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Some tourism operators fear they are kissing another summer of international business goodbye after yesterday's MIQ announcement.

Come mid-November double vaccinated NZ returnees will spend seven… Read more Video, Audio

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As Auckland DHBs rocket towards the 90 percent double dose rates needed to open up the region, some of the city's suburbs are being left behind.

Locals in Ōtara's west side say the vaccination… Read more Video, Audio

A New Zealand couple is facing the devastating possibility of being separated from their toddler until border restrictions ease hopefully sometime next year. Read more Audio

The government is running out of motels to place families in as the housing crisis reaches record levels, with children among those hardest hit.

There are now 4512 children living in motels - an… Read more Audio

After decades of tirelessly campaigning, people with disabilities are being recognised with their own ministry.

The government has moved to establish a new agency, and a separate Accessibility… Read more Audio

Christchurch has avoided a snap lockdown for the second day in a row despite two new community cases of Covid-19 and a positive wastewater detection.

It comes after 125 new cases were reported today… Read more Video, Audio

There's no logic to today's tweaks to MIQ according to ACT leader David Seymour.

The government shortened managed isolation stays from 14 to to seven days in a government-run facility, followed by… Read more Video, Audio

Fossils up to three and a half million years old have been discovered while digging a tunnel to move Auckland's waste water.

Now Auckland Museum has partnered with Watercare to collect, identify… Read more Video, Audio

It might sound hard to believe, but this morning more than 200 Tesla executives toured a Manawatu farm, despite closed borders.

It is virtual tourism, and Palmerston North based lifestyle farmer… Read more Video, Audio

The government is looking at making vaccination a requirement to cross regional boundaries for all but some travel.

Two unvaccinated people in Christchurch have test positive for Covid-19 - one was… Read more Audio

Close to 300 Covid-19 cases are now isolating at home in Auckland, as the city moves to a suppression strategy.

A strict assessment criteria has to be met for someone to isolate at home and there's… Read more Video, Audio