'Your chances of ending up in hospital with Delta if you're unvaccinated are greater.'

New locations of interest show Covid-infected person visited an Auckland dairy.

September 30 2021 There are 19 Covid cases in the community today. Eighteen of the cases are in Auckland and the other is a child who attended Mangatangi School, who had been isolating.

Covid-19 testing team working with families in emergency housing says many are frightened.

Hipkins pushes back on Hosking's claim an elimination strategy is a waste of time.

Chris Hipkins: 'We've still got to hold our nerve here'.

Michael Baker says the country needs one or two more days to judge a proper trend.

A person infected with Covid was at South Auckland petrol station yesterday.

A damning review has found that Oranga Tamariki is a "weak, disconnected and unfit" agency - and the Government says it will cease the controversial tactic of child uplifts.

The release of more MIQ spots should be exciting - but it's just causing more anxiety.

Kelvin and Amber Acutt say their triplets could arrive tomorrow or six weeks from now.

PM Jacinda Ardern on why she got vaccinated and what made her shed a tear when she saw the first vaccine shipments arrive. Video / Mark Mitchell

Experts warn opening Auckland up now could result in a surge of new cases all over NZ.

September 28 2021 There are eight Covid cases in the community today, including a person who presented at Waitakere Hospital. There is one unlinked case today - the person who arrived at the hospital. Five staff members have been stood down.

Staff at an Auckland shop linked to a positive case say it is not one of their team.

Vaccine passports will be in the form of an app to be made available in just over a month.

Today marks the 40th day of Auckland's lockdown.

Sir John Key says Kiwis deserve certainty about when the borders can reopen.

People who were at this location must isolate and get tested immediately, authorities say.

Today's Covid case numbers are being announced in a press statement at 1pm.

After 561 days of restrictions, Norway has ditch them altogether in a new normal.

Eleven new locations of interest have been released by health officials today.

New reporting regulations for abortion providers aimed at improving services.

Eleven new locations of interest have been released by health officials today.

September 24 2021 There are nine new cases of Covid-19 in the community today. All are in the Auckland region, Dr Caroline McElnay said. The total cases in the outbreak has now reached 1031 with 902 now recovered.

There are no requirements for schools to share staff inoculation status with parents.