Coronavirus

No new Covid community cases in the BOP

The Ministry of Health is reporting 14 new Covid community cases in New Zealand today. No cases have been identified in the Bay of Plenty or Lakes District. Today's... Read More

Child Covid vaccine rollout to begin on Monday

More than half a million doses of Pfizer vaccine have arrived in New Zealand ahead of the Covid vaccine rollout for children. From Monday, January 17, children... Read More

Covid-19 isolation facility opens at Rotorua lodge

An isolation facility for people with Covid-19 is opening today at a lodge at Lake Okataina, near Rotorua. Ownership of the lodge has recently been taken over... Read More

Covid-19: 27 new community cases, two in BOP

There are two Covid-19 cases to report in the Western Bay of Plenty today. One of today's case is a household previously reported cases, and one is still being... Read More

Omicron community fears as borders cases increase

Covid-19 experts are nervously observing an ever-increasing number of cases at the border, as the threat of an Omicron outbreak looms. The highly transmissible... Read More

Tauranga DNB festival public health advice revised

The Ministry of Health has revised the public health advice given on Saturday about the drum and bass festival held in Tauranga. "A reassessment of the risk posed... Read More

Covid-19: 85 new community, 64 new border cases

The Ministry of Health is reporting 85 new community cases and 64 new cases identified at the border over the past two days since the last update. Of the... Read More

Ministry of Health to provide Covid update today

The Ministry of Health is due to provide an update of its Covid data about 1pm on Sunday. No overall update was provided on Saturday, but the ministry did advise... Read More

Covid-19 detected in Whangamata wastewater

Covid-19 has been detected in wastewater in Whangamatā, according to the Waikato District Health Board. The Waikato DHB said on Friday that health officials... Read More

BOP effort reaching vaccination milestone praised

The community effort needed for the Bay of Plenty to reach the 90 per cent fully-vaccinated milestone is being recognised and praised. 'We're gratified to... Read More

Netsky, Chase & Status, Hybrid Minds, Friction etc

Following the announcement that two positive cases in Wellington are linked to the Drum & Bass Festival held in Tauranga in January, new close contact locations... Read More

Wellington cases linked to Tauranga festival

Two new cases of Covid-19 in Wellington have been linked to the Drum & Bass Festival held in Tauranga, says the Ministry of Health in a statement released on Saturday... Read More