Covid 19

The trend of falling daily cases Covid-19 should be treated with caution, the Ministry of Health says. RAT result reporting has dropped three days in a row, just like case numbers.

The Interislander passenger ferry will sail tonight after earlier trips were cancelled due to 55 staff contracting covid-19 or isolating.

Forty-nine mushers and their teams of huskies trotted through Alaska's largest city on Saturday to start the 50th annual running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an event transformed by climate…

The head of Tourism New Zealand says 2022 looks like the year of reopening, but he acknowledges it will be a bumpy road ahead.

Auckland's Papakura Marae says it is struggling to cope with the sheer number of whānau needing its services.

National MP Maureen Pugh has claimed members of the party were talking with protesters on an almost daily basis.

People shouldn't read too much into today's decline in Covid-19 case numbers, epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson says.

Workers at Covid-19 testing sites are copping abuse as frustrations boil over at the limited access to rapid antigen tests amid the growing Omicron outbreak.

A medical association is disputing Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield's claim that Middlemore Hospital has the capacity cope with the recent surge in Omicron cases.

Residents who live near the occupied Cranmer Square anti-mandate protest in Christchurch say the ongoing disruption and noise is callous and selfish.

Protest activity around the country is being monitored by police, who are calling for evidence of criminal acts following Wednesday's violent clash at Parliament.

There was a true kiwi welcome at Auckland Airport this afternoon for the first group of New Zealanders returning home under the easing of Covid isolation rules.

Financial mentors are urging people to seek advice as many households remain under pressure due to the impacts of Covid-19.

The number of new community cases of Covid-19 has dropped below the 20,000 mark for the first time in several days, but the Health Ministry is still urging caution as it expects numbers to "jump…

Police are about to begin removing barricades blocking roads around Parliament - but Wellington's lower Molesworth Street will remain cordoned off for now.