Public Health

Festival drug-checking services will now receive government funding

Drug-checking services at summer festivals will receive government funding for the first time.

The New Zealand health system is getting a complete overhaul

All 20 district health boards will be combined into a single national health organisation, to be called Health New Zealand, and new public and Māori health…

Covid-19 Live Updates

The key facts you need to know about Covid-19 in Aotearoa.

I have an invisible disability. It feels like I'm ignored by our health system

If you become disabled as a result of an accident in New Zealand, ACC will pay for your treatment. But those disabled through medical conditions, illness…

Covid-19 Live Updates

The key facts you need to know about Covid-19 in Aotearoa.Monday 1 October

Auckland will move to level 1 this Wednesday at 11.59pm.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made…

Covid-19 Live Updates: two new cases

Check in here for the key, verified facts on how New Zealand is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.  

1:30pm Sunday 21 June

Today there are two new cases.…

Covid-19 Live Updates: First day at level 1

Check in here for the key, verified facts on how New Zealand is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.  

1:00pm Tuesday 9 June - day one at alert…

People with obsessive compulsive disorder say lockdown allowed their condition to thrive.

Sam is a typical 23-year-old who works nine to five in an office job. At 14, he was diagnosed with contamination obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and has…

New Zealand’s made it to zero Covid cases, but our contact tracing apps had little to do with it

New Zealand is now Covid-19 free. 

To keep us here the government has asked us to put our trust in an out-of-sight solution. An app that’s still…

Covid-19 Live Updates: Sunday 24 May

Check in here for the key, verified facts on how New Zealand is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.1:00pm Sunday 24 May - day 11 at alert…

Covid-19 Live Updates: our last day at alert level 4

Check in here for the key, verified facts on how New Zealand is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. 1:00pm Monday 27 April - day 33 of lockdown,…

What life looks like at each of the Covid alert levels

New Zealand will move to alert level 3 at 11.59pm on Monday April 27. We’ve broken down what each alert level means, along with illustrations by…

Global snapshots of Covid-19

While New Zealand is in lockdown and America erupts into protest, other countries are coming to grips with Covid-19 in different ways. Here is a selection…

Covid-19 Live Updates: day 22 of lockdown

Check in here for the key, verified facts on how New Zealand is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.  

2pm, Thursday 16 April - Day 22 of lockdown

Here…

In lockdown in Tonga, one of the last countries in the world without Covid-19

Tonga is one of the last countries in the world without Covid-19. As a small island nation, Tonga doesn't have the resources that larger countries have,…

Covid-19 Live Updates: Day 11 of Lockdown

If you're looking for just the key, verified facts, check in here for rolling live updates.1:00pm, Sunday 5 April

Today there are 89 new cases, and no…

Why these four Kiwis decided to stay overseas during Covid-19

Four Kiwis - in Italy, UK, Saudi Arabia and Australia - tell us why they decided to stay overseas during Covid-19.