Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Three new cases in Waikato including two school students
A pop-up testing centre is underway at the Wharekawa Marae in Whakatīwai as three new Covid-19 cases are announced in the Waikato. Video / Mike Scott
A pop-up testing centre is underway at the Wharekawa Marae in Whakatīwai as three new Covid-19 cases are announced in the Waikato. Video / Mike Scott
Balance between economic need and risk of virus spreading leaves Government in a pickle.
New Zealand is seeking to quickly approve the latest and most exciting Covid treatments.
Auckland's level 4 lockdown has been extended but Cabinet has made an in-principle decision to shift the region down to level 3 at 11.59pm on September 21. Video / NZ Herald
September 12, 2021: 20 new community cases of Covid-19 are announced all in Auckland, one day away from a Cabinet alert level decision. Video / NZ Herald
NZNO says 'free for all' visitor policy is putting everyone at risk.
Eliminating mystery cases is at the top of a Covid adviser's wish list.
Breakfast host Indira Stewart challenges Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson over the handling of Tuala Tagaloa Tusani and his partner who struggled to receive hospital care while in MIQ. Video / TVNZ
A hospital patient was kept in a ward with other patients while awaiting a Covid test.
Te Arawa Covid response call-centre trailblazing. Video / Te Ao / Māori TV
The female rider could now be facing the prospect of being fined.
Relief as it appears no one in the Coromandel has caught Covid, despite initial visit.
Sanjana Chand waited more than a year for a hysterectomy recommended by a specialist to treat her hormonal conditions. Fed up with waiting, she has now taken out a $30,000 loan to have the operation done privately. Video / Sylvie Whinray
Fleeing Aucklanders will run into a wall of blue at checkpoints north of Auckland.
Push is on for New Zealand vaccination rates to catch up with the rest of the world.
Wastewater testing could also be used to rule out infection in the South Island: Expert.
There are 21 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, bringing the total number of people infected in the outbreak to 72. One million New Zealanders are now fully vaccinated.
Health workers vaccinate patients who have arrived at Dunedin's first drive-thru vaccination centre. Video / Craig Baxter
There are more than 200 locations of interest - and more are expected today.
If a lone tumbleweed had drifted across Dunedin’s George St yesterday, it would not have seemed out of place. Video / ODT
A daily wrap of all the main developments in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak as New Zealand is plunged into lockdown for the fifth time. Video / NZ Herald
A daily wrap of all the main developments in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak as New Zealand is plunged into lockdown for the fifth time. Video / NZ Herald
The 10 cases include an AUT student, an Avondale College teacher and a tradesman.
There is no known link between the community case and the border.
August 17 2021 The Covid-19 wage subsidy will be available to businesses across the country, not just Auckland and Coromandel.
“The biggest non-event in the history of the world” Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking & Kate Hawkesby get the Covid jab. Video / Newstalk ZB
New system will keep the sector accountable.
The risk is particularly high during overnight shifts, the resident medical officers say.
Peter Davis offers three steps to properly fund health and superannuation.
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have exploded across the country, leaving some affected children in intensive care and hospitals forced to expand capacity. Video / NZ Herald