Covid 19
Covid-19: Travellers likely to become main driver of virus spread, says expert
Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker says we should not abandon all controls at the border and our infectious disease surveillance should be improved because pandemics are becoming more… Audio
Māori health authority on change to mask and vaccine mandates
Masks are now only needed in health or aged care facilities, vaccine requirements for travellers have been dropped, and isolation for household contacts of Covid cases has been axed.
Te Aka Whai Ora… Audio
Covid-19 rules mostly scrapped - will masks be missed?
The Covid-19 traffic light system is gone and people can hop on a bus, go shopping or visit the library without wearing a mask. Audio
PM defends scrapping mask mandates but advises use
Jacinda Ardern is defending the move to scrap the Covid-19 traffic light system but says there will continue to be waves of cases. Audio
Political analysis on Covid-19 rules change
Almost all Covid-19 restrictions have been scrapped after the Government did away with the Covid-19 Protection Framework overnight.
As of midnight, masks are only required in health and aged care… Audio
National Party on Traffic Light Framework scrapping
Almost all Covid-19 restrictions have been scrapped after the Government did away with the Covid-19 Protection Framework overnight.
As at midnight, masks are only required in health and aged care… Audio
Covid-19: Michael Baker on Traffic Light Framework scrapping
Covid-related restrictions - most of them anyway - are of course mostly now gone.
But Covid-19 hasn't gone, so does that leave us vulnerable to the virus?
Otago University epidemiologist Michael… Audio
Covid-19: Ardern defends dropping mask rules
After more than two and a half years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has dropped almost all restrictions.
Masks are now only needed in hospitals or aged care facilities, vaccine requirements… Audio
New Zealand wakes to new lack of Covid-19 rules
New Zealand is waking to its first day without major Covid-19 restrictions since March 2020.
Masks, vaccine requirements for incoming travellers, and isolation for household contacts have been axed… Audio
Retail NZ on loosening mask rules
Retailers around the country have been calling for masks to go for a while.
They now have their wish, with the government scrapping the Traffic Light Framework entirely.
Retail NZ chief executive… Audio
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.
