Coronavirus

Second school impacted by Tauranga Covid outbreak

A second school in the Tauranga region has been impacted by the new community Covid-19 outbreak. SunLive understands that a parent of a child that attends Te... Read More

Tauranga leaders react as Covid-19 returns

Leaders in the Tauranga community are imploring residents to get tested if displaying symptoms of Covid-19 and to get vaccinated after the return of Covid-19 in... Read More

Tahatai Coast School to close Friday due to Covid

Tahatai Coast School in Papamoa will be closed on Friday due to the strong possibility of a positive Covid-19 result from within the school community. The school,... Read More

Further Covid-19 case reported in Thames

A positive Covid-19 case has been confirmed in Thames today, the Waikato District Health Board has announced. The case has been in contact with Public Health... Read More

AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in New Zealand

New Zealanders will soon be able to access a second type of Covid-19 vaccine, Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins has confirmed. A shipment of 100,000... Read More

Toi Te Ora Public Health advice after BOP cases

Get tested, get vaccinated and check locations of interest. This is the advice from Toi Te Ora Public Health following two positive Covid-19 test results in the... Read More

Covid-19: Two deaths in Auckland, virus hits BOP

There are 167 reported cases of Covid-19 in the community today and two people have also died with Covid-19 in Auckland as over 20,000 vaccination doses were given... Read More

Tauranga Covid-19: Undetected cases likely

Two positive cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Tauranga, with one in Mount Maunganui and the other in Pyes Pā Confirmation of the cases follows the detection... Read More

Contracts signed for Māori vaccination rates

The Government has approved $46.75 million and signed 26 contracts to rapidly accelerate Māori Covid-19 vaccinations across Aotearoa and support the efforts of... Read More

MP backs woman’s fight to see dying sister

A woman, originally from Katikati, is facing a desperate battle to receive an exemption to leave Managed Isolation in Auckland to visit her terminally ill sister... Read More

Auckland boundary to open on December 15

All of New Zealand is expected to move into the traffic light system soon after 29 November, with the Auckland boundary opening up to vaccinated or tested people... Read More

Third positive waste water result in BOP

The Ministry of Health have reported the detection of Covid-19 in the waste water of Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. This sample taken on November 15 follows positives... Read More