Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern on Covid-19, vaccine passes
March 17 2022 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says mandates and vaccine passes are unlikely to be used as widely as before and Cabinet will review traffic light settings next week.
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Live: Covid deaths soar to 141; Bloomfield defends isolation rules, says health system staff 'feeling pressure'
Yesterday, 19,452 community cases, 971 hospitalisations and 24 deaths were reported.
Exclusive: Exhausted nurses 'falling over each other' for nightly $500 Covid bonus
'We are so short staffed in every department that management are working on the floor.'
Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern announces border re-opening dates
March 16 2022 Vaccinated Australians will be able to come to New Zealand without isolating from 11.59pm on April 12. Fully vaccinated travellers from visa-waiver countries will be able to enter the country from 11.59pm on May 2.
Focus Live: Two more deaths; 21,616 Covid-19 cases today
March 15 2022 There are 21,616 Covid cases in the community today and a record 960 patients in hospital battling the virus.
Covid outbreak linked to Wellington school camp, Ministry confirms
The Ministry of Education was informed of Covid spread at a school camp late last month.
Govt announces 'a start' of $22m for Māori Health Authority
New Zealand has been "dominated by monocultural thinking", Health NZ chair says.
Eight new Covid-19 deaths as daily case numbers continue to fall
New daily record of Covid-19 deaths in NZ as community case numbers continue to fall.
Covid at Gloriavale: 'Significant cluster' confirmed by health officials
It comes as remote religious community slowly takes up jab.
Focus: Covid Outbreak | Saturday 12th March Wrap
March 12 2022 Seven people have died with Covid-19, signalling a grim milestone as the country's death toll since the beginning of the pandemic passes 100.
Covid-19: Highest daily deaths; health workforce under pressure
Seven deaths and 20,989 new Covid-19 community cases were reported yesterday.
The Ex-Files: I think my son is being swayed by mum's anti-vax views
Judge rules in recent case that well-informed child has right to decide about vaccine.
Watch: 20,989 new community Covid cases; record daily death toll
This is the highest number of daily Covid-related deaths since the pandemic reached NZ.
Focus Live: 20,989 new Covid-19 community cases
March 11 2022 There are 20,989 new Covid-19 cases in the community and seven new deaths today. That is the highest number of daily Covid-related deaths New Zealand has seen since the pandemic came to the country in 2020.
Auckland case numbers likely to have peaked as rest-of-NZ keeps rising
Nationally, 21,015 new Covid-19 community cases were reported on Thursday.
Omicron iceberg: Officials 'flying blind' without better data
Hospitalisation numbers are a useful indicator but also a "dangerously lagged" one.
DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends
Time is ticking for DHB board members who won't be needed come July 1.
Record 773 people in hospital with Covid, 21,000 new cases; death toll hits 91
Vast majority of today's hospitalisations were there because of Covid.
Dr Bloomfield says Auckland's Covid peak could be known in days
Dr Ashley Bloomfield appears before the Health Select Committee and reveals Auckland's peak in Covid-19 case numbers could be known within days. Video / Parliament TV
Hipkins stands by claims over women who prompted Northland's snap lockdown
Police say there wasn't enough evidence to suggest the women used false documents.
Focus Live: Four deaths, 22,454 cases, 742 in hospital with Covid-19
March 9 2022 Chris Hipkins spoke just before the Ministry of Health announced there were 22,454 community cases and four deaths today. There were 742 people hospitalised including 19 in ICU.
First Covid death in Gisborne, South Auckland rest home sees half residents test positive
The man was admitted to hospital by ambulance last Friday.
Help! What happens if I catch Covid-19 overseas?
Herald Travel answers your questions about international travel during the pandemic.
Covid-positive healthcare staff can now work as a 'last resort'
Plans are underway to allow Covid-positive staff to treat Covid patients.
Focus Live: Almost 24,000 community cases today, 756 people in hospital
March 8 2022 There are 23,894 new Covid-19 cases today - including 9881 people in Auckland. Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay said 756 people were in hospital and 16 were in ICU or HDU.
MoH acknowledges waits to report RAT results over the phone
An Auckland woman said it took days to report her daughter's RAT result over the phone.
Covid-19: Michael Baker's three predictions for 2022
What can NZ expect in year 3 of Covid-19? Epidemiologist Michael Baker explains.
15,161 cases, one death, 618 in hospital - case drop 'encouraging' but caution urged
The seven-day rolling average of cases is 17,272, up from 16,687 yesterday.
Top cop on what we need to learn from the Parliament protest violence
"We need to think as a nation how we got there & how we avoid being there in the future."
Epidemiologist says Auckland's Omicron cases may have peaked
Michael Baker says he is "cautiously optimistic".
Focus: Covid Outbreak | Saturday 5th March
March 5 2022 There were 18,833 community cases of Covid-19 in the community today. Five more people have died with Covid-19, bringing NZ's toll since the pandemic began to 68.
Covid cases drop below 19,000, five more deaths - health chiefs' warning
Five deaths and 22,535 cases were registered yesterday.
Live: Omicron's grip - daily cases could be almost 100k; expert's warning for age group
Rod Jackson says the only numbers that matter are hospitalisations and deaths.
Watch: 22,535 new Covid cases, five deaths
Latest deaths in Tauranga, Waikato, Dunedin and Middlemore bring toll to 67.