VideoFocus: Covid-19 Response Minister Ayesha Verrall on remaining at OrangeCovid-19 Response Minister Ayesha Verrall and PM Jacinda Ardern took questions about the alert level remaining at Orange. Video / Mark MitchellWatch09 Aug 02:40 AM
New ZealandOmicron outbreak: Child among 13 Covid-related deaths, 4006 new cases todayExpert predicts thousands of infections each day for the foreseeable future.08 Aug 01:15 AM
New ZealandVaccine, mask complaints jam Human Rights CommissionThousands more inquiries than any other year besiege the agency.07 Aug 06:14 PM
New Zealand3302 cases today as Covid becomes one of NZ's biggest killersOne in seven recent NZ deaths were from Covid-19. So why are we growing indifferent to it?07 Aug 01:20 AM
New ZealandCovid: 4790 new cases, 648 in hospital; winter of ills hits workforce hardCovid-19 case numbers are falling but country still beset by winter ills.06 Aug 12:45 AM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Longer term challenges of Covid 19OPINION: Our editorial on a lot of coronavirus fallout still laying ahead.05 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandAnti-Government protest taking place in Auckland tomorrowProtest comes two weeks after similar rally closed stretch of Auckland motorway.05 Aug 07:05 AM
New ZealandBattle royale: Heather du Plessis-Allan v Simon Wilson on the chaos of 2022Simon Wilson and Heather du Plessis-Allan don't agree on much.05 Aug 06:01 AM
New ZealandCovid: 19 deaths, 5296 cases today; expert's second wave warningThere are now 40,673 active cases in the community - the lowest figure in weeks.05 Aug 12:49 AM
New ZealandOmicron wave: Modellers confident peak has passedAfter weeks of falling case counts, modellers are confident we're over this wave's hump.04 Aug 05:47 AM
PremiumPremiumCompaniesBack from the Boneyard: How Cathay Pacific is bringing planes back into service'As engineers we've really bonded to these aircraft, we know them inside out.'04 Aug 05:45 AM
New ZealandCovid-19: Why a coming drop in NZ's vax rates is good newsExperts are welcoming data improvements that'll see NZ's overall vax rates fall next week.04 Aug 04:07 AM
WorldOne photo sums up bizarre Covid stanceAn incredibly different life is being lived by people separated by a single road in China.04 Aug 02:48 AM
New ZealandOmicron outbreak: 49 Covid-related deaths, 6152 new cases reportedHealthcare worker testing and wastewater results showed a 'true decline' in Covid cases.04 Aug 01:04 AM
New ZealandCovid-19: Review confirms 'limitations' in Health Ministry's datasetsStats NZ recommends raft of improvements to Health Ministry's own population dataset.03 Aug 11:46 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Thinking for ourselves at the Orange settingOPINION: Our editorial on the need to adhere to common sense as Covid persists.03 Aug 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Occupational hazard': The teachers battling Long CovidTeachers have told of debilitating health problems months after contracting Covid-19.02 Aug 05:00 PM
New Zealand7113 new Covid cases, 33 virus-related deathsThere are 738 people being treated in hospital today.02 Aug 01:12 AM
WorldLong Covid comes in 'three different forms,' scientists sayThe condition has long been hard to define because of a vast number of symptoms.02 Aug 12:00 AM
New ZealandChris Bishop says vax mandates for health workers should goBishop says health worker shortages a good reason to let unvaccinated nurses back to work.01 Aug 11:54 PM
TravelTourist bans and arrival tests: Countries that still have Covid restrictionsDon't forget a pre-departure test when heading to these destinations.01 Aug 11:52 PM
New ZealandSecond anti-Govt march this weekend, fresh threat of Parliament demonstrationJust five months after the Beehive occupation, a fresh plan has emerged.01 Aug 11:35 PM
New Zealand5312 new Covid cases, 28 virus-related deathsThere are 759 people in hospital, including 16 in intensive care.01 Aug 01:11 AM
New ZealandHaere mai! Borders fully reopen todayFinal phase of the Covid 19 border reopening took place at 11.59pm on Sunday.31 Jul 06:58 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandClaire Trevett: Captain Hindsight is now among us - use himThe Government must not shy from a Covid review just to save itself political flak.31 Jul 06:49 PM
KahuJohn Tamihere: 'This Covid hangover is not going away until we all find something else as a scapegoat'I'm sick of Covid, so let's get on to what really matters for New Zealanders.31 Jul 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAirlinesBoneyard boost: How Singapore Airlines swung back to profitThe airline has got A380 aircraft from storage at a desert 'boneyard' and back in the air.31 Jul 03:54 AM
New ZealandOmicron outbreak: 4238 new community cases of Covid todayNew Zealand's international borders fully reopen at 11.59pm tonight.31 Jul 12:30 AM
Lifestyle'In awe': Family of toddler who died from Covid welcomes baby boyRuby Edwards was the youngest victim to die in Queensland from Covid 19.30 Jul 11:10 PM
WorldUS President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19, returns to isolationBiden, 79, was treated with anti-viral drug Paxlovid, which can see a rebound of Covid.30 Jul 06:55 PM
New ZealandThe region where at least a third of Kiwis have been infectedWinter conditions and the BA.5 variant are driving infections.30 Jul 06:29 PM
New ZealandNZ border fully reopens at midnight - allowing students, cruise ships to returnMore than two years and four months of Covid-19 border restrictions are set to fully end.30 Jul 06:14 PM
New ZealandDiary of an Auckland paramedic: Burnout and seven hours with no breakStaff burnout has become "massive thing", she said.30 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandCovid-19: 6232 new cases as experts say peak has passed thanks to 'hybrid immunity'The infection peak has likely passed and with fewer than expected - experts explain why.30 Jul 12:10 AM