Latest from Ministry of Health

Focus Live: Level 4 in Auckland extended, rest of NZ to stay in level 2

September 13 2021 Auckland will remain at level 4 for another week, until 11.59pm on September 21. Level 2 will remain in place for the rest of New Zealand for another week, and Cabinet will review these settings on Monday next week.

Relief as Auckland hairdresser's 10-day wage subsidy wait comes to end

Lyndsey Erasmus feels a deep sense of guilt for the slow processing of the subsidy.

Live: 33 new community cases as Govt decides on alert levels

All the new cases are in Auckland.

Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Sunday 12th Sept wrap

September 12, 2021: 20 new community cases of Covid-19 are announced all in Auckland, one day away from a Cabinet alert level decision. Video / NZ Herald

Focus Live: 20 new Covid-19 community cases

September 12 2021 There are 20 new community Covid cases today, all are in Auckland. No staff or patients have returned a positive case after being in potential contact with the cases in Middlemore Hospital.

Live: Three people, including baby, test positive to Covid after Middlemore visit; what it might mean for lockdown

It's not yet known how many staff and others in the hospital are close contacts.

Editorial: D-day for Auckland's lockdown

EDITORIAL: Officials will be wary of lifting lockdown while there is a whiff of Delta.

Pregnant during Delta: Doctors worried about women putting off getting jab

Charlotte Johnston got the Covid vaccine to do all she could to protect her unborn baby.

Covid-19: Have you been to one of these places? You need to get tested

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

Covid-19: More locations of interest recorded in Auckland

New locations of interest have been added to the Health Ministry's site this evening.

Focus Live: 13 new Covid-19 cases in the community

September 9 2021 There are 13 new Covid-19 cases in the community today. Spain is sending 250,000 Covid jabs to New Zealand - enabling this country to keep up record levels of vaccinations.

88 Delta hospital admissions, only one fully vaccinated patient

'The vaccine works well but you don't become bulletproof straight after the first dose.'

'Russian roulette' - Auckland DHB under fire over visitor numbers, claims of patient sex in shared room

'It's totally unsafe and unacceptable,' says health and safety rep.

Crowne Plaza conundrum and the mystery MIQ leak; 15 new cases today

Case numbers in recent days: 20, 20, 20, 21 - and 15 today.

Covid-19: New locations of interest show latest visit two days ago

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

Covid victim's family grief compounded by level 4 restrictions

The woman played a large part in the running of Hoani Waititi Marae.

Covid 19: Crowne Plaza reopening tomorrow after transmission ruled out

The Crowne Plaza, in downtown Auckland, will reopen as an MIQ facility.

Focus Live: 15 new Covid-19 community cases

September 8 2021 There are 15 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today. There are 37 people in hospital, including six in ICU or HDU.