Coronavirus

Pharmacy urges flu jabs to free up space

A pharmacy on the Coromandel Peninsula is calling on its community to get jabbed against the flu to make more space for Covid-19 vaccines. The Tairua-Pauanui... Read More

Live Covid-19 updates: Lockdown decision today

Once again, the nation will be waiting for 3pm to find out what the Government has decided about the current Level 4 lockdown. As it stand now, Level 4 restrictions... Read More

Covid-19: Sticking points for alert level drops

Experts have warned of a few sticking points that could hinder parts of the country from shifting down alert levels this weekend. On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda... Read More

Police happy with overall Alert Level 4 compliance

Police remain pleased with the public's overall response to the Alert Level 4 restrictions. "The vast majority of New Zealanders are doing the right thing by... Read More

Free counselling service for teaching workforce

Teachers and support staff across all early learning services, kōhanga reo, kura, and state and state-integrated schools can now access free Covid-19 Employee Assistance... Read More

Confusion at Tauranga vaccine centres

People looking to get their 12-15-year-olds vaccinated against Covid-19 are being urged to book in advance to save any confusion. SunLive has been contacted... Read More

MOH launches mobile-based vaccine monitoring study

The Ministry of Health has launched the Post Vaccine Symptom Check, a mobile-based survey that will help monitor reactions to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in New... Read More

LIVE: 68 additional community cases

UPDATE: There are 68 new cases of Covid-19 in the New Zealand community to confirm today. This brings the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 277. One... Read More

Tauranga Police hunt checkpoint avoiders

Tauranga Police are on the lookout for two people who fled from a checkpoint overnight. At 8.40pm, a car approaching a police Covid-19 checkpoint - a checkpoint... Read More

Businesses facing a perfect storm

Small Kiwi businesses are set to bear the brunt of the lockdown extension and need local support, says Buy NZ Made Executive Director Dane Ambler. "The government... Read More

Live Covid-19 updates: Day 9 of lockdown

There's been no slowdown in the rate of new community cases of Covid-19, with 62 new positive cases yesterday, bringing the total to 210. There are 12 people... Read More

Fifty people arrested during lockdown

After a week at Alert Level 4 Police would like to thank New Zealanders for staying home and helping to limit the spread of Covid-19. This is a challenging time... Read More