Covid 19

This Sunday marks a year since New Zealand registered its first case of Covid-19, and as the Director General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says - it's been a roller-coaster for us all since then.

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Recent figures shows last week's level three lockdown cost Auckland and Northland retailers $44-million in lost earnings.

The city went into a 72-hour-lockdown following three positive Covid-19 cases… Audio

'Close-plus', 'close', 'casual-plus' and 'casual' - the ever-widening net of contact categories in Auckland's Covid-19 response is stirring up confusion.

As officials try to contain Auckland's… Audio

Immigration bosses are looking into the case of a Green MP's partner to ensure no special treatment was given regarding his visa application.

Ricardo Menendez March flew to Mexico in December to care… Audio

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Air New Zealand has burnt through $1 billion in cash reserves, with the company today announcing a loss of $185 million for the second half of 2020.

It has just over $170 million of its own cash… Video, Audio

Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall apologises about the wait time of nearly eight hours on the phone to Healthline for a woman who had visited Kmart on Saturday 20 February. Video, Audio

It was revealed on Thursday there was a house viewing at the home of the family most recently infected with Covid-19.

A real estate agent and three others were at the private viewing on Saturday… Video, Audio

More than one thousand Papatoetoe High School students have been re-tested for Covid-19 since Tuesday afternoon.

Testing is available at the school, and at community testing stations, again today.

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The Pasifika Medical Association says when rollout goes wider, consideration should be given to putting South Auckland near the top of the queue, particularly the most medically vulnerable. The latest… Audio

Papua New Guinea health authorities are struggling to gauge the extent of the country's Covid-19 outbreak, after over a hundred new confirmed cases of the virus have been reported in the past several… Audio

The second batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has touched down in New Zealand - with more expected in the coming weeks.

By the end of March, New Zealand is on track to receive a total of about… Audio

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Green MP Ricardo Menendez March is having to explain himself again, after it emerged he tried twice for an emergency spot in MIQ.

The new MP travelled to Mexico over summer, to care for his sick… Audio

Hundreds of Auckland workers are being forced to stay home after being identified as casual plus contacts of a Kmart worker who tested positive for Covid-19.

The good news is there are no new… Video, Audio

Health officials are attempting to lock down people, rather than the whole of Auckland, following the latest Covid-19 community cases announced last night.

Auckland University associate professor of… Audio

Hundreds of Aucklanders have turned out to Covid-19 testing centres across the city - with more demand than anticipated at one in Ōtara town centre.

That station is a short drive from two new… Audio

Health officials are attempting to lock down people, rather than the whole of Auckland, following the latest Covid-19 community cases announced last night.

Three members of a Papatoetoe High whānau… Audio

Kmart Botany has been closed for deep cleaning after a worker tested positive for Covid-19.

The teenager who recently tested positive for Covid-19 worked two shifts at the Botany Kmart last week… Audio

The principal of Papatoetoe High School, Vaughan Couillault says he was initially crestfallen when he found about the three new cases of Covid-19 linked to his school.

But he says his team just… Audio