The prime minister has given her assurance the government will consider helping businesses should Auckland's three-day level 3 lockdown be extended, the city's mayor says. Keep Reading

Jacinda Ardern has announced a move up alert levels from 11.59pm on Sunday for three days, with Aucklanders told to stay home from Monday. It comes after three positive community cases. Keep Reading

People at the following locations should "stay home and isolate". Keep Reading

An Auckland school has been closed for two days and a testing centre will be set up on the site after three new community cases in a single South Auckland household were reported today. Keep Reading

An Auckland father, mother and daughter have tested positive for Covid-19, but the source remains a mystery. Here's what we know. Keep Reading

Covid Minister Chris Hipkins and Health Chief Dr Ashley Bloomfield say the source of the Covid-19 infection is not yet known, and whole genome testing is being carried out. Keep Reading

Alert Levels have currently not changed after the three new cases were reported today. Keep Reading

Vaccine hesitancy in minority communities is one of the biggest concerns Chris Hipkins has. Keep Reading

Radhika Reddy says health officials have placed the burden of poor scanning figures on users. Keep Reading

Minister looks at changes to discourage people from using squeezed MIQ facilities as a transit lounge. Keep Reading

Unions are pleased the government is rolling out a Covid-19 vaccine to all border staff ahead of schedule but say more work is needed before it can be distributed to the entire workforce. Keep Reading

Roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination in Otago and Southland may begin in a fortnight. The Government yesterday announced that the first batch of... Keep Reading

A Covid-19 jab could be a yearly thing, and the government is already planning for that prospect, as our very first delivery of the Pfizer vaccine is less than a week away. The exact number of doses in that shipment is unknown, but best estimates are around 40,000. First in line are border workers, with rollout expected to start next Saturday. It's a complicated vaccine. Two shots are needed for maximum protection, and it has to be stored at -70C, with a limited shelf life after that. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins explains how far the first batch will go. Keep Reading

How does it work? Is it safe? Does it contain microchips? The answers to these questions, and more. Keep Reading

The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in New Zealand next week and 12,000 border workers are to receive it within three weeks, the Prime Minister says. Keep Reading

The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in New Zealand next week and 12,000 border workers are to be receive it within three weeks, the Prime Minister says. Keep Reading

How are experts tracking variants of the coronavirus? Scientists are scanning virus samples taken from infected people to look for mutations, through a process called genome sequencing. It’s... Keep Reading

Government agencies are gearing up to combat a barrage of vaccine-related scams expected to hit during the Covid-19 immunisation campaign. Keep Reading

Only those aged 16 and over can have the jab. Keep Reading

A managed isolation administration team was a "shambles", says a former employee who claims she had minimal training for the role after being placed in it by a temp agency. Keep Reading

Experts revealed it is 'extremely unlikely' the virus came from a lab. Keep Reading

"With any bubble arrangement, we'd want protocols in place so that there's some predictability." Keep Reading

NZ agreed in principle to establish a travel bubble with Australia by the end of March. Keep Reading

MIQ nurses insist they are sometimes working around the clock, despite the Covid-19 Response Minister saying there is no evidence of that. Keep Reading

Officials are considering mixing the AstraZeneca vaccine with another one. Keep Reading