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Coughing and threats: 'Overwhelmed' bus drivers afraid they will catch the virus
Calls for better protection on the job.
Kiwis swarm to holiday hotspots for Easter, ignore lockdown rules
Reports of "summer level" activity in the country's holiday hotspots despite lockdown.
What Kiwis are splurging on at supermarkets during lockdown
The Big New Zealand Easter Egg Hunt launched.
Local Focus: Giving birth in Level 4 lockdown
Nathan and Leonie learned online how to give birth. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Desperately tired': First positive Tauranga case describes virus
The patient has now returned home.
Local Focus: New babies don't wait for lockdown to end
Nathan and Leonie learned online how to give birth. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Parole denied: Man who murdered caregiver at 13 'remains an undue risk'
Relationship with mum-of-two, prison mischief revealed.
Driveway Diva: Tina Turner impersonator wows neighbours
Did you catch sight of Welcome Bay's Tina Turner?
Fleet killings: Why one of the killers will walk free next month
Why a man jailed for killing two men will be released from prison after three years.
'It's huge': Bereaved families unable to farewell loved ones
Funerals gatherings will not allowed during lockdown.
'We just feel so helpless': Stranded Bay residents trapped in India amid Covid 19 crisis
An Aucklander stuck in India says he wants the NZ government to take urgent action.
Popular Kiwi hotspots shun visitors, iwi want military
Signs and blockades banning visitors as iwi call for military enforcement of lockdown.
Bach owners travelling under cover of darkness
Coromandel medical facilities will struggle if cluster of covid-19 occurs: Mayor.
Daylight Saving: Tick tock, the clocks went back on Sunday morning
The clocks go back giving an hour extra sleep tonight.
Antidepressant in short supply as pandemic holds up shipment
Fluoxetine is in short supply after shipment from India held up by Covid-19.
White Island tour guide survivor Jake Milbank out of hospital, into isolation
White Island explosion survivor Jake Milbank has been discharged from hospital.
Arrogant or unintentional: David Clark's slip-up
Riders, cyclists, docs torn over Health Minister David Clark's flouting of lockdown rules.
Police car 'smashed' in car chase through Rotorua streets
A police car has been hit after a car chase through Pukehangi this morning.
Eight Kiwis on charter flight to Auckland from South America
Eight Kiwis have been brought home from South America.
'If he gets this, he will die': Mum fears unmasked nurse put sick son at risk
Kaden has been in and out of hospital his whole short life.
'We want to go home': Residents take in stranded tourists
'We are very lucky to stay here.'
Covid-19 lockdown leaves Bay couple stranded overseas
Stranded Bay of Plenty couple may be kicked out of their hotel room in India.
Local Focus: Creatives get creative online
Welcome home to the online art not affected by lockdown. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Stranded Kiwi couple in India living off rationed bananas
A Waihī Beach couple have been stranded in a hotel room in India for nearly a fortnight.
Suspected child homicide victim's memorial items missing
"When we thought we knew our grief, it was quickly amplified."
'Completely unacceptable': Pak'n Save worker spat on by customer
"It is completely unacceptable to treat our hard-working team this way."
Cooking oil the culprit of Tauranga Harbour spill
The oil turned out to be mainly of the cooking kind.
Litres of oily sludge spills into Tauranga Harbour
The sludge discharged from a tanker truck, with some of it entering the water.
Bay of Plenty holiday hotspot bans visitors, tourists
Residents have taken it upon themselves to keep their community safe.
'If the virus hit, it would wipe us out': Island community take lockdown a step up
The drive behind the dedicated volunteers was to "keep our small island community safe".