The prisoner later tested positive for Covid-19. Keep Reading

Associate Minister of Health Peeni Henare says it's critical Māori health providers get more resources for their Covid-19 response given how at-risk Māori are. Keep Reading

An employment advocate is acting for a Customs worker who was dismissed from her job for not getting vaccinated. Keep Reading

If Auckland can't stamp out the Delta variant of Covid-19, the rest of the country could be facing heavy restrictions until Christmas. Keep Reading

A survey found almost a quarter of participants thought they could not receive a vaccine because of medical conditions. But only 28.9% of this group actually meet the criteria set by health agencies. Keep Reading

A Waikato community at the centre of three positive Covid-19 cases will become its own bubble joining a “bespoke" set of temporary restrictions until Friday this week. Keep Reading

NZ's largest city will move to Level 3 at 11.59pm Tuesday night. Keep Reading

Aucklanders are allowed limited travel within their region — here's what's permitted. Keep Reading

A total of 385 positions were made available this morning. Keep Reading

Māori King Tuheitia and other senior figures have banded together to encourage Māori to get their Covid vaccines. Keep Reading

"Just pray for me please. Can't even begin to explain how brutal the body aches and nausea that come with COVID are." Keep Reading

On Sunday three people from the same Whakatīwai family tested positive for the virus. Keep Reading

The new Covid sites sit just south of Auckland's border with Waikato. Keep Reading

Phil Goff wants the region shifted down to alert level 3 this week, and says the cost to stay at level 4 is too high. Keep Reading

Professor Michael Baker says Cabinet might take the cautious approach to extend Auckland's lockdown for another week and add parts of the Waikato after household members of a remand prisoner tested positive in the region — including a pupil who was symptomatic at school. Keep Reading

Police are investigating after reports of two men going door-to-door in Christchurch pretending to be from the Ministry of Health and offering vaccines for $100. The ministry says it's a scam. Keep Reading

The National Māori Pandemic Group says Auckland should remain in alert level 4 and Waikato should also go into lockdown after three new cases were identified in the region. Keep Reading

Aucklanders are heading into a critical week with health experts warning the Covid-19 outbreak could go either way. Keep Reading

While Covid-19's origin story is currently defined by a lack of hard evidence and data, scientists around the world continue their search for answers to how the pandemic began. Keep Reading

A man on remand at Mt Eden prison made a court appearance and shared a cell before test result came back. Keep Reading

The Ministry of Health announced 24 new community cases of COVID-19 on Sunday with three of them under investigation and currently unlinked. Keep Reading

As Auckland waits to hear if it will move down an alert level this week, the prime minister has assured the country the level four lockdown is having an impact, even with a small rise in case numbers in the past two days. Keep Reading

It comes as Jacinda Ardern says the work of Aucklanders at Level 4 "has paid off". Keep Reading

Getting young people on board, reducing hesitancy, increasing accessibility, and supporting those with needle phobias will be hurdles to overcome to reach the target, experts say. Keep Reading

Community leaders urge Aucklanders to stick to lockdown rules after warm weather sees people flock to the beach. Keep Reading