Health

LIVE COVID updates: NZ prepares to move to level 2

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

Covid-19 Alert Level 2 – a reminder

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

NZ alert levels raised from noon tomorrow

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

Joint council approach to marae issues

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

Unprecedented demand at BOP hospitals

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

One new case of COVID-19 today

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

BOP Hospitals ‘extremely busy’

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

Defibrillators placed on Mauao

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

Active COVID cases now at 21

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

National Burn Centre meets Whakatāne Hospital team

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

Covid-19: One hundred day milestone for NZ

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

Countdown bakeries ditch artificial additives

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