'Significant' milestone: NZ's population hits 5 million
It took just 17 years to add one million people after hitting 4 million in 2003.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromInstagram
'Got it bro': The inside story of how undercover cops snared meth, guns in gang sting
Undercover officers paid $52,500 to Rotorua duo in a single drug deal.
Budget breakdown: What you need to know - where your money goes
What you need to know: The big Covid-19 spending package and the hit to the books, jobs.
Live: Level 2 buzz! Hairdresser queues, NZ back in business - but bumpy road ahead
New Zealand comes fully alive again with queues already for hairdressers - and on roads.
Budget 2020: What's been announced so far and what people want to see
On Thursday, Robertson will unveil his 'recovery budget' – what do people want to see?
Essential level 2 guide - seven key areas and all you need to know
PM Jacinda Ardern reveals how the country will move into level 2.
Life in level 2: Essential guide - the rules and all you need to know
The Government has unveiled what life will look like under alert level 2.
Family secret: Cane on keeping quiet over new role
Sam Cane hopes to be a tough but inclusive All Blacks captain.
Zero new Covid-19 cases in NZ: 'Let's not slacken off now' says Ashley Bloomfield
NZ's success at stamping out Covid-19 has been the envy of many other countries.
From Christchurch to White Island to Covid-19: What a year
Celebrating a year of NZ Herald premium.
Level 3 begins: All you need to know about today's developments
Catch up on the big coronavirus stories as New Zealand begins life in alert level 3.
Help line the streets with poppies this Anzac Day with our special poster
New Zealanders are being called on to get innovative this Anzac Day.
Lockdown logic: Why the PM extended level four restrictions for five more days
NZ scheduled to go to alert level 3 at 11.59pm next Monday - possibly only for two weeks.
Level 3: All you need to know and how it affects your bubble, your work and leisure
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has outlined the restrictions in place for level 3.
Simon Bridges calls for lockdown to end next week - with safety system
"New Zealand should move out of alert level 4 next week, but with a safety-first system."
'Our deadliest day': PM on new deaths, $130m student package
Jacinda Ardern says today a "sad and sobering reminder" of what we are dealing with.
Fifth Kiwi dies - 19 new cases, 75 recoveries; PM says no early lockdown end
Despite the downward trend, we won't be coming out of alert level 4 early.
Two more Covid-19 deaths brings NZ toll to four, 29 new cases
Three of the four deaths of Covid-19 in NZ are linked in clusters.
NZ's second coronavirus-related death; 44 new cases
The woman, in her 90s, died at Burwood Hospital in Christchurch.
How PM responded to this Washington Post headline: 'NZ isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it'.
Washington Post on early lockdown success: 'Triumph of science and leadership'.
Isolation Station: the lighthouse keeper at the end of the world
At the end of the Earth live a family who know what self-isolation truly means.
'We need to stay the course': Lockdown won't be lifted early
Ardern said she didn't want New Zealand to be locked down 'a minute more' than necessary.
Virus could force 100,000 Kiwis to join benefit queue, many for the first time
"Nobody is going to come out the other side without needing some support."
Has it peaked? NZ has 82 new Covid-19 cases as lockdown decision looms
Top public health officials are set to brief media on the latest Covid-19 developments.
Supermarkets call for calm after staff member punched
The incident occurred one week into lockdown.
Global Covid-19 cases pass 1 million as UK's epic pandemic response revealed
A study fears the death toll in Italy could be twice as high as official figures suggest.
Live Q&A: Dr Michelle Wise answers your questions about pregnancy and Covid 19
Obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Michelle Wise to take questions about birth and Covid 19
NZ's biggest magazine business to discontinue business
Bauer Media Group is closing the business.
Unemployment could hit 'double digits' as Covid-19 hammers NZ
Grant Robertson to be questioned on whether Government doing enough.
Kiwis able to buy heaters, whiteware during lockdown - but online only
Govt releases list of essential goods Kiwis can buy - but orders will be online only.
'Devastating news': New Zealand has its first coronavirus death
The latest coronavirus update from the lockdown taskforce.
The massive difference between NZ and Australia's response
COMMENT: One quality makes Jacinda Ardern particularly effective in a crisis.
Coronavirus: 'Patient zero' at Wuhan seafood market identified
"I thought it was the flu": Patient suspects shared toilet to blame for virus at market.