Coronavirus

LIVE: Parliament protest enters 23rd day

Multiple arrests are being made as part of the pre-planned operation to remove protesters from Parliament. Police have been descending on Parliament from early... Read More

Covid-19: over 1000 BOP cases

There are over 1000 daily positive new cases of Covid-19 in the Bay of Plenty for the first time since the pandemic begun. The Ministry of Health has announced... Read More

Staff shortages: Call to help Tauranga businesses

A call is being put out through Tauranga and the wider Bay of Plenty to help businesses with staffing shortages. In response to the current Omicron outbreak putting... Read More

Self-isolation change, NZers can return sooner

The Government is removing self-isolation requirements for vaccinated travellers to and New Zealanders from the rest of the world can return from midnight this... Read More

Covid-19: 14,633 cases nationwide, 762 in the BOP

The Ministry of Health is reporting 14,633 new community case in New Zealand today. In it's daily 1pm update, the MOH says there are currently 344 people... Read More

Isolation shift for NZers returning from Australia

The shift from MIQ to home isolation for vaccinated New Zealanders travelling from Australia starts in today. Airports are expecting thousands more passengers... Read More

Govt under pressure to ease border restriction

Political pressure is mounting on the government to move faster on easing border restrictions as the domestic outbreak escalates. The number of new community... Read More

Request for home bakers to bake for hospital staff

Are you a home baker? Rise up Tauranga is calling on the Bay of Plenty community to provide fresh home baking as a way to show support for the front line staff... Read More

Covid-19: 14941 new cases, 305 in hospital

There are 14941 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has announced. Of these, 812 new cases are in Bay of Plenty and 208 in Lakes. There... Read More

Community rise up to help support local service

A freezer and the use of a van have been donated to a Tauranga social service organisation that is stretching its resources to meet the increasing needs of the... Read More

R-value soars as Omicron surges

New Zealand currently has one of the highest Omicron R numbers in the world, surpassing all 180 countries on a Covid-19 modelling map. The R number is the average... Read More

NZ laboratories fighting to control Omicron

The past two weeks have seen the most difficult and demanding phase of the two years of the Covid pandemic for New Zealand's diagnostic laboratory workforce, says... Read More