Contact of Sydney Covid case in Christchurch MIQ, bubble pause continues
Dr Ashley Bloomfield has defended the snap bubble decision as "the right thing to do".
Dr Ashley Bloomfield has defended the snap bubble decision as "the right thing to do".
One of Fiji's new Covid cases is a man who flew via Auckland.
Flights from New Zealand have been paused into NSW after a fresh community outbreak.
It comes after a week of heated debate in Parliament about the authority and its powers.
Gladys Berejiklian suggested NZ's response was not proportionate to the risk.
Sydney authorities continue to monitor the Covid situation there.
Government employees earning over $60,000 will now find it difficult to get a pay rise.
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces that NZ has surpassed 300,000 vaccines delivered and set new daily records for dosage numbers. Video / Derek Cheng
Officials will update how many vaccines have been administered in NZ.
"Imagine if those babies have disabilities or special needs and we don't know about it".
The latest information on New Zealand's Covid-19 situation, case numbers and response.
More than 95 per cent of Customs staff have had first dose of the vaccine.
Integrating the dozens of IT systems across the health system will be a huge challenge.
There have been more than three times as many MIQ failures in NZ than Oz, analysis finds.
Shock of news from ministry makes 24-year-old feel 'sick'.
From midnight tonight all managed isolation and quarantine workers must be vaccinated.
NZ taxpayers have forked out more than $300 million for MIQ since September 2020.
All MIQ workers must have received at least one Covid vaccine dose by midnight tonight.
Questions remain over how a Kiwi flew home from Perth when the city was in lockdown.
New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is three per cent ahead of schedule, except in Northland where a big push to use available vaccine is underway.
People will have to wait five weeks between getting the Covid and flu jab.
"I don't think we've fully comprehended how much change is coming," union leader warns.
Early Covid vaccination centres are open across Northland for over-50s, among others.
Traveller from Perth self-isolating after trip during lockdown there via Sydney.
A travel bubble freed up 1300 MIQ rooms - how the Govt closed the door on Covid risk.
The ministry will reveal whether there are any more close contacts of the case.
There have been 15 border-related cases since last July.
Health system changes would start to come into effect in July next year.
Major reforms to the health system are set to benefit Te Tai Tokerau.
Families left wondering if their loved ones might still be here if they lived elsewhere.