UPDATE 11.23AM: Some vaccine mandates will be dropped, along with QR code scanning and outdoor gathering limits. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the... Read More

The Ministry of Health is reporting 20,907 community cases, 1016 hospitalisations and 15 deaths. "We have seen an increase today in case numbers across most... Read More

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will be providing a live update on the Omicron response in New Zealand. He is expected to be joined by Primary... Read More

Today the Minsitry of Heath is reporting 14,463 community cases, 1000 hospitalisations and nine deaths, including one in the Bay of Plenty. "Every Covid-19... Read More

Covid-19 restrictions look set to be relaxed in the coming weeks as the Omicron outbreak plateaus and the border begins to reopen. Cabinet is meeting today to... Read More

The Ministry of Health is reporting 12,020 new community cases, as well as 957 hospitalisations, 26 people in ICU and nine deaths. Three of the nine deaths are... Read More

Unvaccinated Kiwi travellers can now enter New Zealand without needing to go into MIQ or self-isolate, the Government has quietly announced. The ability... Read More

The Ministry of Health is reporting 18,514 new community cases of Covid today and ten deaths. Two of the people who have died are from Bay of Plenty and two... Read More

New Zealand's Covid-19 death toll has risen considerably as Omicron continues to sweep across the country. On January 23, when the country's first... Read More

Boosters are 'safe and easy to get this weekend” in the Bay of Plenty, according to the Bay of Plenty District Health Board. The regional drive-through... Read More

The Ministry of Health is reporting 14,128 cases and 943 people in hospital with Covid-19. There are also five additional deaths being reported today. There... Read More

After 'two years of starvation”, Bay of Plenty tourism operators say reopening the borders is a step towards a more secure future. However, a ski field... Read More