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Two passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died as a second group of passengers began disembarking after two-weeks quarantined onboard.

Surveillance of incoming passengers for coronavirus in Papua New Guinea is mostly adequate, says the country's minister for civil aviation.

New documents reveal the "strongest evidence yet" of China's crackdown on people in Xinjiang.

Police have announced a five-week trial of an Eagle helicopter in Christchurch.

Just because something is legal, it doesn't mean it's ethical, senior lecturer at the Otago Faculty of Law M.B Rodriguez Ferrere writes.

Analysis - Another opinion poll shows a knife-edge result, Northland could decide the election and National goes after NZ First, writes Peter Wilson.

Eleven probable cases of dengue were reported in the Cook Islands last month, an increase from six cases in December.

An $18 million biosecurity response in Auckland finished on Friday, with New Zealand declared once again free of the Queensland fruit fly.

One patient in Auckland has symptoms that fit the coronavirus, but test results will not be available until tomorrow, the Director General of Health has confirmed. Video

After nearly a year-long, $18 million operation, New Zealand has once again been declared free of the serious pest species, Queensland fruit fly.

The novel coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by World Health Organisation as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.

Doctors are backing calls by the commissioner for mandatory training on foetal heart monitoring after two botched births at Hutt Hospital, which left one baby dead and another with brain damage.

French Polynesian authorities have put about 300 Chinese tourists under surveillance amid concern about China's coronavirus outbreak.

The minister in charge of our spy agency the GCSB has ruled out using the UK's approach to Huawei technology as a blueprint for New Zealand.

Papua New Guinea's Chief Migration Officer has rejected claims that asylum seekers detained in Port Moresby's Bomana prison were tortured.

A new virus first appeared in humans in Wuhan, China on 31 December 2019 and has since spread to four countries. What is it and how does it spread?

About 200 anti-5G protesters turned out in Christchurch this afternoon, calling for more public consultation and a thorough examination before the new technology is used.

The Pacific is stepping up defences against the coronavirus, with many countries introducing health screenings at airports and seaports.

The Minister of Health says experts will look into whether further active measures at the border are necessary amid an outbreak in China of a new coronavirus, which has killed 18 and infected more… Audio

The National Party is calling on the government to take stronger actions over the deadly new coronavirus, which originated in China and has so far killed 17 people with hundreds infected.

Nine people have now died of the Wuhan coronavirus in China, health officials say, with 440 confirmed cases.