More than a quarter of a million additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine are on their way from Spain to New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. The additional doses will arrive in Auckland on Friday morning to help meet the current surge in demand for vaccination. The Spanish shipment is in addition to […]

A further NZ$12 million of support for Fiji’s COVID-19 response has been announced by Foreign Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta today. The package builds on previous tranches of assistance New Zealand has provided to Fiji, totalling over NZ$50 million. The new package will support ongoing equipment and supply needs, including testing capacity, oxygen supply and Personal […]

While restrictions still apply, it will mean a lot more freedom for everyone as everywhere apart from Auckland drops to alert level 2 from 11.59pm on Tuesday. The key differences to the previous level 2 restrictions are limits on gatherings. Indoors, such as in hospitality settings or event venues, the maximum number of people allowed […]

There are 21 new community cases of Covid-19 in the country today. Except for Auckland, businesses across the country were busy making preparations on Tuesday to reopen under level 2 conditions.

A vaccination centre at 203 Leith Place was due to open on August 23, but days beforehand a community outbreak of the Delta variant put New Zealand into alert level 4, and the opening was postponed. The Waikato District Health Board’s Covid vaccination programme lead Maree Munro said the centre willl open once the Waikato […]

From 11.59pm on Tuesday September 7, every person in Aotearoa New Zealand over the age of 12 will be required to keep a record of their whereabouts, either by scanning QR codes or signing paper registers Mandatory record-keeping is part of an effort to strengthen contact tracing, in response to low numbers of people who […]

There were 20 new community cases reported on Sunday, all in Auckland. 38 people are in Auckland hospitals with Covid-19, including six in intensive care and four on ventilators. The government will decide today whether alert levels outside Auckland will be eased. Case numbers are falling, but the deputy PM says. restrictions won’t be relaxed […]

New Zealand Post is limiting the volume of parcels it accepts from online retailers to manage the expected surge in deliveries, as parts of the country’s move to alert level 3. Customers were asked for patience as the state-owned enterprise worked through the existing backlog and ramped up to cope with greater volumes at level […]

An MIQ worker is calling for clarity around Covid-19 vaccines recognised in New Zealand after he was inoculated in China. He said there has been confusion among his employer and health workers regarding whether he is considered fully vaccinated after receiving two doses of Sinopharm. The Ministry of Health said it’s considering whether other vaccines […]

The pressure on Auckland hospitals from the Covid-19 outbreak has forced patients with spinal injuries to be transferred to Christchurch. There are 32 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with eight in intensive care, and the call has gone out for nurses around the country to assist. There are 687 cases of Covid-19 in the current outbreak; […]