06:32am Wed 12 Aug, 2020
Auckland moves to level 3 lockdown and the rest of the country to level 2 at midday after four cases of COVID-19 outside managed isolation. The Prime Minister... Read More
10:00pm Tue 11 Aug, 2020
New Zealand's Alert Levels are changing. At 12 noon on Wednesday August 12, Auckland will move to Alert Level 3. The rest of the New Zealand will move to Alert... Read More
09:45pm Tue 11 Aug, 2020
New Zealand Covid-19 alert levels will be raised from noon on Wednesday after a family has tested positive for Covid-19. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Auckland... Read More
05:00pm Tue 11 Aug, 2020
Tauranga City Council has agreed to work with the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to explore the possibility of a future managed retreat of polluting industries from... Read More
02:02pm Tue 11 Aug, 2020
Tauranga and Whakatane Hospital have been at full capacity after an 'unprecedented” amount of patients were admitted with a range of winter illnesses. The... Read More
12:55pm Tue 11 Aug, 2020
There is one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation in New Zealand today. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield provided a COVID-19 update at 1pm... Read More
11:01am Tue 11 Aug, 2020
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has issued a notice saying both Tauranga and Whakatane Hospitals will be 'extremely busy” today with a high number... Read More
10:09am Tue 11 Aug, 2020
A Tauranga company has donated two defibrillators to be placed on Mauao. The defibrillators will be located on the base track and on top of the Mauao summit... Read More
01:11pm Mon 10 Aug, 2020
There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. It has been 101 days since the last case of COVID-19 was acquired locally from an unknown... Read More
07:08am Mon 10 Aug, 2020
The head of the country's National Burn Centre has passed on a message of gratitude to Whakatāne Hospital staff from Whakaari/White Island survivors who "you... Read More
11:30am Sun 09 Aug, 2020
New Zealand has now reached 100 days since there was a case of community transmission of Covid-19 confirmed. This last case of community transmission, or... Read More
11:00am Sun 09 Aug, 2020
No more nasties! Countdown is saying goodbye to artificial colours and flavours in bakeries nationwide. From Monday, none of Countdown's in-store baked goods... Read More