Experts warn we're facing a winter surge of the virus as subvariant BA.5 spreads.

NZ is already experiencing an upsurge of Covid 19 cases.

Paediatrician on keeping kids well while giving them back their "sense of normality".

Luck, masks and whakapapa are the reasons Government ministers give for dodging Covid-19.

Academic says BA.5 variant causing first 7-day average case number increase in months.

The rise comes as the health system feels the pressure from Covid-19 and winter illnesses.

Guests could be turned away at the venue if they test positive.

Burnout and migration backlog: Dire staff situation drives hotels to cut cleaning deals.

The increase in case numbers has not gone unnoticed and the country will remain at orange.

Passengers on first quarantine-free flight from NZ to Niue test positive for Covid-19.

A move to the green setting is unlikely, experts predict a second wave will hit soon.

Grant Robertson has announced he has contracted Covid-19.

Japan is bracing for a return of tourists from abroad, as border controls to curb the spread of coronavirus infections are gradually loosened. Video / AP

The Prime Minister gets into trade negotiations, could we move to the green traffic light setting today and how AT's making streets around schools safer in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

More than 8000 cases were announced yesterday.

Stronger regulations are wanted for social media content, Classification Office finds.

Expert: 'We can see in the numbers, by every indicator, it's a huge ongoing problem.'

Health professionals are concerned that the uptake of extra shot will be low.

Second booster - or fourth dose - is now available for everyone aged over 50.

A group of parents - all of whom have name suppression - are seeking a judicial review.

The All Blacks have been forced to adjust as three coaches and two players have been hit by Covid just days before their first test with Ireland. Video / NZ Rugby

More Kiwis will have access to free flu shots and be eligible for a second booster.

They say children are not at risk from Covid-19.

OPINION: 'So sick that even shower water against my skin hurt. Everything ached.'

Chris Hipkins said Aucklanders paid a big price for the Covid response.

Scientists are making worrying discoveries about Long Covid. Jamie Morton looks at three.

'If this is how society works - I won't test outside home any more,' mum says.

There were 8638 new community cases & 24 deaths reported yesterday for the past two days.

Are NZ conspiracy theorists likelier to lean left or right? It's not so straight-forward.