Coronavirus

National vaccination drive on October 16

A large scale Covid-19 vaccination drive is being planned for October 16, and known as 'Super Saturday'. With more than half the eligible population now... Read More

Alarm at Tauranga medical centre’s Covid testing

Some Tauranga residents are suggesting a doctor's surgery in the city is actively discouraging people from getting tested for Covid-19. However, The Doctors Tauranga... Read More

Record day for Māori Covid-19 vaccinations

More than 10,000 Covid-19 vaccinations were administered to Māori yesterday, the highest number in the vaccine campaign so far, Associate Minister of Health (Maori... Read More

Covid-19: Northland to enter Alert Level 3 tonight

Northland will move to Alert Level 3 restrictions from 11:59pm tonight, the Covid-19 Response Minister has confirmed. Chris Hipkins has been holding a briefing... Read More

More than 50% of eligible pop now fully vaccinated

Latest figures from the Ministry of Health show more than half of the eligible population is now vaccinated against Covid-19. In a statement released today, the... Read More

Covid-19: 44 new community cases

There are 44 new community cases today. The Ministry of Health reports 20 of these are household contacts, 12 are known contacts, and 12 remain unlinked with... Read More

200+ locations of interest linked to outbreak

Supermarkets, bakeries, a chemist and more are the latest among locations of interest in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak. In Auckland, SuperValue in Titirangi and... Read More

More support for business available from today

The third round of the Resurgence Support Payment opened for applications this morning. 'The RSP helps businesses with their fixed costs, such as rent. It provides... Read More

Live updates: Waikato wakes at alert level 3

More of Waikato has woken today to find itself back under Covid-19 alert level 3 restrictions. From midnight, Waipa, Waitomo, and Ōtorohanga districts joined... Read More

Vaccines by suburb data: Murupara slowest in NZ

Murupara in Bay of Plenty is the lowest vaccinated town or suburb in the country. The Ministry of Health has released a suburb-by-suburb breakdown of vaccination... Read More

Positive Auckland travelled to Northland

A case that was under investigation after returning a weak positive result from a test in Whangarei earlier this week has today returned a positive test result... Read More

More rapid antigen testing after review findings

Rapid antigen testing will be rolled out wider to Auckland hospitals within days, after a review of the testing strategy said the government was slow to introduce... Read More