November 8 2021 Auckland will move to step 2 of alert level 3 at 11:59pm tomorrow. On Northland, the upper region will move alert level 2 at 11:59pm on Thursday.

Study finds nitrates in drinking water may cause up to 100 NZ bowel cancer cases yearly.

Double-vaxxed may not be enough for travellers in the UK.

From January 1, the cost of staff daily parking will nearly double at Wellington Hospital.

Experts say risk from vaccinated arrivals typically less than that in Auckland now.

Feeling stressed? The city you live in could be contributing.

'We are in the world of trade-offs.'

Thirty-one people have died from Covid-19 in Aotearoa so far.

Demand for mental health and addiction services has increased, along with helplines.

ANALYSIS: Four seasonal coronaviruses circulate in humans endemically already.

But with lower vaccination levels outside it is "admittedly a tricky transition period".

By last week, 96 doctors had expressed interest in being an attending practitioner.

PM says Aucklanders can leave for summer, but Govt still working out exactly how.

The risk to students has been deemed low by public health teams.

Auckland businessman Leo Molloy weighs in on the city's suffering hospitality industry.

What is normally the fortress of New Zealand rugby has transformed into a dotting domain all weekend long as Tāmaki Makaurau's Got ya Dot campaign kicks off at Eden Park. Video / Jed Bradley

This is the third new case in the region since yesterday afternoon.

The funeral procession passed through Porirua suburbs on Wednesday afternoon.

Anyone with covid symptoms in Hawke's Bay, East Cape and Taranaki should get tested today.

Pfizer says it will ask global regulators to authorise its pill as soon as possible.

Two stores in the Waikato town have been listed after a Covid case visited last Sunday.

Dr Nikki Turner says we are doing better than most other countries in the world.

AKL Council and Eke Panuku release a video illustrating how far the city centre has come.

Government has made an in-principle decision to slightly ease restrictions from Tuesday.

A Māori health provider wants contact details for unvaxxed Māori .

There have now been 17 community cases in the region with eight still active.

Health teams urging anyone with cold or flu symptoms to get tested.

Tens of thousands of Kiwis may miss out on festival if Gisborne doesn't hit vax target.