Police have now prosecuted nearly 1000 Covid-related breaches, but are not being called upon to take action against those defying isolation or testing orders. Keep Reading

“If we're going to start to see any big number of cases we’d expect to see evidence of that in the next 24 to 48 hours," The Covid-19 Response Minister says. Keep Reading

The app has been dubbed "the future of healthcare" by epidemiologist Michael Baker. Keep Reading

A man was given a written warning as a result. Keep Reading

The Covid-19 cluster linked to Papatoetoe High School emerges as the first batch of vaccines arrived on our shores. A number of people now are calling for jabs for the community to be expedited. Phil Goff has called for Auckland to be prioritised in the public rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. “As Keep Reading

Amid reports of confusing information being given to people after Covid tests, we asked our readers what they’d been told – and sought to clarify what the rules really are. When one of the people who has now been confirmed as having Covid-19 went to work at KFC, it represented an apparent breakdo Keep Reading

Southern port workers yesterday became the first people in the region to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. An initial 30 workers at Port Chalmers... Keep Reading

There’s an existing legal power to make people self-isolate. Failing to comply with such a requirement can attract reasonably severe sanctions. Why, then, do we not start hanging some more admirals pour encourager les autres? Keep Reading

Opinion: Air New Zealand is to trial digital 'vaccine passports' on trans-Tasman routes in April, but there are some serious things to consider before we adopt them, writes Tim Dare. Keep Reading

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is "reluctant" to refer those in the Papatoetoe cluster who breached lockdown restrictions to police. Keep Reading

Data provided by the Ministry of Health shows daily QR scan numbers spike whenever alert levels are raised but quickly subside when normality returns. Keep Reading

As Covid-19 cluster simmers around Papatoetoe High School, the messaging for young people is being called too old, stale and pale. Keep Reading

"I'm asking everyone ... to back and support one another and if that means calling a family member or colleague out for not following the rules then we should do that. Do it with kindness, but do it." Keep Reading

As the Government battles Covid complacency and non-compliance the PM has given the team of five million permission to self-police the rule-breakers. The complete change of tune from the top is just one of many mixed messages in recent days, writes political editor Jo Moir. Keep Reading

"It's a pretty serious botch up really". Keep Reading

NZ's Pasifika community has been living and working on the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic, since the coronavirus arrived a year ago. Keep Reading

The Director-General of Health revealed exactly what that interaction was. Keep Reading

While Jacinda Ardern says there's growing frustration over lockdown breaches, Ashley Bloomfield has met with the police commissioner about how the rules should be enforced. Keep Reading

Jacinda Ardern says she gets that everyone is angry over the latest community cases after it emerged there was contact between two families, but the important thing is to fix the situation. Keep Reading

The fourth lockdown in Auckland is hurting its local economy.  Keep Reading

It's unclear if the families lied about their contact, or just forgot - but either way the result is the same. Keep Reading

Questions are being raised about the quality of the government's contact tracing regime in light of the recent Covid positive cases. Keep Reading

Why are people - particularly young people - not obeying isolation orders? Dr Celia Lie examines the behaviours behind compliance to Covid guidelines. Keep Reading

"Weak positive" results have been found from testing wastewater samples in Christchurch, Rotorua and Queenstown, along with Wellington. Keep Reading