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RATs to become main test for Aucklanders
Covid testing laboratories are already overwhelmed and can't cope with the large numbers.
Omicron surge - NZ could enter phase 2 within days, long queue at test site
Could the country be moving to phase 2 as Covid-19 cases are expected to rise further?
East Auckland restaurant and Rotorua fast-food joint named as latest high-risk locations of interest
Schools are being hit by new Covid-19 cases within days of opening this year.
74 new Covid cases, 1 death as Taranaki school cluster emerges
The person who died was being cared for at Tauranga Hospital.
Auckland deluge, motorway crashes as storm heads south
The South Island is expected to get drenched today.
Corrections puts 152 unvaccinated prison staff on 'special leave'
Corrections says placing about 150 staff on leave has not affected its operations.
Weather: Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging winds for North Island
It will be wet in most of the North Island over the next two days.
North Island skifields to open for July school holidays
Good news for snow lovers - the North Island ski areas plan to open this year.
Inter-regional travel bans could prevent ski fields from opening
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts is 'pushing really, really strongly' for the ski fields to open.
Cross-regional bus ticketing system balloons to $14.5m
Regional bus system costing $14.5m is due to be replaced by a national one by 2026.
Snow crew tackle Ruapehu's ice palace
Another snowfall overnight means crew are busy with de-icing the lifts and buildings.
Live: Wild weather moves north after washing out bridge, roads, cutting power
The Waiho Bridge has been destroyed as a major autumn storm edges north.
'It's pretty major': Top Kiwi photographer's horror crash
Kiwi skateboarding photographer seriously injured in crash days before Christmas.
It's getting hot in here: Hottest places to be for New Year
Staying out late on New Year's eve - it's going to be warmer than normal.
Road trip: Petrol pump relief just in time for summer
Petrol prices could continue to fall below $2 - just in time for the summer road trip
Graveyard vandalism: Names released
Police want to hear from anyone with information about the Raetihi cemetery vandalism.
Kiwi couple killed in US crash 'devoted to each other'
Whangārei has been rocked by the death of the couple killed in a road crash in the US.
Teachers and principals agree to strike next month
Primary teachers and principals will go on strike on August 15.