Covid 19

A group representing overseas New Zealanders says it's "absolutely bonkers" that returning Kiwis have to isolate - some in MIQ - when there are 12,000 daily cases in the community.

Police say they have serious concerns for 30 children at the Wellington anti-mandate protests, and are now urging parents to take them home.

Health officials are concerned about an outbreak of Covid-19 in the Northland town of Dargaville.

In a ruling released today, Justice Cooke agreed the vaccine mandate infringed on parts of the Bill of Rights Act.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has warned that nearly every school and early childhood centre will have contact with Covid-19 in the next few weeks.

The South Wairarapa Council is looking at plans to scrap vaccine mandates in their community, as a local board member was arrested at Wellington protests.

Taranaki police are warning anti-vaccine mandate protesters that they will be trespassed if they attempt to camp at Puke Ariki Landing in New Plymouth.

With the beginning of Phase 3 of the government's Omicron response, new locations of interest are no longer being announced.

How do we prepare ourselves for the inevitable? New Zealanders who've lived through an Omicron wave elsewhere in the world have some advice.

Groups representing early learning service owners and managers say there is already a teacher shortage and many services will not be able to find enough relievers to stay open if staff caught…

There are fears the phase three Omicron response will see already-stretched rural health services in crisis as they try to care for increasing numbers of Covid-19 patients at home.

Frontline health workers are feeling the pressure as the Omicron outbreak rapidly escalates in Auckland.

The new shipment, along with tests that arrived in the last two days, will bring the country's stock to 22 million by Monday.