Waikato is set to move to Step Two of Alert Level 3 on Tuesday night, but Auckland will have to wait another week.

At Step Two, retail can reopen and people can meet in groups of 25.

The Prime Minister has also ruled out going to Auckland.

She says...

There is a real divide between those who think the Government is moving too slowly and those that are moving too fast given the number of cases.

NZME business commentator Fran O'Sullivan told Heather du Plessis Allan during the elimination strategy...

More disappointment among Aucklanders after yet another announcement of an announcement from Jacinda Ardern today.

The Prime Minister said while case numbers have been rising, hospitalisations and ICU numbers have really happily stayed quite low, and...

A Waikato mayor is making the case for his district to move to Alert Level Two.

Waikato is moving to Step Two of Alert Level Three from midnight tonight while Auckland is set to follow suit in a week.

Waitomo Mayor John Robertson told Heather du...

Auckland having to wait another week for a slight easing of restrictions is being described as a kick in the guts to businesses.

From 11:59pm next Tuesday, the region will move to Step Two of Alert Level 3.

It means retail and public facilities will...

Another day with so much going on submerged under the tsunami of reckons that is Covid.  

4pm today we find out the next phase.  It really is six of one and half a dozen of the other.  

Pure health theory would be to wait until the magical 90 percent...

School is back for Years 11-13 and the list of rules for going back is eyewatering.  

It's not a criticism for the schools, it's just the new reality.  

There's a tremendous amount of angst around all of this and like so many times of life and...

In the corporate world, they call it avoiding death by a thousand cuts. It’s a smart marketing strategy and one I think the Government's currently employing. Get all your bad news out at once - more crudely referred to in some sectors as “flushing all...

Cabinet ministers will be pouring over data, modelling and advice when it reviews covid restrictions this afternoon. 

Ministers will review the current restrictions in both Auckland and Waikato. 

Jacinda Ardern says ministers will factor in the city's...

Across the Tasman, Australia has reported its first case of "Delta Plus" in a New South Wales quarantine hotel. 

Imperial College London Professor of Immunology Danny Altman told Mike Hosking it's another sign of how the virus continues to evolve. ...