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Focus: 300,000 Covid-19 vaccines delivered in NZ
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces that NZ has surpassed 300,000 vaccines delivered and set new daily records for dosage numbers. Video / Derek Cheng
Beer? Money? US offers incentives to get vaccinated
New York Times: Some states are turning to not-so-subtle incentives to get shots in arms.
Three new MIQ Covid cases; 87,000 people have both jabs
Officials will update how many vaccines have been administered in NZ.
Man charged with assaulting Defence Force MIQ worker
The 30-year-old is defending the charge of assault from last month.
Covid-19: 'We don't go out into the community now. If we do, we double mask'
Tony and Jan Bellew are doing all they can to get out of India and back home to NZ.
Biden sets new vaccination goal
President Joe Biden plans to vaccinate most American adults by July 4.
Pfizer reaps hundreds of millions in profits from Covid vaccine
New York Times: Unlike rival manufacturers Pfizer planned to profit on its vaccine.
Customs worker refused vaccine: 'Why am I out of a job? What was the risk?'
Customs worker fired for refusing vaccine says her job never required regular testing.
India Covid appeal: 'Crematoriums burning day and night. It's just so unimaginably bad'
Esther Ghosh fought to save her brother's life.
Focus: World Vision worker's fight to save her brother
Esther Ghosh, head of grants acquisition and management for World Vision India in Delhi, fought to save her brother's life. Video / AP / World Vision
How small businesses are faring a year after Covid set in
Xero Small Business Index now sits at 122, up from a low of 18 last year.
An Olympic dream dashed by a nasal swab
New York Times: In the coronavirus era dreams can vanish without warning.
What would it take to vaccinate the whole world? Let's take a look
New York Times: Poorer countries face the prospect of years of suffering.
'This is not going to end soon': Expert's grim prediction for India
'If everything goes very well, things will be horrible for the next several weeks.'
Northlanders struggling to get vaccine bookings, busloads of Aucklanders turned away
Busloads of Aucklanders and a couple who flew from the South Island turned away.
Five wealthy investors granted border exemptions, then residency
An immigration advisor has questioned why hundreds of others must wait until borders open.
Man who set off MIQ hotel fire alarm discharged without conviction
He briefly escaped the Rydges hotel before being arrested in May 2020.
Kiwis snap up Cooks holidays, searches surge by 4000%
Kiwis are snapping up holidays to the Cook Islands after the travel bubble announcement.
Reaching 'herd immunity' unlikely in the US, experts now believe
New York Times: Variants and vaccine hesitancy will keep the goal out of reach.
Seven NZ High Commission staff in India contract Covid
At least one seriously ill staffer has been treated at the compound.
Taps turned off at Oktoberfest for second year
Beer tents have been replaced with pop-up Covid test centres in Munich's festival square.
'Bonnes Vacances' for vaccinated tourists: EU opens up
The world's most popular tourism destinations are ready to welcome international guests.
Focus: Church leaders in Ōtara playing key role in Covid-19 vaccinations
Reverend Dr Featunai Liuaana and other church leaders are playing a key role by engaging their communities and leading the way in getting Covid-19 vaccinations. Video / Dean Purcell
NZ will call for Covid-19 origins to be clear - Ardern
The PM will today join an international panel to discuss disease outbreak preparation.
Govt reveals $1b Budget boost after Covid underspend
Grant Robertson sets Covid, children, housing and climate change as priorities.
'Horrible' heart, lung issues: 'Long Covid' sufferer back in hospital five months later
Helena Power is still in hospital suffering from the shocking effects of Covid-19.
Australia tells its citizens in India: Don't come home
New York Times: Australia has made it a criminal offence for citizens to enter country.
13 MIQ staff face being sacked for refusing Covid vaccine
Since Saturday it has been mandatory to have a jab to work in MIQ.
Patients 'begging to leave': Inside India's grim Covid ward
As India struggles with Covid, one hospital is so bad its patients are begging to leave.
Focus: World Vision in India calls for aid in humanitarian crisis
Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows. Video / AP / World Vision
India Covid-19 appeal: 'It's worse than a horror movie'
A World Vision worker describes how she feared she might lose her husband.
India Covid-19 appeal: 'We are in a race against time to prevent even more people dying'
Franklin Jones, who runs World Vision's response, says the crisis is devastating.