Covid 19
New Zealanders react to Covid-19 rules dropping
The Covid-19 traffic light system is gone and people this morning can hop on a bus, go shopping or visit the library without wearing a mask.
The rules were scrapped at midnight - masks are largely… Audio
Covid traffic light system is gone, mask requirements dropped
As of this morning, the Covid Traffic Light system is a thing of the past. Instead of going to the Green Light setting, Cabinet yesterday decided to scap the Covid-19 Protection Framework altogether… Audio
Reactions mixed as Covid-19 traffic light system comes to an end
The government's decision to scrap the Covid-19 Protection Framework is reasonable, but it is a mistake to drop mask mandates for public transport, an epidemiologist says.
Mask mandates: How have other countries fared after dropping requirements?
With mask mandates dropping around the world as the pandemic appears to enter a new phase, what we can learn from countries that have already left masks behind? Here's what you need to know.
Covid-19: Work continuing on a 'Kiwi vaccine' - researcher
The virus that causes Covid-19 is 'tricky' and will be with us for "a very long period of time" a medical researcher says. Audio
Professor Rod Jackson on end of Covid traffic light system
At midnight the government's pulling the plug on its covid traffic light system.
That means the only place you'll have to wear a mask is health and aged care facilities - including pharmacies.
Only… Video, Audio
Covid protection traffic light system to end at midnight
The traffic light Covid Protection Framework will end at midnight.
That means the only place people have to wear a mask is health and aged care facilities - including pharmacies.
Covid positive… Video, Audio
PM Jacinda Ardern announces public holiday for Queen Elizabeth
The government has also just announced New Zealand has a new public holiday - for this year only.
In honour of the Queen Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says 26 September will be a national holiday.
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Covid-19 traffic light system to end: The details
The Covid-19 Protection Framework - also known as the traffic light system - will end tonight at 11.59pm: Here's what you need to know.
Covid-19 update: 1149 new community cases, 225 hospitalisations
There are 1149 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today as the government prepares to announce whether restrictions will ease.
Omicron-specific vaccine progress in New Zealand
As the government weighs up where the country needs to go from here in terms of Covid-19 settings, the search for a specific Omicron vaccine goes on.
Spearheading the local work on this front is the… Audio
Complaints from health staff work still overwhelming
Doctors and nurses say they're still working hellish shifts despite a steep drop off in Covid-19 cases.
Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations are lower than they've been since February, with the… Audio
'Literally got patients in corridors' - Hospitals under massive strain
Doctors and nurses say they're still working hellish shifts despite a steep drop in Covid-19 cases.
Covid-19 update: Cases drop below 1000 for first time in six months
There are 944 new Covid-19 cases today - the first time cases have been below 1000 since mid February.
Top scientists join forces to study leading theory behind Long Covid
Top scientists are banding together to answer a key question about the root cause of Long Covid - whether fragments of the coronavirus persist in the tissues of sufferers.
Govt considering scrapping Covid traffic light system
The government is actively considering scrapping the traffic light framework completely. The system has guided New Zealand's Covid-19 response since December last year.
But with Covid case numbers… Audio
Covid-19 update: 1653 new community cases, 254 in hospital
In the past week there have been an average of five deaths confirmed each day as being attributable to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health says.
'I had nothing to do with it' - Gang member wants apology over Northland lockdown implication
Mongrel Mob life member Harry Tam wants an apology after he was wrongly implicated in the Northland Covid-19 lockdown. Audio
Auckland doctor warns Covid-19 will stick around a while yet
An Auckland doctor warns Covid-19 will be like a ship's anchor, dragging along and hard to dislodge from the nation's hospitals.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said Covid-19 cases and… Audio
Robertson: emergency housing in Rotorua concerning
Three women who triggered an 11-day lockdown in Northland last October didn't mislead authorities when they travelled to up from Auckland as was alleged. A police report released yesterday shows that… Audio
