Live Covid-19 updates for Friday 14 August | RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that with ongoing alert levels, the wage subsidy scheme will be extended.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that with ongoing alert levels, the wage subsidy scheme will be extended. Keep Reading
Health Minister Chris Hipkins has conceded he would have liked to have seen more testing done earlier. Keep Reading
Front line workers will be given priority for tests. Keep Reading
Here's the latest. Keep Reading
There has been one situation already where Auckland workers were told by their employer they had to take leave. Keep Reading
Natural herd immunity is a myth. Keep Reading
Two travellers who left NZ last week later tested positive for Covid-19 overseas. Keep Reading
"We have learned in Australia that borders are easily breached." Keep Reading
Rather than celebrate his crowning moment, he's urged some NZers to 'pull your head in'. Keep Reading
Unpredictable, on-again off-again stringent lockdowns may produce so much uncertainty that other outcomes start to deteriorate. Keep Reading
But that doesn't necessarily mean the bank will be paying off your mortgage for you. Keep Reading
The 20-something Italian is having none of it. For the woman and her friends relishing the relief of a cool August breeze at a bar in a medieval piazza, the coronavirus pandemic is much ado about nothing. A means solely to control them and empower bureaucrats. Keep Reading
They've been through it all before, so how are Auckland students and teachers coping with the second move into level three? And how are other schools preparing for the possibility they'll soon be doing the same? Last time the country went into level three lockdown, on March 24, schools had less Keep Reading
With investigations into a coolstore and freight as a potential pathway for the latest outbreak of Covid-19, what does science say about surfaces and refrigeration? Keep Reading
Health experts are warning the Government to take a surge in conspiracy theories seriously Keep Reading
A primary school student on Auckland's North Shore has tested positive for Covid-19. Keep Reading
They're now being tested, but experts say "it beggars belief" that it hadn't already been happening. Keep Reading
So far four workers at an Americold facility in Auckland have tested positive for Covid-19. Keep Reading
As 13 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 are identified, the Director-General of Health orders they and people diagnosed with the virus will be moved to managed quarantine facilities. Keep Reading
Here's everything we know about the cases and all the places they’ve been connected to. Keep Reading
COVID-19 could been have spreading in Auckland for weeks, with dozens of people already infected, two experts claim. Keep Reading
The impacts of returning to level 2 will be a "kick in the guts" for South Island businesses which were just getting back on their feet. Keep Reading
The family is being interviewed about their movements. Keep Reading
Employees of two Auckland companies have been ordered to stay home as health officials track the movements of our new Covid-19 cases. Keep Reading
“The later you detect it, the larger the epidemic you're potentially looking at,” says Dr Shaun Hendy. Keep Reading