Coronavirus
Brian Tamaki pleads not guilty over anti-lockdown protest
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki appeared in court today over an anti-lockdown protest.
Covid update: 43 new cases. 19 unlinked to outbreak
Of today’s 43 new cases, 40 are in Auckland and 3 are in Waikato.
Covid-19 update: Auckland, Waikato and Northland to stay at Alert Level 3
Auckland will stay at Alert Level 3 with current restrictions for a week.
Covid update: 34 new community cases, Northland in alert level 3
31 cases in Auckland, 3 in Waikato
Covid Update: 29 new cases - 24 in Auckland, 5 in Waikato
Today’s 29 new cases bring the outbreak total to 1448.
Covid Update: 39 new cases and 1 death
A person with Covid 19 has died at Middlemore Hospital. There are also 39 new cases.
Brian Tamaki summoned to court for anti-lockdown protest at Auckland Domain
The Saturday protest was attended by about 1000 people during alert level 3 restrictions.
Covid-19 Update: Auckland to stay in level 3, with new rules starting Tuesday 11:59PM
The government has released a ‘road map’ to gradually ease Auckland out of tight restrictions.
Covid update: 27 new community cases
5 of the new cases are unlinked
Covid Update: 16 new cases, all in Auckland
3 are unlinked and under investigation
Covid update: 24 new community cases
21 of the cases have known links to the outbreak
Sex workers can claim the wage subsidy in NZ. But stigma means many are too afraid to do so
"Just because it's legal doesn't mean that there's no stigma."
Covid update: 20 new cases, all in Auckland
This brings the total community outbreak to 1,027.
Covid Update: 20 new cases, 500,000 Pfizer doses arriving from Denmark
“There is a vaccine there for everyone who wants one and it’s available now," said Jacinda Ardern
Covid Update: One death, 20 new community cases
An Auckland woman in her 90s has died at North Shore Hospital.
Covid update: 83 new community cases
Sunday 29 August, 1pm
Today there are 83 new community cases. Our total number of cases is 511.
82 of the new cases are in Auckland and one…
Covid update: 82 new cases today
There are now 429 total cases.
Covid update: Signing in to be mandatory
20 new cases in Auckland, 1 in Wellington
NZ has around 19,000 homeless young people. Lockdown leaves them vulnerable to abuse and harm
It is estimated that half of New Zealand’s 41,000 homeless are under the age of 25.
Covid update: 21 new community cases
Here's what you need to know about Covid today.
A list of things we panic bought before lockdown last night
"Bought a toaster, came home, broke the toaster. Made toast on the stove."
Covid update: A further two community cases have been identified
Here's what you need to know.
New Zealand to go into a snap level 4 lockdown at 11.59pm tonight
Earlier this afternoon one Covid case was detected in the community in Auckland.
Covid-19 Live Updates
The key facts you need to know about Covid-19 in Aotearoa.
Why Māori need to be a priority for the Covid-19 vaccine
Today the government announced who will be prioritised to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Two million New Zealanders will get their first dose in the next four…
The first Covid-19 vaccines will be in NZ next week
NZ border workers will be first to receive the Pfizer jab.
The first Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in NZ
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has been provisionally approved by Medsafe for use in New Zealand.
It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to get sign off in New…
New Zealand is the best place to be during Covid, says new report
And today there are no new community cases of Covid-19.
NZ’s one-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands has opened, but we can’t go there quite yet
The Cook Islands have never had a single Covid case or death.
Reflect on 2020 with these haunting and beautiful photos
Rachel Mataira, 2019’s NZ Young Photographer of the Year captured a series of photographs from January to November 2020 which she says reflects the “abnormal”.
She even…