Coronavirus

Specific instructions for Auckland‘s level 2

Aucklanders are waking up to life out of lockdown, with the city moving down alert levels at midnight. But it isn't completely joining the rest of the country... Read More

Police to help Kiwis mask up under Alert Level 2

Police in Auckland and around the country will be on hand to help New Zealanders ease into the new Alert Level 2 restrictions come Monday morning. From tomorrow,... Read More

Will Auckland shift to Alert Level 2?

Scientists, using genome sequencing, have still not been able to figure out where the second wave of community-transmitted Covid-19 came from. More than... Read More

Covid-19: 13 new cases today

There are 13 more cases of coronavirus in New Zealand announced today. There are 11 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, with Auckland due to drop to alert... Read More

National Covid-19 testing rates nosedive

Demand for coronavirus testing has nosedived across the country. Between August 13 and 21, nationally there were 12,000-26,000 tests done a day. Between Saturday... Read More

Knitting fever spreads

Knitting is making a comeback however the resurgence isn't just due to people finding time on their hands like they did during the nationwide lockdown. 'They... Read More

LIVE: 12 new cases of Covid-19 today

UPDATED: There are 12 new cases of covid-19 in New Zealand today. Seven of the cases are imported and were identified in day three testing. The other five cases... Read More

Port of Tauranga profit $90million despite Covid

The Port of Tauranga is reporting a group net profit of $90million and increased container volumes despites disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic. New Zealand... Read More

ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival Postponed

Rotorua's ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival has become the latest event to be scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic, with organisers announcing a decision to postpone... Read More

Tauranga Port worker Covid-19 claim a hoax

A worker at the Port of Tauranga who claimed he had Covid-19 when he did not has had his entry to the port suspended. The port was made aware on Friday night... Read More

LIVE: Seven new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand

UPDATED: There are seven new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. One is an imported case in managed isolation and the other six cases are linked to the Auckland... Read More

Government allocates funds for Covid-19 vaccine

The Government has allocated significant extra funding, in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, to access a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine as soon... Read More