A man has claimed he was only pranking shoppers, after coughing and sneezing on them.

Cases have levelled off in an early sign the lockdown appears to be working.

Hardship for renters and landlords expected to get worse, property investors say.

Auckland moggy suffers from two horrific acts of human cruelty just one year apart.

Airbnb wants to match medical workers tackling coronavirus with safe places to stay.

One nurse has been booted from her house and another barrred from the supermarket.

There is confusion over whether tenants and house sellers and buyers can move homes.

Don't sneak out for casual sex or amorous trysts, try webcams instead: Aids Foundation.

Settlements and house moving likely to be deferred but no official decision has been made.

Sam Wallace and Toni Street talk to Patient X about his possible Covid-19 test results. Video / The Hits

Michelle Dickson and PM Jacinda Ardern chat about the coronavirus in new video.

New funding aims to better prevent homelessness, while providing better accommodation.

An Auckland airport worker says staff have little protection from coronavirus.

"My little boy he just... It was really hard." Made with funding from NZ On Air.

New measles cases being confirmed every day as city teeters on an epidemic.

Waikato DHB's interim chief executive Derek Wright talks about his new job. Video/Alan Gibson

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spent a few moments dishing up strawberries and ice cream to support a fundraiser for Mary Potter Hospice - and promising to look into more funding for palliative care. Credit: Mark Mitchell

A ban on unvaccinated children from daycare centres the wrong move, says Paul Little

Hospital staff are being punched, kicked, spat on, bitten and verbally abused daily on the job - and the problem is getting worse.

When Jayde Lowe's friend Dani lost her battle with depression, the now 25-year-old Miss Lowe initiated a marathon run "Raise For Dani" fundraising campaign through Youthline.

You'd be surprised just how hard it is to find a family willing to let a Herald writer snoop around their home and ask all sorts of intrusive questions about their substandard living conditions, writes Peter Calder.

Sexually transmitted infections should be reclassified to enable better tracking and treatment as social media influences sexual behaviour and more drug-resistant strains emerge, a health authority....

He Korowai Trust are the heroes of the far North of New Zealand, a region experiencing economic crisis. Based in Kaitaia, their team saves at least one home a week from mortgagee sale. He Korowai client Rachel talks to us about her experience with the Trust, how they saved her home and helped her build a brighter future.

Phil O'Reilly says attacking the issue of child poverty from many directions, by everyone, has a greater chance of succeeding than simply focusing on benefit payments.

The days of Kiwi doctors treating toddlers for free are long-gone, with one big-city clinic charging $44 to see children younger than 5.

Patients being given the wrong prescription occurs "a lot", according to the Health Quality and Safety Commission, but a new system should help prevent cases like the tragic death of Shirley Curtis.