A grieving father is not only hurting for the loss of his 6-year-old son but heartbroken after unsuccessfully trying to bring his Blenheim-based sister to the Auckland funeral. 

William Stuart lost his battle with leukaemia last week after six years...

A glimmer of hope for Kiwis stranded overseas because they can't get a spot in managed isolation. 

The Government's making a major announcement about changes to the MIQ system today. 

Shorter MIQ stays for returnees, home quarantine, and possibly no...

I’m not sure the return to school yesterday for seniors in level three will be the super spreader event people like Rod Jackson were ‘freaking out’ about. I guess time will tell on that one. 

But what I do know from talking to some students who went...

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid is "leaning towards" requiring staff in the National Health Service (NHS) to be vaccinated against Covid-19, he said Monday. 

"Those fantastic people working in the NHS, they are naturally more vulnerable to being...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday announced a sweeping vaccine mandate in businesses in the hospitality sector, and others including gyms, barbers, and hairdressers where customers are expected to have vaccine certificates. 

Listen above as Ben...

A New Zealand economist says vaccinated people should get hospital priority.  

New Zealand Initiative Economist Eric Crampton told Heather du Plessis Allan New Zealand only has 183 ICU beds, so cases will be dealt with based on urgent need. 

He says...

Vaccine mandates are coming in a big way.  

The Government has announced vaccine mandates for workers at any business that requires a vaccine certificate.  

That includes such high-risk settings as hospitality and gyms and close-proximity places like...

Concern from one epidemiologist about a drop in vaccinations around the country over the long weekend. 

Eight of Auckland's 16 vaccination centres and six of Waikato's seven vaccination centres were closed, including the vaccination centre...

We were right. 

Why launch something as significant as the future of your so-called post Covid country on the Friday before a long weekend? Unless you knew it would go down like a cup of cold sick? 

The traffic light thing was a non-event. Green, red,...

One Auckland Council member says we need to keep holding diverse vaccination events to keep hard to reach people interested. 

Josephine Bartley, the councillor who suggested KFC carparks could be used for vaccination centres, says she's positive we...