Experts say the government will need to use trusted leaders in different communities to reach vaccine sceptics, and a failure to do so will worsen health inequities. Keep Reading

"Fiji is ready and willing to open its borders." Keep Reading

"Hotels were not built to be quarantine facilities with shared spaces and shared ventilation." Keep Reading

Auckland University's Shaun Hendy says Kiwis need to remain vigilant to keep Covid-19 out of the community. Keep Reading

International music and comedy acts are being approved and rejected for border exemptions in a "game of favourites", according to a promoter. Keep Reading

The second wave of Covid-19 is ebbing off in French Polynesia as daily infection rates have dropped to below 100. Keep Reading

The last case of Covid-19 transmitted via the community was almost two months ago today. Keep Reading

Three United States-affiliated countries in the north Pacific have launched aggressive Covid-19 vaccine programs Keep Reading

Health and frontline workers are first in line for jabs at vaccination centres across the country. Keep Reading

It comes after the Govt announced this week 1000 international students will be given exemptions. Keep Reading

A highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the UK could become the dominant strain in the US by March, health officials have said. Keep Reading

Epidemiologist Michael Baker says it's time for New Zealand to limit the number of people entering the country. Keep Reading

Air NZ will triple the number of flights to Rarotonga next week – and about 300 managed isolation places will be freed up for Kiwis returning from other parts of the world. Keep Reading

The Opposition is urging the Government to roll out the jab quicker. Keep Reading

World Health Organization’s Dr Margaret Harris says they don't know if any of the vaccines prevent transmission of the virus yet. Keep Reading

Yesterday Britain reported 1564 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test for Covid-19 on Wednesday, a record daily toll. Those updated numbers mean more people have died in the UK in the second wave of the pandemic than the first wave last year. The increase in cases is driven by cases of the new UK more infectious variant of Covid 19. There have now been almost 85,000 deaths in Britain - the fifth highest figure globally - and 3.2 million have tested positive for Covid 19. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday there were about 32,000 Covid-19 patients in hospitals, about 70 percent more than during the peak of the first outbreak last April, and that the risk of intensive care units being overwhelmed was substantial. One of the people working in those units in New Zealander Hayley Reid who works as agency intense care nurse. She works one day contracts in UK ICUs and can be at multiple hospitals in one week. Keep Reading

But it doesn't mean you should dust off your NZ passport just yet. Keep Reading

The coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, it's also taking more than a year off the average US life expectancy. Keep Reading

More infectious variants of Covid-19 are increasingly being intercepted at the country's borders, but the minister running New Zealand’s response is resisting pressure to accelerate vaccination plans despite demands from health experts as well as political friends and foes, Justin Giovannetti report Keep Reading

AU chairman Cyril Ramaphosa said vaccines from Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca would be available this year. Keep Reading

Hardly anyone is using their Covid Tracer app. Something needs to change. As the mercury approaches 30°C in Aotearoa, there is a good deal of slipping and slopping, but, let’s face it, piss-all scanning. As few as around 500,000 QR codes are being scanned by users of the NZ Covid Tracer app daily Keep Reading

As CEO of her iwi rūnanga, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer was on the frontline protecting her community during the first outbreak of Covid-19. Now that more virulent strains threaten to breach our borders, the Māori Party co-leader calls on the government to introduce much stricter measures. As we enter the Keep Reading

Only a handful of Covid-19 commercial rent disputes have been settled through a subsidised Government service. Keep Reading

England's deputy chief medical officer has called on football players to behave responsibly and stop celebrating in close proximity to each other. Keep Reading

The Samoan government has extended its Covid-19 State of Emergency Orders for another month due to the rapid spread of the new strain spreading through South Africa and the UK. Keep Reading