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A Māori wards advocate says Ruapehu District Council's refusal to lift its proposal for Māori ward seats from two to three is "another example" of why Māori turn their back on participation in local…

The National Party is proposing a range of measures to improve the MIQ border booking system, including a waiting list for spaces and a ban on bots booking rooms.

Analysis - More than half of Australia's population is now living in states that don't expect to return to being coronavirus-free before vaccination levels dramatically improve, if at all.

South of Auckland enjoys an easing of lockdown restrictions, community Covid-19 cases go up, MIQ bookings pause with a new booking system on the way, and border policing runs smoothly.

Almost 70 percent of the eligible population have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine or have booked to have one, says Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins.

Analysis - As New Zealand grapples to bring a Delta outbreak under control and to accelerate the vaccination rollout, social cohesion is vital for a successful elimination strategy.

In today's sports news - Tsitsipas holds off Murray, Pakistan cricket to allow fans to watch Black Caps and F1 to review rules after Belgium farce.

Investigations into an additional water supply for Carterton have been brought forward, locking in some resource security for residents amid predicted rapid population growth.

Doctors and employers in New Caledonia have called for compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations, fearing a disaster if the Delta variant were to be introduced.

The Youth Mental Wellbeing Fund will open for applications tomorrow for Auckland and Northland.

New South Wales has announced 1035 new cases of Covid-19 today - a new daily record for the state.

Official documents show that following last year's nationwide alert level 4 lockdown, there was a significant uptake in buy now pay later usage compared to uptake for other credit products.

The group tasked with creating a new Māori Health Authority has been told to ensure tino rangatiratanga is embedded at every level and iwi partnership boards have teeth.

Some say the metaverse is overhyped, while others say it's an inevitable future, and nothing short of revolutionary.

Regulations aimed at improving intensive winter grazing practices were supposed to come into effect from May, but were deferred until 2022. Now, they've been pushed back again.

Some teenagers and principals are relieved the government has agreed to delay the start of NCEA and scholarship exams by two weeks.

The government is not considering mandatory vaccines for the wider workforce, the minister says, but employers could write vaccination requirements into future employment contracts.

New South Wales has recorded 1029 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, the highest daily number in any state or territory since the start of the pandemic.

Opinion - Charlie Watts was the drummer everyone tried to play like and the reason the Rolling Stones remained a vital live act into their seventh decade together, Simon Sweetman writes.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says the majority of links between cases are in households or workplaces, and there are some cases that have been at a location of interest.

The number of MIQ rooms available for regular New Zealanders has been falling since earlier this year, as hundreds are empty at any one time due to a "cohorting" system.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern needs to explain why, in the absence of Parliament, the Epidemic Response Committee is not taking place, National's leader Judith Collins says. Audio