Morning Report

A group of Māori medical experts is calling for Waikato to go into alert level 4 after three new Covid-19 cases were confirmed.

The Ministry of Health says the three are household members of a remand… Read more Audio

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says there's preliminary evidence to suggest the Waikato cases are linked to one of the Auckland clusters.

Robertson told Morning Report there's no indication… Read more Audio

The Waikato District Mayor says it is not acceptable that a man was bailed from locked down Auckland to an alert level 2 area, where community Covid-19 cases have now been discovered.

Three cases… Read more Audio

Efforts are ramping up to boost vaccination numbers in districts which are lagging behind the rest. 

Taranaki DHB has the lowest numbers - just 27.7 percent of the region's eligible population were… Read more Audio

The head of a Hauraki Plains health organisation says the community will be feeling anxious about how far Covid-19 may have spread. 

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki is running a pop-up testing centre at… Read more Audio

Three people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Waikato. The three are household members of a remand prisoner who tested positive at the weekend.

Two of those attend Mangatangi School on the… Read more Audio

Auckland hospitality businesses are holding their breath for a shift to Alert Level 3 - a step they say would be in the right direction, but nowhere near enough for them to cover costs.

Bread and… Read more Audio

A change in Covid-19 alert levels can't come soon enough for the hospitality industry, with some business owners nearing the end of their tether.

Cabinet is set to reveal whether Auckland will drop… Read more Audio