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On the eve of alert level 2, there's been a change in heart for funeral rules, a push for housing investment, and concerns about demand on food banks.

The heartbroken whānau of Pukekohe butcher Roy Green say they are relieved the government has loosened restrictions on tangihanga.

A former chartered accountant who stole a million dollars from his clients has been jailed for three years and nine months.

Food charities already under pressure are bracing for a second wave of need if the wage subsidy ends in the coming weeks.

The National Party opposed the legislation that would create enforcement powers under level 2, saying the rules for tangi and funerals are inhumane.

Rolling tangihanga will be allowed under alert level 2, enabling groups of 10 to view bodies at separate times.

Opinion - The lockdown is dead. Long live the lockdown. For parents of youngsters with special needs, it probably still feels a bit like that, writes David Cohen.

Early childhood centres, schools, principals and tertiary institutions are all had their say at today's Epidemic Response Committee meeting.

More families have been exploring their Whakatāne neighbourhoods than before the lockdown and a petition wants to keep it that way.

Analysis - Covid-19 presents additional risks to already-vulnerable people and to their pets, which may be the only source of trusted companionship and love in an abusive relationship, writes Bianka…

The government's response to Covid-19 has been good, but much more could be done to ensure the Treaty and human rights are central to decisions, Human Rights Commission says.

Australian rugby league internationals Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr have apologised for breaching social distancing rules by going camping.

We can still phone and make video calls, but something "really fundamental" is missing to our lives during the Covid-19 lockdown, say experts.

Calls and texts to the government's free national mental health helpline have risen sharply since the start of alert level 4.