Coronavirus

Live Covid-19 updates for Tuesday, March 2

Criticism continues this morning about the government's Covid-19 messaging in the wake of Aucklanders breaching isolation rules. Pasifika Medical Association... Read More

First Covid vaccines arrive in Tauranga

The Te Moana a Toi (Bay of Plenty) vaccination programme is underway today with 28 workers at the Port of Tauranga receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Preparations... Read More

Two mothers walked together during isolation

UPDATED: It's been revealed a mother infected with Covid-19 may have passed the virus to a second family after taking a walk together. The first contact... Read More

No new Covid community cases today

There are no new Covid-19 cases in the community to report since yesterday evening when the Ministry of Health reported the community case, Case O. There is one... Read More

Live Covid-19 updates for Monday, March 1

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the new community cases in Auckland had contact with another family during the level 3 lockdown earlier in February. "We have... Read More

Police encouraged by alert level change response

Police are thanking the public for their patience and cooperation on the first day of checkpoints across the Auckland region under Alert Level 3 restrictions. While... Read More

Covid-19: Two new cases in managed isolation

There are two new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation. There are two cases of Covid-19 already reported yesterday evening in the community which are part of... Read More

Brutal filmmaking

Despite the shift to alert level 3 for Auckland, and to alert level 2 for the rest of NZ, the nationwide Vista Foundation 48Hours competition is still able to... Read More

COVID-19: No new community cases today

1.15pm update: There are no new COVID-19 cases in the community today, says the Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield during a 1pm live Beehive update. ... Read More

Auckland back in alert level 3, rest of NZ level 2

Auckland is back at alert level 3 this morning, while the rest of the country has moved to alert level 2 following two new Covid-19 community cases that could... Read More

Auckland moving to Level 3, rest of NZ to Level 2

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced this evening that Auckland will be moving to Alert Level 3 for a period of seven days from 6am tomorrow morning. The... Read More

One new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation

The Ministry of Health says there are no new cases in the community to report today. There is one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation. The contact tracing... Read More