Vaccine rollout: The quiet changing of dates - are there delays?
'July is July - it will still be from July,' Chris Hipkins said.
'July is July - it will still be from July,' Chris Hipkins said.
Push back comes after Ministry of Health quietly updated its vaccination timeline.
The DHBs also lacked skilled IT staff to focus on security, a report found.
The Government must intervene to protect sick patients, Waikato cancer doctor warns.
As Victoria records new cases of Covid, our ministry is warning travellers to be prepared.
All four of today's cases travelled from India, via Qatar.
Wastewater results from Christchurch have now come back as negative.
DHB says patient care the priority as they plan for the recovery phase after the attack.
Churches working with the Ministry of Health to encourage people to get Covid vaccine.
Wastewater testing confirms more weak positive results for Covid-19 in Porirua and Karori.
Information 'strongly suggestive ... that the death was unrelated to vaccination'.
A New Zealander has died after getting a Covid-19 vaccination, but the Ministry of Health says there is no direct link.
The Govt is still confident it'll meet its targets, despite a report suggesting otherwise.
Experts say the risk to public health from the Covid-positive mariner is 'negligible'.
How ESR scientists detect Covid-19 in wastewater samples. Video / ESR
'We wouldn't want them to be carte blanche open to everyone.'
The results from the new samples are expected to be available tomorrow evening.
We still don't know how effective NZ's sewage testing is, expert says.
Anyone in NZ who was at Melbourne places of interest must call Healthline for advice.
Contact tracers continue to follow up with 4500 recent arrivals from Victoria.
Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said stronger public measures - like level 2.5 - might have to be new norm once the borders open. Video / Mark Mitchell
On the day walk-in vaccinations were halted, the Highbrook site closed for a third time.
120,000 people have had their second doses of the Pfizer jab and are fully vaccinated.
There have been more than 388,000 vaccines administered across New Zealand. 120,000 of those have had their second doses.
The public health risk has been identified as low.
The first flights from Sydney landed back in NZ yesterday after a three-day pause.
The Covid-19 crisis is engulfing a mountainous nation of 30 million people.
The first flights from Sydney are due to touch down again this afternoon.
Medicinal cannabis campaigners say the Government's dogmatic approach is "ludicrous".
Port workers should get paid breaks to ensure they get the Covid-19 shot, union says.