Coronavirus

Covid-19: 29 new cases, Waikato boundary extended

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

Prime Minister visits BOP vaccination centres

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

Live Covid-19 updates for October 7

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

Covid-19: Locations of interest in Delta outbreak

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

New Covid-19 testing regime to be announced

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

Covid victim‘s wife battling virus in hospital

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

DHB plans for Covid outbreak amid ICU staff worry

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

Auckland compliance and checkpoint update

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

Gang members in Waikato Covid-19 outbreak

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

Suspected Covid-19 case in Whangārei

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

Further details on Waikato Hospital case

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

LIVE: Covid-19 death at Middlemore Hospital

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