Watch: 'Not out of the woods' - Covid summer wave may hit 11k cases a day
21,595 new community cases have been reported in the past week.
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Prime $50m property back on the market - will it be returned to disabled community?
The site was sold last year for $49.5m but a plan for 240 apartments has stalled.
Live: 21,595 new Covid cases, 56 virus-related deaths in the past week
The most recent analysis shows the Omicron subvariant remains dominant.
Govt considering paid placements for nursing students, push for second Harbour Bridge & Republican upset in US | Focus Morning Bulletin: 14 November, 2022
The Government considering paid placements for nursing students, why a second Harbour Bridge could be better than a tunnel & major midterm Republican upset in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Peter Davis: What health crisis?
OPINION: Professor of population health says there's too much we don't know.
Death with a view: Man’s unique assisted dying request
Kiwis have been dying in their own way - at the beach, or in bed with a dog at their feet.
Smoke in upper floor prompts callout to Health Ministry HQ
A fire at the MOH headquarters has resulted in an evacuation of the building.
Telehealth service will expand access to safe abortions
The phone hotline will provide clinical consultations.
Covid-19: 20,522 new cases in 7 days, rolling average is 2926 per day
A seven-day update from the Ministry of Health is expected to show a rise in subvariants.
Health NZ unveils plan to tackle hospital problems
National meanwhile asks where the 'actions, dates and accountability' is.
More doctors in distress, $100K education website U-turn & Kanye West going broke | Focus Morning Bulletin: 28 October, 2022
Fears more doctors could be lost to suicide, the costly Ministry of Education U-turn and Kayne West’s net worth plummets in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
New Covid infections jump by 1500 in 24-hour period
It is the highest recorded number of new infections since mid-August.
Focus: Hundreds of nurses walk off the job for pay parity
Hundreds of nurses in primary healthcare are striking nationwide, calling for the right to be paid the same as their hospital counterparts. Video / NZ Herald
Revealed: Plan to address surgery waitlists
The recommendations will be implemented this year, beginning in December.
Two new Covid variants detected in NZ, Ministry of Health keeping close eye
"We’re watching the levels of those variants closely."
Focus Morning Bulletin: 18 October, 2022
Renewed concerns over our EDs, could cost of living pressures ease and tensions between the UK's new Finance Minister and Prime Minister in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
'He was just a skeleton of a baby': Family moves to Australia to save starving infant
Gideon's body started 'eating itself' to survive - 'He was essentially starving to death.'
Nine new community cases of monkeypox
All of the new cases have been identified as community transmissions.
Doctor well-known in ADHD community faces tribunal
It is alleged Tony Hanne wrote prescriptions without specialist approval.
Impossible to measure impact of nurses' refusal to work extra shifts - union
Nurses are protesting over the end of the winter Covid-19 bonus.
9975 new Covid cases, 33 deaths in last week; nearly 10 per cent reinfections
For three weeks now, Kiwis have been living without the Covid-19 traffic light system.
'Cruel and heartless': $52k annual tax on 'miracle drug' slammed
'We will do anything to keep our boy alive but ... detest having to pay tax to do so.'
Nurses warned refusing extra shifts likely illegal
Nurses Organisation advises all 35,000 members to work only the rostered shifts.
9809 Covid cases in last week, 54 virus-linked deaths including a child
Wastewater results suggest not all cases in Auckland and Wellington are reported.
'His foot was like a corpse': Toddler nearly dies after IV mishap
'It's terrible because if it had gone on for another hour, he might have been dead.'
New Covid variant touches down in NZ as border testing relaxed
Relaxing border tests has removed one of the key Covid data sets for our scientists.
Covid-19 outbreak plateauing as we reach new phase of the pandemic
Figures show that daily cases have been tracking down for the past five weeks.
'I'm angry, lonely, and too exhausted': Battle for long Covid sufferer
'It's atrocious that it's taken journalists investigating to get as far as we've got.'
Live: 9606 new Covid cases in past 7 days; 74 people died with virus
Today's update covers cases from September 12-18.
'Biggest change in a lifetime': ADHD healthcare improvements on the table
'This is a giant step forward. It's just unbelievable.'
Focus: Lights out! What NZ's new Covid rules mean for you
The Covid protection framework is no more so what does that mean for Kiwis and what should we expect from the pandemic now? Video / NZ Herald
1941 new cases, 46 deaths as daily Covid-19 updates end after two-plus years
From now on there will be weekly Covid updates every Monday.
Lights out! Covid-19 traffic light system scrapped - all you need to know
Most Covid-19 rules to end from tonight.