in years 1 to 10 will return to face-to-face learning from 17 November, while timelines will be eased for national curriculum and assessments for other students. Video

Hospitals are bracing for an influx of Covid-19 patients before Christmas, but have made major gains in treating them, a hospital boss says. Audio

There have been 125 new community cases reported in New Zealand today, with 117 in Auckland, two in Waikato and six in Northland.