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A $1 million fund to support youth mental health has been brought forward.
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Once vaccine targets are hit, lockdowns are supposed to end. Some states are unsure.
Focus Live: 83 new Covid-19 community cases, 511 in total
August 29 2021 There are 83 Covid community cases today, taking the total cases in the outbreak to 511. The number is similar to the total reported yesterday - and officials and experts will be hoping this signals that the country's Delta outbreak might be at a plateau.
Opinion: 'Clock is ticking' - what Covid is doing to business
Businesses are caught in the middle of a number of challenges, write Mark Riggall.
Dr Richard Webby: 'We'll all catch Covid-19 eventually'
Dr Webby knows a thing or two about big, bad diseases.
Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Sunday 29th Aug Wrap
83 new community cases of Covid-19 were reported today, bringing the total number of cases in the community to 511. Video / NZ Herald
Cecilia Robinson: No room for anti-vaxxers, conspirators or sceptics in team of five million
Cecilia Robinson writes that vaccination is the only way out of lockdown.
Live: MIQ worker tests positive; 73 essential workers infected; experts at odds over rising cases - 'some people are seeing all sorts of dragons'
With another 82 cases on Saturday, expert wants to see cases start coming down now.
'Extremely frustrating': More than 100 people miss Covid jab at Auckland vaccination centre after oversight
One woman says there were 100 people queued for their vaccines this morning in Epsom.
Live: 28 locations of interest added as lockdown day 12 begins; 82 new Covid cases with tough week ahead
The curve is bending, says one expert, but not fast enough.
Liam Dann: Gimme Shelter - Markets an island of calm in Covid storm
How to stay focused while chaos reigns? Charlie Watts and financial markets show the way.
Precious cargo: The couples shipping embryos across closed borders
'It's like having a million dollars sitting over in Australia that we can't use.'
'Borrowing' vaccines and possible non-Pfizer jabs in Govt plan to head off shortage
Everything is being reviewed as the Government looks at changing vaccine strategy.
Covid costs job, delays proposal and disrupts wedding - but bride-to-be still smiling
Covid-19 might be the great disruptor. But it's no match for love.
Passion and video games: NZ couples share highs and lows of lockdown love
Locking down with strangers from Tinder and ruined honeymoons: love in the age of Covid.
Famed US doctor and influencer quits the States ... for job in Invercargill
Mama Doctor Jones has two million followers and is a locum OBGYN in the States.
Editorial: Time to mass vaccinate Auckland?
OPINION: Majority of our MIQ facilities continue to be concentrated in our biggest city.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Our mood has changed this lockdown
We've now done this long enough to know how mentally tough these weeks will be.
Day 11 lockdown's locations of interest include popular Auckland bar
The new locations are dated pre-lockdown, from August 11-17.
Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: Ex-Green Party candidate threatened with arrest when out for a walk
Ex-Green Party candidate and climate change activist Luke Wijohn's video of a confrontation with police where he was threatened with arrest when out for a walk. Video / Luke Wijohn
US spooks unsure about Covid origins
They believe China's leaders did not know about virus before the start of the pandemic.
Jacinda Ardern's New York trip likely canned
Jacinda Ardern's hoped-for trip to the UN probably won't happen.
Police called to Queenstown mountain bike accident find up to 50 riders on trails
The female rider could now be facing the prospect of being fined.
'We'd like to see numbers come down': Govt may need to tighten level 4 restrictions if numbers don't drop
But 'while it is still in known clusters, you can't say it's out of control.'
Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Saturday 28th Aug Wrap
An additional 82 community cases of Covid-19 were reported in New Zealand on August 28. Video / NZ Herald
Aussie outbreaks: NSW 'treading water' after another record of new cases
Lockdown restrictions are set to be prolonged in both NSW and Victoria.
Covid-19 surge pummels Hawaii and its native population
Native leaders are urging Hawaiians to get vaccinated and wear masks.
Covid 19 coronavirus Delta: Act says Parliament will return - but that's not clear
Act thinks Parliament is coming back next week - but that might not be the case.
Gang members moved on from whitebaiting spot
Gang members have been trespassed from the best whitebaiting spot on the Grey River.
Two children die of Covid-19 in Fiji as virus spreads beyond main island
Two children are among 11 people who have died from Covid-19 in Fiji.
After 53 years together, a man will watch from road as wife buried under lockdown restrictions
He has been told he could be removed from the burial grounds if he tries to enter.
Live: Covid cases increasing; police intensify lockdown patrols before border checkpoints
Calls from transport group to avoid the "monumental mess" at the border last time.
Wipeout: Level 4-breaking surfer bails as police launch nears; fishermen given warning
It was less Point Break and more point escape for a rule-breaking surfer this morning.
Jack Tame: It's too late to set vaccination records
OPINION: The Government can't shirk responsibility for our woeful vaccination rates.