All you need to know about the new mask-wearing protocol as Omicron cases increase and the country settles into the orange setting of the traffic light system. Video / NZ Herald

OPINION: Government's big plan will change everything and nothing.

A new vaccination centre opens in Auckland's Westgate Tuesday morning to meet the demand for boosters and child jabs. Video / NZ Herald

The coroner has discovered a series of bungles after Ian Bell's early prostate surgery.

More than 70 people have applied for an assisted death, and fewer than 20 have died.

Zane Wedding thought he had water in his ear. Then it started 'moving around'.

Parents Mark and Lisa Gallagher lost their daughter Letitia to meningococcal C in 2012. Video / Ministry of Health

New Zealand's MIQ system is back under the microscope as Omicron cases emerge on our shores. Video / NZ Herald

Vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris on reaching 90 per cent, why we shouldn't stop now and the importance of boosters in the wake of Omicron. Video / NZ Herald

Chris Hipkins says getting used to the new system will take time.

There are now 79 people in hospital, including nine in intensive care.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says that the Omicron variant is "not a cause for panic" as NZ experts track its impact overseas. Video / Pool

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has released its first half result.

Greencross and PEP have withdrawn from a deal to buy Tamaki Health.

Daughter says her dad died painfully at home after being told his symptoms were normal.

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

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

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

The Food and Drug Administration has paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. Video / AP

Cases number are only trending up. Will Government's traffic light system cope?

Christchurch rushes to vaccinate, Northland is nine weeks away and Auckland inches ahead.

Those who go onsite despite restrictions will be committing an offence, the MoE says.

Auckland seems to be a minimum four weeks off being 90pc double-jabbed.

October 27, 2021. National Party leader Judith Collins clarifies National's stance on vaccine mandates and passports following Tuesday's announcements. Video / Mark Mitchell

Auckland inches closer to new freedoms as vaccine milestone, while Northland lags behind.

Counties Manukau DHB needs 11,000 first doses to hit 90 per cent. Check out your DHB.

There are now 274 cases from the last 14 days that are yet to be linked.

There were 65 community cases of Covid-19 all in Auckland on Friday ahead of Super Saturday’s “Vaxathon” with experts predicting cases will rise into the hundreds as soon as November. Video / NZ Herald

Auckland CBD site mana whenua lead Tui Blair is looking forward to welcoming all to her vaccination centre plus some healthy competition between sites this Super Saturday. Video / Dean Purcell