01:03pm Thu 10 Mar, 2022
More than 800 people are now in hospital with Covid-19. In a live media conference this afternoon, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says there... Read More
12:57pm Thu 10 Mar, 2022
The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are leading a briefing this afternoon to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak. Dr Bloomfield... Read More
09:52am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
The arrival of the Novavax vaccine in Aotearoa won't change the Thames-Coromandel mayor's Covid-19 vaccination status. Last year, Sandra Goudie said... Read More
08:30am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
The vast majority of MIQ hotels will be closed by the end of June. The government says now the border is starting reopen the demand for managed isolation is... Read More
07:00am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
Pāpāmoa iwi Ngā Pōtiki has been distributing hundreds of Covid-19 care packages to whānau as daily case numbers continue to climb around Aotearoa and the... Read More
01:22pm Wed 09 Mar, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting the deaths of four people with Covid-19. Two of the deaths have occurred in the Lakes DHB area, one in one in Tairāwhiti,... Read More
01:03pm Wed 09 Mar, 2022
The isolation period for Covid-19 cases and their household contacts will be reduced from 10 to seven days, Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins announced... Read More
10:44am Wed 09 Mar, 2022
Organisers of the popular One Love Festival are expected to make an announcement about the future of the 2022 event next week. The original event date was postponed... Read More
10:10am Wed 09 Mar, 2022
The 'great resignation”, Covid-19 fatigue and workers demanding higher pay as inflation rises, are among issues facing rates-funded Rotorua organisation... Read More
02:00pm Tue 08 Mar, 2022
'We are exhausted” is how Oropi School principal Andrew King describes how staff are faring, whilst managing Covid cases in the school. This is no surprise,... Read More
09:15am Tue 08 Mar, 2022
More Rapid Antigen Test collection points are being established in some of our biggest cities to meet continued demand with the hope that nearly all citizens... Read More
07:15am Tue 08 Mar, 2022
Emergency ambulance providers say this past weekend was their busiest ever for call volume whilst also warning of the impact Covid-19 might have on delays... Read More