Coronavirus

Perth lockdown: quarantine-free travel on hold

Quarantine-free travel between Western Australia and New Zealand remains paused after Perth and the outer-metropolitan area of Peel were placed in a three-day... Read More

COVID-19:No new community cases, none in isolation

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health says there are no new cases in the community to report today. There are also no new positive cases of COVID-19 to report... Read More

Kiwi due home now stuck in Perth lockdown

Perth's sudden three-day lockdown has left a New Zealander living there worried he won't get to see his parents for the first time in years. Johnny... Read More

Anzac Day in managed isolation and quarantine

For many New Zealand Defence Force members working in managed isolation and quarantine facilities, Anzac Day looks quite different from usual. In other years... Read More

Covid-19: No new community cases, two in isolation

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health says there are no new cases of COVID-19 in the community to report today. There are two new positive cases of COVID-19... Read More

Vaccination plan is mostly on track

Covid-19 health board workers are hitting a national vaccination target despite variation across different regions, including a significant lag in Northland which... Read More

LIVE: New Zealand Covid-19 update

Hipkins says whole genome sequencing received last night shows the Auckland Airport worker, who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, is linked to a case that... Read More

Trans-Tasman travel bubble opens: In photos

It was hugs and tears all round today as family and friends reunited on the first day of the trans-Tasman bubble. Thousands of people flew into New Zealand today... Read More

Government announces more border exceptions

Hundreds more families who were separated by New Zealand's border closure will be reunited under new border exceptions. Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has announced... Read More

Trans-Tasman travel - Here‘s what you need to know

After a year of waiting, quarantine-free 'green' flights between Australia and New Zealand will run from today - only the second such travel bubble operating... Read More

NZ and Australia share travel bubble

The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison have released a joint statement about the commencement of two-way... Read More

NZ provides further support to Timor-Leste

New Zealand is providing further support to Timor-Leste following severe flooding and the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta... Read More