01:27pm Thu 10 Mar, 2022
From today, the Ministry is moving to a new approach to reporting deaths of people who have Covid-19. Nine additional deaths are being reported today as the Ministry... Read More
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
12:00pm Thu 10 Mar, 2022
The government is pushing ahead with plans to merge RNZ and TVNZ to create a new public media entity. It is understood the two companies will be dis-established... Read More
11:45am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
As a new law to enable the New Zealand Government to impose sanctions over the war in Ukraine is put in place, a peace flotilla is sailing north to make sure the... Read More
11:15am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
The country's banking sector has roared back from the pandemic with record profits fuelled by a red hot housing market and a reversal of the provisions made... Read More
10:45am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
The arrest of a man in Rotorua in 2019 has been ruled unlawful by independent investigators. The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found police unlawfully... Read More
10:10am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
Ōpōtiki Mayor Lyn Riesterer has withdrawn her complaint against councillor Barry Howe. This comes after an independent investigation found councillor... 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
09:10am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
A clean up will take place today and Friday to remove what's left of washed-up weed causing a stink for users of the newly developed Rotorua lakefront. The clean-up... 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
08:00am Thu 10 Mar, 2022
Not for the first time, New Zealand's kiwifruit sector is facing an uphill battle ahead of their busiest time of the year. As the industry's main season hones... Read More