09:35am Tue 16 Nov, 2021
People who are fully vaccinated will now spend less time isolating if they get Covid-19 or are a close contact of a case, the Government has announced. Contact... Read More
08:07am Tue 16 Nov, 2021
About 2000 district health board workers had not been vaccinated 15 hours before the deadline to lose their jobs. Meanwhile, school and early childhood staff... Read More
07:00am Tue 16 Nov, 2021
"A disaster waiting to happen." That's how Rotorua MP Todd McClay describes Lakes DHB's ability to cope with a Delta outbreak after it was revealed there... Read More
08:23am Mon 15 Nov, 2021
One of yesterday's positive Covid-19 cases is a woman who gave birth prematurely at Rotorua Hospital, and whose baby later died. The woman and her partner... Read More
06:55am Mon 15 Nov, 2021
Get tested and get vaccinated. This is the advice from Toi Te Ora Public Health following the detection of COVID-19 in wastewater in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. ESR... Read More
03:00pm Sun 14 Nov, 2021
Following the detection of COVID-19 in wastewater in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui, Toi Te Ora Public Health is advising people living in the greater Tauranga area... Read More
02:00pm Sun 14 Nov, 2021
There are seven new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the Waikato region. Six were known contacts and public health staff continue to investigate the remaining case,... Read More
01:45pm Sun 14 Nov, 2021
There are 207 new community cases of Covid-19 reported today by the Ministry of Health. Of these cases 99 are epidemiologically linked, and 108 are still to be... Read More
11:30am Sun 14 Nov, 2021
The Ministry of Health has announced there are four new COVID-19 community cases to report across the Tararua and Lakes districts. The two Lakes district cases... Read More
10:30am Sun 14 Nov, 2021
Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty city leaders are strongly encouraging their community to get vaccinated, following the ESR notifying the Ministry of Health... Read More
07:45am Sun 14 Nov, 2021
Sin City Taupō Strippers and two bars have been named as part of a late-night location of interest tranche following confirmation of more cases in Taupō. The... Read More
07:50pm Sat 13 Nov, 2021
ESR has notified the Ministry of Health of positive wastewater detections of the Covid-19 virus in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. Covid-19 was detected in Tauranga... Read More