Coronavirus

Details of Covid-19 cases leaked in privacy breach

There has been a massive privacy breach, with the leak of personal details revealing the identity of New Zealand's 18 active Covid cases. RNZ reports seeing... Read More

Love your water with tree planting

Charity Sustainable Coastlines has just kicked off its winter tree planting tour, providing critical support for freshwater quality while helping to solve some... Read More

Kiwis welcome in the UK

Travellers from about 60 countries, including New Zealand, will be able to enter the United Kingdom without having to self-quarantine for 14 days from next Friday.... 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

Fears border closure will worsen teacher shortage

Principals want foreign teachers exempted from the border ban so they can plug staffing gaps caused by the teacher shortage. Foreign-trained teachers 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

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

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

Life as a seasonal worker stuck in NZ

Suliana Kata was supposed to return home to Tonga at the end of May, but then Covid-19 tipped her world upside down. She's one of thousands of recognised... 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