India Covid appeal: 'Crematoriums burning day and night. It's just so unimaginably bad'
Esther Ghosh fought to save her brother's life.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
Covid ambush: World records devastating numbers in a week
Records are tumbling day after day as WHO reveals the damaging global heartbreak.
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.
Indian Premier League in disarray after two players test positive for Covid
The team is coached by Brendon McCullum and includes current and former Black Caps.
NZ High Commission's India oxygen plea: 'People are really upset'
The Twitter appeal has reportedly offended locals and 'could have been easily avoided'.
How can the Olympics protect 78,000 volunteers from the coronavirus?
New York Times: They're being offered little more than masks and hand sanitiser.
NZ citizen's great escape from Covid-ravaged India
Pushpinder Singh said his ticket home from Delhi cost about $6000.
Raro, here we come! Cook Islands bubble begins on May 17
Winter holidays are back on - and flights are already scheduled.
Cook Islands PM Mark Brown to update travel bubble plan
Cook Islands PM Mark Brown using Facebook live to provide a bubble update
Cook Islands bubble: What to know before booking
Much of the untouched Cook Islands will be familiar to tourists, with some exceptions.
Queenstown hospitality boss says table and chairs fee discount too late
The council last month announced the discount is in response to Covid-19.