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Focus: New Year Honours 2023 - Sir Ashley Bloomfield

The man who led NZ's Covid-19 response in a pandemic has now been knighted to become Sir Ashley Bloomfield. Video / Marty Melville

A Covid Christmas: Past the peak or not reporting?

Cases plummet but does this mean we have seen the peak of this latest wave?

Māori undercounted and under-resourced in health, new data report confirms

Health data has never given a true indication of Māori numbers.

Hospital cases could peak in Christmas wave of Covid

Ministry of Health estimates a possible peak of about 1100 people in hospital.

Conspiracy theorists Billy TK, Vinny Eastwood guilty of organising protest on first day of lockdown

Today's decision comes four months after the pair's trial began in Auckland.

$1.59m Covid campaign happened after almost everyone was vaccinated

Social media scheme hit by delays, poor content, and youths hired to run it fell out.

Emergency housing: Human Rights Commission’s damning report points to rights breaches

Inquiry finds emergency housing system is seriously flawed.

Hospitalisations for Covid jump by 100; 40k new cases, 35 deaths in 7 days

An expert says Kiwis should wear masks in places like bars and restaurants.

Asian health missing from latest report

Health practitioners are concerned that Te Whatu Ora has failed to address Asian health.

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.

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.