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Open butchers, greengrocers to reduce pressure on supermarkets - Retail NZ

"Greengrocers, butchers, bakers should be allowed to open."

Free childcare for essential workers from tomorrow - Hipkins

Scheme is for essential workers who have no other childcare provisions available to them.

'10 people a day': Fiji's Covid death toll keeps rising

Fiji's death toll is at 433; of those, 431 were in this latest outbreak.

All heroes wear masks: Mandatory masks 'here to stay', says top expert

Mandatory mask wearing is here to stay, a top epidemiologist says.

Focus Live: Dr Ashley Bloomfield gets Covid-19 vaccine

Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield receiving his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on August 22.

Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: Queues at NZ's first drive-thru vaccination event

Queues at NZ's first drive-thru vaccination event. Video / Adam Pearse

Editorial: Delta variant a challenge we must rise to

EDITORIAL: "Yes, we have been here before, but this time it is different."

Claire Trevett: Brace for a long lockdown after Monday decision

We are still waiting to find out about super-spreader events, but lockdown won't be short.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: What happens after vaccine roll out

Scientist says elimination is unsustainable once borders open. "Covid will slip through."

Police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne, Sydney

Protesters ignore 'zero tolerance' warnings from police in Australia's two biggest cities.

Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Case numbers continue to rise

A daily wrap of all the main developments in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak as New Zealand is plunged into lockdown for the fifth time. Video / NZ Herald

Judith Collins distances herself from ex National MP's anti-vax post

"New Zealanders should have no doubt that the National Party backs the science." - Collins

Record vaccine doses given, but anger at cancelled appointments

Woman has to wait a month after her vaccine appointment was cancelled without notice.

Auckland Covid testing centre closing at 4.30pm to prevent staff burnout

Those in the queue who miss out will be given priority cards for tomorrow morning.

Welcome to 'Deltaport': Iconic sign hit by late-night vandal

The "Devo-stating" change was made by bubble-busting vandals who struck at night.

'Isis bride' Suhayra Aden arrives in NZ

The PM confirmed last month that Aden and her two children would return to NZ.

'Can't get home': Family stuck in Wanaka after travel extension ends

Napier family could not get home despite extra Air New Zealand flights out of resort town.

Focus Live: 21 new Covid-19 community cases, 51 in total

August 21 2021 There are 21 new cases of Covid-19 in the community - bringing the total number of people infected in the latest outbreak to 51.