South Aucklanders are honouring the life of dedicated youth worker Allan Va'a.

Samoa is seeking medical help for its youngest Covid patient, a 1-year-old girl.

'When you come close to death, you think about what kind of life you want to be living'.

'I looked around ... no brown face in this space. So I thought: It should be me.'

The Herald's Pasifika editor, Vaimoana Tapaleao, talks about the new section: Talanoa.

Fa'anānā Efeso Collins took his community with him all the way.

The Government has announced $140 million will go to assist affected whānau.

Auckland's largest Pacific festivals are being cancelled or scaled back next month.

Four new Auckland locations of interest have been linked to suspected Omicron cases.

More locations of interest linked to Omicron cases continue to be released.

Has Omicron spread further in the community overnight?

Two new locations of interest, including one in Auckland, have been identified.

Tekay King, daughter of Mike King, is speaking out after attempting to take her own life.

The aid is from a trust set up for the purpose of disaster relief in the Pacific.

An aid flight from New Zealand is due to touch down in Tonga later this afternoon.

Photos from Tonga show thick layers of ash covering the streets, as locals get to work.

HMNZS Wellington and HMNZS Aotearoa expected to arrive in Tonga by Friday.

More help is on its way to Tonga, as officials reveal the scale of devastation.

There are 30 people in hospital with the virus.

'An air drop option was considered, but was not the preference of the Tongan authorities.'

Prime Minister says New Zealand is ready to help the people of Tonga.

'Mum's been crying and singing and crying again.'

Calls for aid to be sent to Tonga after devastating eruption and large waves

Zane Wedding thought he had water in his ear. Then it started 'moving around'.

Today's Covid cases are in Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Wellington.

Seventeen people died on New Zealand roads over the holiday period.

Drink plenty of water - it's going to be another scorcher.

New Zealand's first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been found in MIQ.

New Zealand has reached 90 per cent full vaccination coverage.

"Even though they are wearing masks you can see the smiles."

Auckland Airport is expecting 20,000 travellers to go through the terminal today.

Tropical Cyclone Ruby is not forecast to hit New Zealand directly, but will bring rain.

Aucklanders heading out of the city tonight can expect delays as boundaries are removed.

There has been a steady decline in new case numbers in recent days.

The traffic light system is all go, officially, today.

Three police officers have been injured in a dramatic incident in Glen Eden this morning.

Businesses will be able to download an app that will verify their customers' vax status.

What is in store for Auckland and the rest of the country next week?

Officials in Taranaki are meeting this morning after six people in Stratford caught Covid.

Aucklanders are enjoying a new day of relaxed restrictions, as shops open again.

Aucklanders will start to enjoy less restrictions as shops open tomorrow.

Aucklanders will find out at 4pm if an alert level 3 step 2 phase will go ahead.

Far North residents are settling back into level 3 today after two weeks at level 2.

Auckland is set to see more restrictions eased back from next Wednesday.

Cabinet will discuss new modelling showing community cases could peak at 200 per day.

People are being urged to regularly check the locations of interest list.

The Government has announced new measures to help boost Māori vaccination rates.

Man's absence was picked up during the morning count at 6am.

Tuala Tagaloa Tusani is a Covid survivor and is now working to promote vaccination.

People are urged to regularly check the Covid locations of interest website.

Health officials have been releasing a steady stream of locations over the last few days.

Police are reviewing just how much PPE gear the officers were wearing.

The alert level 3 boundary in Waikato could be extended if more Covid cases show today.

The first Hamilton locations of interest have been released shortly after 4pm today.

The Ministry of Health has released the latest locations of interest.

Auckland will move to a new life at level 3 from midnight tonight.

A newborn baby has tested positive for Covid at Auckland's North Shore Hospital.

New locations of interest show Covid-infected person visited an Auckland dairy.

Chris Hipkins: 'We've still got to hold our nerve here'.

A person with Covid-19 at an MIQ facility has been transferred to hospital.

Vaccine passports will be in the form of an app to be made available in just over a month.

Today marks the 40th day of Auckland's lockdown.

Eleven new locations of interest have been released by health officials today.

Eleven new locations of interest have been released by health officials today.

Dedicated vaccination rallies are being set up to get more Pacific people vaccinated.

Twenty two of today's cases are linked to the rest of the outbreak.

A person who tested positive for Covid was at a large supermarket on Sunday.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield says elimination of Covid-19 is still the big aim.

More locations are expected to be announced throughout today.

Will Auckland move out of alert level 4 and will Waikato move up a level?

A bakery in Mt Maunganui and a petrol station in Tauranga were visited by a Covid case.

A new location of interest shows a person with Covid was in the community on Monday.

More details about the new virtual MIQ booking system revealed.

A new strategy is being developed on how we can fight Covid without going into lockdowns.

Ardern: The key to stopping using lockdowns was to make sure everyone is vaccinated.

Mystery Covid positive cases have resulted in new locations of interest being released.

New locations of interest show visits over Father's Day and Monday.

Over 30 supermarkets around the country are due to be named as locations of interest.