Testing is being conducted for students at a south Auckland school where new coronavirus cases emerged; meanwhile health chief Ashley Bloomfield says there is no need to move up Covid alert levels. Keep Reading

Exhausted Covid-19 testers in South Auckland are expecting an influx after three new cases of infection were confirmed in the cluster around Papatoetoe High School. Keep Reading

People who went to the locations are asked to get tested tomorrow or Wednesday, depending on what day they were there. Keep Reading

They are siblings of a Papatoetoe High School student whose Covid results were revealed earlier today. Keep Reading

But a Ministry of Health report into how three people caught Covid at the Pullman says the exact cause may never be known. Keep Reading

The student hasn’t been back to school since being asked to isolate and get a test. Keep Reading

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She says she's leaving MIQ today and has participated in anti-lockdown protests before. Keep Reading

While hopes of a first quarter travel bubble fade, Jacinda Ardern says talks continue. Keep Reading

Air New Zealand will trial a new digital health passport, to help people fly safely across the globe once international travel picks up again. Keep Reading

The Northern Marianas has experienced its largest number of Covid-19 cases in a single day with eight new cases reported on Saturday. Keep Reading

Auckland will drop from Covid alert level 2 and join the rest of New Zealand at alert level 1, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. Keep Reading

Research from Israel shows getting just one Pfizer vaccine jab may curb the transmission of Covid-19, and getting both doses has led to a 94 percent drop in symptomatic coronavirus cases. Keep Reading

Sir Peter Gluckman says we need to face the reality that Covid-19 will be around forever. Keep Reading

The Covid-19 pandemic has grounded airlines around the world. Keep Reading

It wasn’t until the polio epidemics of the 1940s and 1950s that vaccines became more widely adopted. Keep Reading

Wellington's public transport network, Metlink, says it noticed an overnight drop of mask usage. Keep Reading

Several thousand people have joined anti-vaccination protests across Australia, ahead of the country rolling out its Covid-19 inoculation programme next week. Keep Reading

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that public health measures, including restrictions on indoor social gatherings, would have to continue for weeks to come as new Covid-19 variants, and a slow vaccine rollout, risk causing a dangerous third wave of the virus. Keep Reading

The national vaccination roll-out begins today. Might the reluctant have a change of mind? Here’s what new Stickybeak polling for The Spinoff tells us. Vaccination is under way in New Zealand, with the first doses going to the small group that will be conducting the vaccinations yesterday and the Keep Reading

A woman who organises support for families at the Jet Park Hotel says she feels "privileged and honoured" to be the first border worker to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand. Keep Reading

Today's vaccine rollout marks a crucial step in defeating Covid-19, a vaccine expert says, providing a chance "to beat this thing back". Keep Reading

One of the country's top scientists is optimistic border restrictions could start easing within a few months, as the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out gets underway, but others are heeding caution. Keep Reading

Controlling the pandemic will require shots that prevent viral spread, but that feature is difficult to measure. Controlling the pandemic will require shots that prevent viral spread, but that feature is difficult to measure. Keep Reading

The government is providing support to 350 businesses on the tourist starved islands. Keep Reading