12:55pm Thu 07 Oct, 2021
There are 29 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, 24 in Auckland and five in Waikato. The Waikato boundary has also been extended in light of the emerging... Read More
12:39pm Thu 07 Oct, 2021
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is visiting vaccination centres in the Bay of Plenty today amid the current Covid-19 outbreak. Ardern has been at the Central Mall... Read More
10:10am Thu 07 Oct, 2021
Some pregnant women have been transferred out of Auckland Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit after the parent of a baby there tested positive for Covid-19. The... Read More
08:01am Thu 07 Oct, 2021
Potential exposure sites in Raglan, Hamilton and Auckland are the latest to be linked to the Covid-19 Delta community outbreak. A Takapuna hotel, a takeaway in... Read More
07:00am Thu 07 Oct, 2021
The government will today announce how it plans to roll-out a much wider, "rigorous" Covid-19 testing regime. A report was delivered to Cabinet on Monday, from... Read More
06:45am Thu 07 Oct, 2021
The country's latest victim of Covid-19 was a father of seven children whose wife is also battling the virus in hospital. The 50 year-old man died in Middlemore... Read More
06:33am Thu 07 Oct, 2021
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board says they have an escalation plan in place to increase Intensive Care capacity in case of a Covid-19 outbreak in the community. However,... Read More
08:00pm Wed 06 Oct, 2021
Since Alert Level 3 came into place, 12 people have been charged with a total of 13 offences in Auckland and parts of the Waikato, as at 5pm Monday October 5. Of... Read More
07:00pm Wed 06 Oct, 2021
Gang members and border breaches have opened the door for Covid-19 to spread into the Waikato region. Two community cases announced on Sunday put parts of... Read More
02:24pm Wed 06 Oct, 2021
A person tested in Whangārei has returned a weak positive for Covid-19. The Northland DHB says the person was tested on Monday. It says the situation is under... Read More
01:14pm Wed 06 Oct, 2021
A patient who visited the emergency department at Waikato Hospital last Friday night has now tested positive for Covid-19. 'The asymptomatic patient was screened... Read More
12:55pm Wed 06 Oct, 2021
UPDATE: One person has died from Covid-19 in Middlemore Hospital. Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay has confirmed the death while delivering the... Read More