Mike Munro: Covid straitjacket comes off - but we're not out of the woods
OPINION: Covid isn't gone, but Government happy to proclaim easing of rules.
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Editorial: Taking back control as Covid eases
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Focus: Lights out! What NZ's new Covid rules mean for you
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PM: 'Extraordinary circumstance' needed to reinstate tough Covid measures
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Focus Morning Bulletin: 13 September, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II’s final journey through Edinburgh, lights out as our Covid response changes and rāhui in place near Kaikōura in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
'Taking back control': New era as Govt axes most Covid restrictions for Kiwis
Meanwhile, some MPs and health experts say it has gone too far.
Mask mandates: How have other countries fared after dropping requirements?
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Lights out! Covid-19 traffic light system scrapped - all you need to know
Most Covid-19 rules to end from tonight.
Covid-19: Experts respond to 'mixed bag' of rollbacks
Lack of new plan for Covid-19 is a 'lost opportunity', epidemiologist Michael Baker says.
Live: Lights out tonight! Govt scraps traffic light system, almost all mask rules
Government moves to new phase of Covid-19 response.
Claire Trevett: Covid response is dead - the PM hopes
The PM says summer will be a time to heal - she will hope her popularity can also heal.
PM told 'hold your nerve' on Covid traffic light system, 1149 cases today
Kiwi writer Tania Roxborogh is still dealing with after-effects of a bout of Covid-19.
Lights out at midnight? Cabinet set to scrap traffic light system today
Deputy PM Grant Robertson says Covid-19 decisions will provide clarity
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The Government will decide today whether to scrap the whole traffic light system.
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The last time daily community cases were in the three figures was mid-February.
Calls from health sector to 'absolutely' drop vax mandate amid staff shortage
One unvaccinated support worker said she would 'go back tomorrow' to her job if she could.
Editorial: Turning off the Covid traffic lights
OPINION: Our editorial on the signalled change after 282 days in a traffic light regime.
Claire Trevett: Bye bye traffic lights - will the PM rip off the Covid-19 band-aid?
Will the Government give the green light to scrapping its Covid-19 powers?
Live: Nine Covid-related deaths, 1483 new cases today
The nine deaths includes four people were in their 80s and five aged over 90.
1653 new Covid cases, 254 people in hospital and 12 deaths
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National renews call for inquiry into government's Covid response
National renews calls for independent inquiry into government's Covid response.
China's 'zero Covid' bind: No easy way out despite the cost
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Focus Morning Bulletin: 8 September, 2022
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Harry Tam wants apology after wrongful lockdown implication
'I got named. If anyone should be getting an apology it should be me.'
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There are 1793 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today.
Focus Live: Chris Hipkins speaking on Northland Covid lockdown blunder
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Focus Morning Bulletin: 7 September, 2022
How a Government blunder actually sent Northland into lockdown, will a new youth crime package actually work? And the mystery continues over the body found in a burnt out car in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Low pass rates in exam trials alarm principals
All Year 10 students in at least one school flunked the NCEA-level writing test.