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'Ongoing crisis': $5.6m boost for mental health in lockdown Auckland

Demand for mental health and addiction services has increased, along with helplines.

91 Wellington nurses yet to disclose vax status as deadline looms

Nurses are not allowed to work from November 16 if they have not had their first dose.

Is Covid here to stay? Experts explain what it means for a virus to become endemic

ANALYSIS: Four seasonal coronaviruses circulate in humans endemically already.

PM confirms Aucklanders will be able to 'travel through summer', but how remains unclear

But with lower vaccination levels outside it is "admittedly a tricky transition period".

End of Life Choice Act takes effect in New Zealand

By last week, 96 doctors had expressed interest in being an attending practitioner.

Record-high Covid cases as Auckland restrictions set to ease

PM says Aucklanders can leave for summer, but Govt still working out exactly how.

Howick College cleaner Covid-positive, school to open on Monday

The risk to students has been deemed low by public health teams.

Leo Molloy: The date Auckland must reopen - otherwise save the ICU beds for hospo

Auckland businessman Leo Molloy weighs in on the city's suffering hospitality industry.

Focus: Eden Park Got ya Dot vaccination campaign kicks off

What is normally the fortress of New Zealand rugby has transformed into a dotting domain all weekend long as Tāmaki Makaurau's Got ya Dot campaign kicks off at Eden Park. Video / Jed Bradley

PM to Aucklanders - 'We are not going to keep you trapped over Christmas'

Government has made an in-principle decision to slightly ease restrictions from Tuesday.

Can AKL's city centre rebound? Why recovery is critical for NZ's economy

AKL Council and Eke Panuku release a video illustrating how far the city centre has come.

NZ doing 'incredibly well' with vaccination rates - top immunologist

Dr Nikki Turner says we are doing better than most other countries in the world.

Ministry of Health again withholding Māori vaccination data: health provider

A Māori health provider wants contact details for unvaxxed Māori .

Covid in the North Island: Two new Northland cases, wastewater traces in Gisborne, Napier

There have now been 17 community cases in the region with eight still active.

Covid detected in wastewater samples in Napier, Gisborne

Health teams urging anyone with cold or flu symptoms to get tested.

Summer blues: Rhythm & Vines music festival in doubt?

Tens of thousands of Kiwis may miss out on festival if Gisborne doesn't hit vax target.

He can't cure his dad. But a scientist's research may help everyone else

New York Times: His father's illness has motivated a life of science.

Focus Live: 163 new Covid-19 community cases

November 5 2021 There are a record 163 new cases of Covid-19 today. 159 are in Auckland and four are in Waikato. A second person isolating at home with Covid has died. Paramedics were called to a Mt Eden address.