Covid 19

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is disappointed that restrictions have been extended, but has urged the city to comply with government guidelines. Video

A Pacific health leader is cautiously optimistic New Zealand may be witnessing the "triumph of community" wrestling Covid-19 back under control. Audio

The head of the World Health Organization says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years.

In these uncertain times, more and more grown-ups are finding solace in jigsaws, board games and even Lego.

An iwi-led checkpoint in the Far North will be in place today due to concerns from the community that too many vehicles have been travelling into the region.

Investigations into how a maintenance worker contracted Covid-19 in an isolation facility will look into whether the worker and traveller who carried the strain should have used different lifts, and… Audio

A Chinese mining company in Papua New Guinea claims to have immunised its employees against Covid-19 in an apparent trial as Australia and China prepare for a new "vaccine diplomacy" battle for…

New Australia could have 25 million doses of the so-called Oxford vaccine by early 2021 raises hopes and ethical questions about making it compulsory and who gets it first.

Progress is promising towards producing a vaccine against Covid-19, but whichever country comes up with the goods will have immense power - what lessons can we learn from the swine flu vaccination…

A High Court ruling concluded some of the government's early lockdown measures were unlawful, security at quarantine facilities is being boosted, and a different Covid-19 test is being used to…

Australians will have no choice in whether they have a coronavirus vaccination if Prime Minister Scott Morrison gets his wish.

Attorney-General David Parker says there's been no decision yet on a possible appeal to the high court ruling that some of the country's alert level 4 lockdown was unlawful. Video

A worker at an isolation facility who tested positive for Covid-19 didn't have any obvious contact with the woman who carried the same strain of Covid-19, authorities say. Video, Audio

A recent spike in cases has led to masks being required in more places for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Paris.

A man in his 30s is among 12 people who have died from coronavirus in Australia's state of Victoria in the past 24 hours as authorities recorded 466 new infections.

Mask manufacturers are receiving massive orders after the government says people will be encouraged to wear them if the country returns to alert level 2. Audio

Checkpoint - Health Minister Chris Hipkins talks about why we're being told to buy masks, and the Covid Card to be trailled in Rotorua. Audio

Victoria has reported another 10 deaths and cases in care facilities have past 500 at 38 centres, leaving authorities scrambling to halt the crisis.