Health

Good Neighbour wins TECT Sustainable Future Award

Good Neighbour has been announced as the winner in the Sustainable Future category in the TECT Community Awards. The charity is well known in the region for their... Read More

Auto extravaganza fundraises for ambulances

After St John's annual appeal was cancelled because of COVID-19, the service has received a much needed funding boost from a bunch of car enthusiasts. Although... Read More

No new cases of COVID in managed isolation

There are no new cases of COVID-19 at New Zealand borders today. There remain 18 active cases in New Zealand. It is the third day this week that there have been... Read More

Woods and Webb give NZ‘s COVID-19 isolation update

Minister Megan Woods and Air Commodore Digby Webb are giving an update on the country's COVID-19 isolation and quarantine system. In COVID-19 developments... Read More

Two new cases of COVID-19 in NZ today

There have been two new cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand today after two days of zero cases, the Health Ministry has confirmed. The total number of confirmed... Read More

David Clark resigns as Health Minister

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has accepted David Clark's resignation as Health Minister. 'David Clark contacted me yesterday to confirm his wish to resign... Read More

LIVE: Day 2 of no new COVID-19 cases

UPDATE: There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand. The second day this week of zero cases. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says... Read More

No new cases of COVID-19

Today there are no new cases of COVID-19 to report. This means the number of active cases in New Zealand remains at 22. All active cases have recently returned... Read More

$150m for PPE at border facilities

The Government will spend $150m securing personal protective gear (PPE) for health workers and returnees in managed isolation and quarantine. The money will also... Read More

LIVE: Two new cases of COVID-19 in NZ today

There are two new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand today, both people have returned from overseas and are in managed isolation. One is a man in his 50s who arrived... Read More

PM looks to reassure public after isolation review

Amid the results of the COVID-19 managed isolation review, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants people to remember that testing has shown no evidence of the coronavirus... Read More

Government strengthens managed isolation system

A range of improvements are already underway to address issues identified in the rapid review of the Managed Isolation and Quarantine system released yesterday,... Read More