Teen at Waikato college tests positive for Covid-19
A senior student at Ōtorohanga College has tested positive for Covid-19.
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Live: 201 new Covid community cases; positive wastewater result in Taupō
Of these 181 are in Auckland, 15 in Waikato, 4 are in Northland and 1 is in Taranaki.
Police monitor large tangi procession moving across Auckland city
Funerals, tangihanga and burials have a 25-person limit under level 3, step 2.
Focus Live: 201 new Covid-19 community cases
November 12 2021 There are 201 new Covid-19 community cases today on a day the virus was confirmed to have been found in Taranaki. Of these 181 are in Auckland, 15 in Waikato, four are in Northland and one is in Taranaki.
Nearly 250 Hawke's Bay DHB staff members remain un-vaccinated against Covid
Hawke's Bay DHB middle of the pack for staff vaccinations, with more than 200 without
Supermarket, pharmacy, Bunnings among locations of interest in Taranaki
Officials in Taranaki are meeting this morning after six people in Stratford caught Covid.
'Heartless': Family of man who died of Covid denied border exemption after travelling to funeral
Siblings travelled to Auckland to farewell their Covid-infected father who died.
Schools told they can call police if unvaccinated staff turn up
Education Ministry says schools can call police if unvaxxed teachers turn up from Monday.
Lights, home iso, action: PM hints at big changes to Covid strategy
After deaths at home and airport boss' plea, MIQ might finally get major shake-up.
MIT students sent home after classmate tests positive for Covid-19
A deep clean is underway at MIT in Otara after a student returned a positive Covid test.
Auckland Museum to introduce vaccine mandate for staff, volunteers and visitors
"We are confident this decision will best serve the majority," museum CEO says.
Unvaxxed mum 'doesn't regret' decision after premature baby dies with Covid
Her tiny daughter was born prematurely and tested positive before dying a week later.
Covid-19: Some high schools delaying return of junior students
Principals waiting until seniors leave as Auckland and Waikato schools reopen next week.
Sir Ian Taylor's MIQ logbook: The Kiwi companies that could help with self-isolation
Our system was designed by faceless officials who always seem to know best, writes Taylor.
Live: Taranaki Covid cases 'very reluctant' to get tested, were not using tracer app
Six new cases of Covid-19 have been found in Taranaki.
School scrambling after bus drivers quit over vaccine mandate
Parents of 45 of the school's pupils are having to make alternative arrangements.
Mass exodus: MIQ officials ready for shorter stays from Sunday
About 2600 people will be eligible to exit their hotels on Sunday.
Ministry refuses to record vaccination rates in pregnant women
Up to two-thirds of pregnant women in some areas believed to be unvaccinated and at risk.
'Incompatible' Southern DHB member's resignation welcomed
Ilka Beekhuis described Covid vaccinations as 'unethical, and medically unnecessary'.
'Still on the back foot': Women's Mongrel Mob leader on the gang's Covid response
Mongrel Mob Wāhine Toa leader spoke to the Herald's In the Loop podcast.
'More than 30 of my patients in body bags': NZ nurse's warning to unvaccinated
"I understand people who can't see Covid, don't believe in it ... I've seen death."
'Right to the wire': Hospitals reach out to unvaccinated workers
Staff called to one-on-one interviews in last effort to get them vaccinated and retained.
'No jab, no job': Who's mandated, and when are the deadlines?
Millions of workers will soon be covered by mandatory vaccine legislation.
Portaloos on the footpath: Covid rules causing headaches in Auckland hospo
It's only one of many layers of confusion business owners are dealing with.
Ministry of Health releases pre-existing conditions of Covid-linked deaths
Active cases who may not have died of Covid-19 will now be reported by the Ministry.
Editorial: Big gig fixation leaves others in the cold
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Māori will pay price as Govt puts politics ahead of health
OPINION: When Covid first arrived in Aotearoa, we went headfirst into the unknown.
Premium: The health tech to be used in NZ's first self-managed isolation
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Covid-19: Why Govt is rethinking contact tracing
Contact tracing 'coping' with outbreak but likely to lean more on app over time - experts.
What Covid minister thinks of call to ditch MIQ for Kiwis
'We are always reviewing the settings at MIQ' says Government.
Teachers who don't want jab should resign now for kids' sake, principal says
'Individual freedom is great' but comes with a cost, Northland principal Pat Newman says.
The turning point in NZ's battle for Covid elimination
Rodney Jones' pleas for more testing of Auckland Pasifika in the struggle to eliminate.
North Shore child infectious when at daycare last week
So far no staff or students have returned positive test results.
'Collapse of the NZ dream': Family went on holiday and couldn't come home
'Our everything is in New Zealand.'