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A Hong Kong citizen in New Zealand is fearful of harassment and surveillance against activists here, as tension between China and western nations escalates.

China's Embassy in Wellington is accusing New Zealand of interfering in international relations with its decision to suspend extradition with Hong Kong.

Hundreds of doctors surveyed by the College of GPs say they've had patients refuse to be tested for Covid-19, sometimes because they don't think it's necessary.

An Auckland man has been sentenced to 12 months home detention for selling millions of eggs from caged hens as free range.

Today marks three years since the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis was detected in New Zealand.

Doctors want the government to send a strong clear message to the public: if you are sick, have a Covid-19 test. Audio

Just eight Covid-19 tests of people in the community were processed on Sunday, prompting the government to look at whether to loosen testing criteria. Audio

There is one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

The suspension of 100 percent fisheries observer coverage on all purse seine fishing vessels in the Pacific is set to be extended.

Doctors are being told to test older, Māori and Pasifika patients with any respiratory illnesses, and people can now request a throat swab in place of a nasal swab. Audio

Three police searches - carried out shortly after the Christchurch mosque attacks - were unlawful, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

Health Minister Chris Hipkins said Cabinet would next week be considering the possibility of charging for managed isolation. Video

A $100,000 project funded by the MBIE will build on existing ways of using video footage without "compromising any social distancing rules".

New Zealand robotics firm X-craft is trialling an autonomous sea craft that could one day police Pacific island fisheries. Audio

The New Zealand Navy will not be boarding suspicious fishing vessels in the Pacific due to the risk of Covid-19.

The director of the FBI has said that acts of espionage and theft by China's government pose the "greatest long-term threat" to the future of the US.

Senior health officials leading Fiji's fight against Covid-19 have pleaded with Fijians not to be critical of those returning home.

Doctors are backing government calls to keep doing thousands of Covid-19 tests each day to ensure the community's free of the virus.

The new cases are a woman in her 20s and a woman in her 30s, both from the same family, who arrived 2 July from Afghanistan. Video

The Islamic Women's Council says the Christchurch mosque shootings might not have happened, if it weren't for the failures of multiple government agencies - particularly the security intelligence…

Community groups are appealing a new scheme which aims to stop septic tanks leaking human waste into the Marlborough Sounds.

A man who recently returned to Fiji from India has tested positive for Covid-19.