Government reviewing traffic light system amid Omicron surge
Officials are reviewing the traffic light system in light of Omicron.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromPolitics
Live: 'Don't go to hospital' - new Omicron phase requires cases to recover at home
Experts are warning of gaps in health and support services as Omicron surges.
Mr Speaker! Inside the mind of Trevor Mallard - 'they deeply believe stuff which I regard as crap'
Trevor Mallard has only one regret about blaring music at Parliament's protesters.
Paris calling: Govt Minister on invitation list as US, China ignored
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta travels to Paris this month for forum on the Indo-Pacific.
Brooke van Velden: Owning a home in NZ has never been harder
Until politicians take responsibility and reduce the hurdles, it won't get easier.
'I feared for my safety': Pregnant MP's harrowing ordeal with protesters
MP claims fellow MPs and staff were 'threatened with being lynched, hung, or kidnapped'.
Gay conversion therapy bill passes third reading
The bill passed with 112 voting in favour and eight National MPs opposed.
Protest groups issue statement after top cop's warning
Vehicle owners have ignored an offer to park for free at Sky Stadium.
Opinion: Parliament protest absolutely positively not my Wellington
An anti-mandate protest turning ugly is the last thing the city needs right now.
House prices outpacing Govt forecast in just 6 months
Grant Robertson will face a select committee grilling on Wednesday.
Focus: Parliament protests continue into 8th day
Day 8: A look inside the anti-mandate protest at Parliament. Video / George Heard / Mark Mitchell
MPs want peace in Ukraine, but parties differ on method
Parliament is united in calls for peace, but parties differ in how it should be achieved.
Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern on the Parliament protesters
February 15 2022 PM Jacinda Ardern said the right to protest needed to be balanced with keeping people in Parliament safe.
Who pays for the loos, where are the tow trucks? Your protest questions answered
Senior political reporter and man-on-the-spot Thomas Coughlan answers your questions.
Protesters warned of 'wolves in sheep's clothing' infiltrating crowd
Small breakthroughs in dialogue but stand-off continues at Parliament convoy protest.
Parliament protests: Luxon gets extra security, backs PM's call to ignore group
The National leader has had to move out of his apartment due to the protests.
Protests close Victoria University of Wellington Pipitea campus, classes move online
The university has advised 1500 summer students to stay home.
Parliament protest live Q&A: Thomas Coughlan answers your questions
Eight days in, what's next? The Herald's senior political reporter answers your questions.
'Fasten our seatbelts' - phase 2 slammed as NZ braces for Omicron wave
Covid restrictions will be loosened at midnight in anticipation of a wave of infections.
PM to visit US in May, political reporter tests negative after Covid scare
PM will also be principal speaker at Harvard University's Commencement ceremony.
John Minto: Two tiers for human rights abuses
OPINION: What's the difference between abuses in one territory versus another?
Barry Soper: Govt's refusal to engage with Parliament protesters unwise if not unkind
OPINION: From the beginning the Prime Minister has preached kindness.
Simon Wilson: Barry Manilow vs the fascists in our midst
The "garden-variety Kiwis" protesting at Parliament and the people who are using them.
Focus: Protesters turn Parliament lawn into rave party
Protesters at Parliament have ignored a police offer of free parking, instead choosing to turn nearby streets into a rave party. Video / George Heard
Record 981 cases - NZ moves to Phase 2 tonight; what it means
Ardern, Bloomfield on Phase 2 of the Omicron outbreak and protesters.
Calls for change in unvaxxed driver licence test ban
Driver training network and National Party say overhaul of vaccine practical test ban due.
Press Gallery journalist tests positive for Covid
Press Gallery reported gets positive rapid test result, now getting PCR test.
Toby Manhire: What is Trevor Mallard playing at?
Opinion: Very predictably, Mallard only emboldened the protesters.
'The government just need to listen' - experts reveal simple solution to growing protest
High profile activist, former police negotiator explain how to resolve Wellington protest.
Watch: Protest causing 'real stress, concern' - police
Police concern at potential for Covid outbreak among remaining protesters.
Live: 1000 daily cases this week, NZ set for Phase 2 Omicron fight
Phase 2 will mean shorter isolation periods and more rapid antigen testing.
Meet NZ's first Aged Care Commissioner - a nurse who heads a $1.6b business
Carolyn Cooper led one of NZ's biggest rest home companies.
Kiwi on Ukraine front line: Invasion would be 'very bloody, very brutal'
An assault on capital Kiev could see urban warfare on scale not seen since WW2.
810 new cases: Big Omicron spike moves NZ closer to Phase 2
Positive cases jumped to 810 today - almost twice the previous day's total.