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A quarter of Kiwis are unsure about receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. How do we sway them?
Analysis compares NZ's early coronavirus experience with that in Iceland, Taiwan and Oz.
Virus survives on polyester, poly cotton and 100 per cent cotton for three days.
Experts are confident Auckland still faces a low risk of community outbreak of Covid-19.
Analysis suggests NZ's border failure risk may be as high as nearly three leaks per month.
NZ-developed tech using "synthetic paint" may offer low-cost test for Covid-19 immunity.
Closing week of summer to bring more dry weather to parched places that need it least.
A study finds Kiwis back NZ's hardline measures - but also points to complacency worries.
Niwa releases amazing images from a 6-week scientific voyage to Antarctica.
It may sound gross, but what we flush is 'information gold' for virus-fighting scientists.
Auckland may have just escaped another mass outbreak. How? Experts explain.
The ferret was cloned from the genes of an animal that died more than 30 years ago.
The activity has been described as "short-lived, low-energy" steam explosions.
Ancient swamp kauri records reveal breakdown of Earth's magnetic field 42,000 years ago.
Experts propose a seven-tier alert level system to better manage local Covid-19 outbreaks.
Experts respond to Govt move with careful optimism, but one says it's not cautious enough.
Scientists suspect NZ's latest Covid-19 scare may end as another unsolved mystery.
Professor Michael Baker says Govt can still consider moving Auckland to alert level '2.5'.
Experts explain why Govt made right move in locking down - and warn risk is still high.
ANALYSIS: The rapid increase in the number of infections is the most obvious reason.
The Govt isn't ruling out a wider roll-out of saliva tests for Covid-19. What are they?
As QR scans again surge past million mark, could roving "app advocates" keep up momentum?
Experts explain why daughter showed symptoms before mum thought to have picked up virus.
Viruses mutate constantly, and scientists are debating 'when to pull the vaccine trigger'.
What signs could give more certainty to health officials managing the latest flare-up?
Project would build up to 286 turbines at Castle Hill, southeast of Eketahuna, Wairarapa.
Virologist says it's worrying that no genomic matches in MIQ have been found to new cases.
The UK variant involved in the new cases can spread more easily and quickly than others.
Two extremes of scenario are possible in containing the latest Covid leak. What are they?
Experts say suggested source of new Covid-19 infections - laundry - could be red herring.
Summer-like weather set to linger into autumn in already-parched parts of NZ, Niwa says.