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.

Kiwis outside Auckland were more blase about masks before Covid-19 came to them.

The two cities have fallen more places than any other city in the latest rankings.

Joseph Van Maanen had been warned he could end up a 501 deportee if he didn't change ways.

Daily cases have been hovering around 5000 this week; today's cases are two days' worth.

Mental health providers are struggling to cope with growing need in the wake of Covid-19.

The number of daily cases has dropped by almost 1000 compared with a week ago.

Emails reveal officials discussing correct information minister's false statements.

The Govt spent nearly $43,000 fighting another pregnancy-related MIQ case in court.

Police release images of 15 people being sought.

'Each variant has had different characteristics,' says Ayesha Verrall.

New Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said alongside Director-General of Health Dr Ashely Bloomfield that lockdowns and border closures would still be a last resort. Video / Mark Mitchell

Apology for stranded pregnant Kiwis during lockdown, fourth Covid vaccine dose passes into law and trains in the UK grind to a halt with strike action in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

The party leader says unvaccinated workers should be allowed to returned to work.

Ministry opted not to make special rules for pregnant Kiwis to return.

Health ministry data may have over-estimated Māori vaccination rates, new analysis finds.

Long Covid is likely to affect women far worse than men, a new study has shown.

About 850,000 of the country's most high-risk people will be eligible.

Overseas data suggests the country is in for another surge soon.