"New Zealanders should have no doubt that the National Party backs the science." - Collins

Woman has to wait a month after her vaccine appointment was cancelled without notice.

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 risk is particularly high during overnight shifts, the resident medical officers say.

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

Amaroq Therapeutics has raised $14m to develop a technology it hopes will lead to "next-generation" cancer therapy drugs with fewer side-effects. Video / Supplied

Opinion: Vaccination in one region has been delayed by at least two months.

The Government is considering mandatory QR scanning in "high-risk" locations such as bars and restaurants, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces that the Wellington region will move to Alert Level 2 starting at 6pm Wednesday. Video / Mark Mitchell

Colleagues mourn for their much loved friend who tragically died during childbirth.

The data-matching system where the Government checks whether MIQ workers are properly tested failed to detect the case of the Grand Millenium security guard, who should have been tested fortnightly but wasn't tested for five months

Ministry of Health still trying to reach five Melbourne returnees.

Waikato DHB's IT centre was the target of a major cyber security attack. Video / Waikato DHB

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

OPINION: History shows that pay suppression is bad policy. It's also bad politics.

The first flights from Sydney are due to touch down again this afternoon.

Most people dying from Covid in India cannot even get into a hospital.

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

Te Whare Kohaka o Wanaka to provide greater certainty around maternity care.

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.

The Auckland airport worker who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday despite being fully vaccinated cleaned a plane that brought a returnee with the virus back to New Zealand on April 10.