
Widening Waikato level 3 border 'necessary to protect vulnerable', mayor says
Waipa Mayor Jim Mylchreest is urging people to get vaccinated.
Waipa Mayor Jim Mylchreest is urging people to get vaccinated.
Horrific comments 'not on'.
The first Hamilton locations of interest have been released shortly after 4pm today.
Waipa has a high rate of vaccination but the Mayor is urging everyone to get their dose.
The Ministry of Health has released the latest locations of interest.
It comes ahead of Auckland moving to the first step of its road map tonight.
People who have been against getting vaccinated are now lining up for the jab.
An Auckland apartment block has been visited by an infected person five times.
Parts of the region went into lockdown at midnight after Covid cases were discovered.
The new alert level for Waikato towns will stay in place for at least five days.
The alert level change starts at 11.59pm tonight.
The cases are in Hamilton and Raglan and are linked.
Comment: The response will show if the Government's elimination strategy is sincere.
Police announced yesterday the search for the Phillips family would be suspended.
Te Rawhitiroa says his life would be 'pretty vanilla' if te reo Māori wasn't a part of it.
The man had been swept off rocks while fishing but was eventually rescued.
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DoC sends two tāiko back on seasonal journey after the rare seabirds crash-landed.
A friend raised concern after the man failed to return home yesterday afternoon.
The Coroner found Sean McKinnon died of shotgun wounds to the head and torso.
Aussies are already making plans to visit in the lead-up to Tuesday's travel announcement.
One of the vehicles was spiked and three offenders were arrested near Ngaruawahia.
Three businesses on Waiheke Island are in growth mode despite Covid-19.
Soundsplash organiser says stringent drug checking process paid off.
Organisers have blamed the huge waits on stringent checking for illicit drugs.
Police are working to identify the person, which they say could take some time.
New figures obtained by the Herald show 18 fatal boating accidents every year.
It's harder in a hot market to find an affordable bach - but it can be done, agents say.
Sean McKinnon's sisters have shared their thoughts on today's sentencing.
A judge delivered his sentence to Mark Garson in the High Court at Hamilton today.