Tennis players who haven't received a COVID-19 vaccination are unlikely to get a visa to enter the country for the Australian Open in Melbourne in January, according to the political leader of the state which hosts the season-opening major. 

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Life has returned to normal for millions in Britain since coronavirus restrictions were lifted over the summer. But while the rules have vanished, the virus hasn't. 

Many scientists are now calling on the government to reimpose social restrictions and...

Prison staff have been taken by surprise by the Government’s move to include them in mandatory vaccination.  

All staff working in New Zealand prisons now need to get their first dose by October 30 and both doses by December 1. 

Corrections...

National is calling on the Government to move faster, to scrap the MIQ system and end lockdowns. 

The Government is due to announce its own vaccination targets on Friday, and stepped changes to managed isolation in the coming week. 

National says it...

Auckland primary schools are calling for clarity around what measures they need to put in place when children go back to school. 

Education Minister Chris Hipkins is expected to announce a plan today to get Auckland students back into the classroom. ...

Today could be another record-breaking day for Covid case numbers in Auckland and Waikato. 

New Zealand recorded 94 new community cases yesterday -- our highest daily case number since the pandemic began. 

Covid Minister Chris Hipkins says case...

Financial hardship thanks to lockdown means more people are trying to get their Kiwisaver funds out earlier.  

Budgeting advisers say there's been a 25 to 40 per cent increase in the number of payouts being approved.  

That means an increase in...

National and Labour have teamed up on a bipartisan deal on housing density.

As many as 105,500 new homes are to be built in less than a decade under the new Housing Supply Bill, which is done by allowing up to three homes of up to three storeys to be...

For the first time in its 117 year history, Addington Cup Week won't be open to the public.

Addington Raceway announced that since the South Island is still at Level 2 for the foreseeable future, there's no longer time to make all the arrangements...

There were 94 new community cases of Covid-19 today.

Seven cases were in Waikato and the remaining 87 were in Auckland, and Waiheke Island has got one of those new cases.

Local board chair Cath Handley told Andrew Dickens it's the first locally...