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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced vaccination will be mandated in any workplace that requires a certificate of vaccination for entry. Audio

In today's sports news - Phoenix add Australian players, more problems for Wales rugby and Ben Stokes to go on Ashes tour.

Aotearoa New Zealand is leading a world-first event at Expo 2020 Dubai to support the resurgence of Indigenous and tribal economies.

A photo essay from the formal swearing-in of our new Governor General, Dame Cindy Kiro; and audio of the key speeches from the event. 

In today's sports news - Blues propping stocks remain strong, Scotland and Bangladesh qualify at World Cup, AFL introduces vaccine mandate and Coll into last four in Doha.

Covid-19 cases hit three digits for the first time with 102 today, but that might go up to 180 a day in the next few weeks as emergency nurses foresee a 'tsunami' of patients with the virus.

Rugby must introduce laws reducing head impacts or risk "players dropping out of the game at all levels", says the chief of a head injury body.

An Auckland inner city hotel and restaurant operator has decided it will take only guests who are fully vaccinated from November.

Opinion - Auckland. It's been known to Māori as Tāmaki Makaurau, a place of 'many lovers'. In the past fortnight the city has become Tāmaki Pikiniki, a place of many picnics, Tim Watkin writes.

The bill will be up for consultation at the Select Committee stage once the bill has its first reading. The legislation is expected to be passed next year, and come into effect on 1 July.

The government says the National Party's Covid-19 business plan is economically illiterate, while others say it puts Māori, Pacific people and other vulnerable communities at risk. Audio

National's reopening plan would also see areas with 70 percent vaccination and no Covid-19 move to level 1, with temporary tax cuts and industry-specific support.

The battle for equal pay started 125 years ago and it's not over yet. A new campaign, Mind The Gap, hopes to address some of the issues. 

In today's sports news - Former test cricket umpire Fred Goodall dies, unvaccinated tennis players unlikely to be allowed into Australia, Phoenix women name two more players, Arsenal sneak a draw.

National and the government have worked together to design new housing density rules that would allow three homes three storeys tall without a consent.

Firefighters who say they are being exposed to cancer-causing asbestos have issued a safety notice against their employer.

Around 1000 elective surgeries have been cancelled each week since the start of the current Covid-19 outbreak.

New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion is on a winning streak in Europe, celebrating her second major cinema prize there in just over a month.