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In their search for Thomas Phillips and his three young children, searchers are focusing on the Marokopa beach. Thomas Phillips, 34, and his three young...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Covid-19: A truck driver who crossed the border tested positive for cocaine.

September 16, 2021

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield disclosed today that one of today's new community cases was a truck driver who had crossed the Auckland boundary. Dr....

COVID-19 New Zealand

Briefing for Covid-19: Gathering limits may increase under level two

September 16, 2021

If Auckland does reduce its warning level next week, the prime minister says the rest of the country will also see some relaxation of the...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Covid-19 community update: 13 new cases

September 16, 2021

The Health Ministry revealed today that there are 13 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, all of which are in Auckland. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield,...

New Zealand

Metal detectorists unearth historically significant Pukerangiora P – DOC

September 16, 2021

According to the Department of Conservation, persons have unlawfully excavated trenches in a historically significant site. The British had dug their way up the slopes...

New Zealand

A 16-year-old girl was the victim of a homicide in Manurewa.

September 16, 2021

The kid at the centre of a homicide enquiry in the South Auckland neighbourhood of Manurewa was 16 years old, according to police. Around 4.30...

New Zealand

LynnMall stabbings: An investigation into the threat posed by terrorists has begun.

September 16, 2021

Three authorities have initiated a joint investigation into the events leading up to the LynnMall stabbings. The Independent Police Conduct Authority, the Office of the...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Bloomfield advises against using social media. Misinformation about Covid-19

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021

False social media claims about immunizations, natural immunity, and the prescription medicine Ivermectin have been refuted by the Director-General of Health. Speaking at today's media...

New Zealand

Churches disagree on conversion treatment in oral submissions

September 15, 2021

Church groups making oral submissions on the bill prohibiting conversion therapy have expressed a variety of opinions, with some pushing for it to be repealed...

New Zealand

A man who confronted a terrorist has been named as the eighth victim of the incident.

September 14, 2021

Five victims of a stab attack at a LynnMall supermarket have hailed police and medical personnel, claiming that they were the difference between life and...

New Zealand

Woman who refused to wear a mask in a store returns with males and strikes a security guard – police

September 14, 2021

After a security guard at Takanini Pak'nSave was beaten, two persons were detained and charged. Image courtesy of Pak 'n Save According to authorities, a...

New Zealand Tech

Apps and social media have aided the growth of Te reo Mori.

September 14, 2021

A growing number of people are using the web, apps, and social media to learn and promote Te Reo Mori. According to surveys, most Mori...

New Zealand

An Iwi is on a mission to reclaim the mana of mangled Marlborough place names.

September 13, 2021

People would be outraged if an English place name was misspelt, so why does same wrath not extend to misspelt Mori placenames? Iwi aim to...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Covid-19: 33 new community cases on September 13 – Ministry of Health

September 13, 2021

The Ministry of Health has verified that 33 new community cases of Covid-19 have been detected today. The ministry also announced three new cases in...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stated that Auckland will remain in lockdown for another week.

September 13, 2021

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared that Auckland will remain in Covid-19 alert level 4 for another week, until 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday. Watch it...

COVID-19 New Zealand

A pair from Auckland will face charges after flying to Wanaka.

September 12, 2021

A couple who used their essential worker status at a border post to travel to Hamilton and then flew to their vacation home in Wanaka...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Day 26 of the Covid-19 Delta outbreak: What happened?

September 12, 2021

Today, the number of new community cases reduced marginally to 20, while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern signed a deal with Denmark to deliver 500,000 doses...

New Zealand

Blenheim’s air pollution levels are at an all-time high.

September 12, 2021

This winter, Blenheim experienced a record amount of hazardous pollution days. Data from Blenheim's airshed shows it breached allowed levels 16 times during winter. Photo:...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Covid-19 update: Today, 20 new community cases were reported in New Zealand.

September 12, 2021

Today, the number of new community cases in New Zealand has reduced to 20. Photo: Pool / NZME Speaking at today's media update, Director-General...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Nurses are obliged to deal with unidentified visitors alone.

September 11, 2021

When nurses at Auckland City Hospital are already stretched tight, they are forced to police visitors who violate bubble rules and do not wear masks...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Update on Covid-19: 23 new community cases were reported today.

September 11, 2021

In New Zealand today, 23 new instances of Covid-19 in the community were recorded, more than doubling the number reported yesterday. Photo: 123rf.com There was...

New Zealand

A youngster from Auckland has been accused with threatening to kill non-Muslims.

September 10, 2021

The 19-year-old appeared in North Shore District Court this afternoon via video link, one week after a terrorist went on a stabbing spree in New...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Briefing on Covid-19: The second round of revival support payments has been announced.

September 10, 2021

The administration has announced the continuation of the Covid-19 Resurgence Support Payment in a second phase. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, and Deputy Prime...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Today’s Covid-19 update includes 11 additional community cases reported in New Zealand.

September 10, 2021

Today's new daily Covid-19 community case counts have reduced to 11. Photo: NOBEASTSOFIERCE/Science Photo Library via AFP There were also six new cases in managed...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Covid-19 case update: 13 new community cases have been recorded in New Zealand today.

September 9, 2021

Today's new daily Covid-19 community case counts have reduced to 13, all in Auckland. File image. Photo: 123rf.com At today's media conference, Director-General of Health...

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Briefing on Covid-19: Spain provides 250,000 extra vaccination doses to New Zealand

September 9, 2021

More than 250,000 more doses of the Pfizer vaccine are currently on its way to New Zealand from Spain, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern....

COVID-19 New Zealand

Māori is still lagging behind on Covid-19 vaccinations: ‘We need to do something different.’

September 9, 2021

According to a Mori leader, a new method is urgently needed to entice young Mori to their Covid-19 immunizations. Mori are still lagging behind in...

COVID-19 New Zealand

The Crowne Plaza’s public atrium was host to a Covid-19 briefing: ‘very unlikely’ community epidemic.

September 8, 2021

According to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins, the source of the current Covid-19 community outbreak is still unknown after a "major" study showed the possibility...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Delta’s potential psychological consequences include languishing, exhaustion, and stigma.

September 8, 2021

Analysis - If New Zealand stays under various levels of restriction, the psychological toll of the Delta outbreak may begin to emerge, even as lockdown...

New Zealand

The peculiar fungus of Novel Zealand provide promise in the search for new antibiotics.

September 8, 2021

While we're all focused on the COVID-19 pandemic right now, the SARS-CoV-2 virus isn't the only microbiological threat we face, argues Dr. Siouxsie Wiles. ...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Experts warn that South Auckland solutions are essential since the Delta thrives on inequity.

September 8, 2021

According to experts, the government should prioritise additional finance and health resources for South Auckland, which will continue to be New Zealand's front line in...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Day 20 of the Covid-19 Delta outbreak: What happened?

September 7, 2021

Photo: RNZ, AFP, Pool NZME Apart from Auckland, the rest of the country will be reduced to level 2, with officials concerned about a steep...

COVID-19 New Zealand

What has changed with alert level 2 in ‘Delta 2’?

September 7, 2021

Photo: 123rf / Elizaveta Galitckaia The government has stated that New Zealand will be placed on alert level 2 at 11:59 p.m. tomorrow, with...

New Zealand

If regarded a security concern, the opportunity to deport LynnMall terrorist is lost, according to a lawyer.

September 7, 2021

Armed police guard Lynmall Countdown the morning after the terrorist attack. Photo: 2021 Getty Images Lawyers claim that if the LynnMall terrorist was deemed a...

New Zealand

The criticism of Mori’s vaccination equity proposal lands squarely on Seymour.

September 7, 2021

Doctors and politicians believe ACT leader David Seymour's public release of a priority vaccine code for Mori is disgraceful and repulsive, and hinders efforts to...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Each week, the world’s COVID-19 deaths and cases decrease by 8%.

September 6, 2021

Despite over 65,000 deaths and nearly 4.3 million cases in the previous week, the global coronavirus is levelling off with 8% drops in each category,...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Misinformation in the foreign media knocks ‘Saint Jacinda’ off her pedestal.

September 6, 2021

Opinion - After continuously lauding New Zealand's prime minister as "Saint Jacinda," certain international media outlets are now gleefully highlighting her purported failure with the...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Covid-19 6 September update: 20 new community cases in New Zealand today

September 6, 2021

Today, there are 20 new Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand. Photo: 123rf.com In a statement, the Ministry of Health also said there were three...

New Zealand

‘Google it’: Ill man appalled by vaccine recommendations

September 6, 2021

Chronically ill persons on immunosuppressant medicine say it's difficult to find credible information about how Covid-19 vaccines might interact with their medications, and some say...

New Zealand

Billy Apple, a pop art pioneer, died at the age of 85.

September 6, 2021

Billy Apple, a pioneer in the pop art movement and one of New Zealand's most important artists, died at the age of 85. Billy Apple....

New Zealand

Briefing on Covid-19: ‘We’ve got to do this once, and we’ve got to do it correctly,’ says deputy Prime Minister.

September 5, 2021

Although the number of reported cases is decreasing, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the government will not remove restrictions until it is satisfied there...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Covid-19 update: Today, 20 new community cases were reported in New Zealand.

September 5, 2021

According to the Ministry of Health, there were 20 new community cases of Covid-19 recorded today. Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, stated at today's...

New Zealand

LynnMall attacker was ‘brainwashed’ by neighbours, according to his mother.

September 5, 2021

Armed police at LynnMall on Friday, the day of the attack. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi The mother of the LynnMall attacker claims he was...

New Zealand

Covid-19 in Australia: 1485 new cases, three deaths; 183 new cases in Victoria.

September 5, 2021

In the 24 hours leading up to 8 p.m. yesterday, New South Wales documented 1485 new instances of Covid-19 in the community, as well as...

COVID-19 New Zealand

Update on Covid-19: 20 additional community cases have been recorded in New Zealand, with one death.

September 4, 2021

The number of new Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand has dropped to 20 today, but one more death has been reported, according to the...

New Zealand Sport

Holly Robinson basks in Paralympic triumph

September 4, 2021

Holly Robinson, a javelin thrower, is overjoyed after adding to New Zealand's gold medal total at the Tokyo Paralympics. Holly Robinson is a fictional character....

New Zealand

According to Taliban reports, the last Afghan holdout territory has fallen.

September 4, 2021

According to three Taliban sources, the Islamist group conquered the Panjshir valley north of Kabul on Friday, the final province of Afghanistan holding out against...

New Zealand

The world’s reaction to the LynMall terror incident

September 4, 2021

The news that New Zealand police had killed a terrorist made headlines all over the world. Here's how the international media reacted to the incident....

New Zealand

A guilty plea has been filed in the murder of a Tongan human rights activist.

September 4, 2021

Polikalepo "Poli" Kefu, a Tongan human rights activist, died as a result of the actions of one individual. Poli Kefu's death was investigated and charged...

New Zealand

LynnMall terrorist’s name suppression has been lifted, but his identity remains unknown for the time being.

September 4, 2021

The name suppression order for the man responsible for yesterday's terror assault at a west Auckland supermarket has been lifted, but his name cannot yet...