Health experts are calling for a return to masks as Covid cases rise.

Concerns over a foot and mouth disease outbreak.

Three hospitals in Melbourne issue a trial form for labelling new mothers "birthing parents".

Australian correspondent Murray Olds...

Hairdressers are calling for a return of the Covid wage subsidy.

Client numbers are down by 30 to 40 percent, while Covid and the flu hit staff and clients.

It comes as Australia reinstates its $750 pandemic leave payments for workers without access...

Newstalk ZB Chief Political Reporter, Jason Walls, joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to discuss whether our businesses can expect any new help from the Government, the Prime Minister's photo with youth MPs in which just one person can be seen wearing...

We're going to talk Covid, which is probably a good thing that I'm here instead of Kerre, because you know how Kerre feels about Covid and the Covid debate – it broke her. I think this may be the final time I talk about Covid as well. 

I actually said...

Claims it's past time New Zealand begins recording Covid-19 deaths accurately.

The Health Ministry has announced it will begin now only report the deaths of people who died because of Covid or as a contributor.

Until now, anyone who died within 28...

Fear Covid-19 antiviral medication could do more harm than good for people with pre-existing medical conditions.

Access criteria has been extended for three drugs to include people aged 75 years and over, and those who have already been in intensive...

An Auckland restaurant owner says crime in the inner city could dash any hope of his business recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Besos Latinos Restaurante's Luis Cabrera says one of his wait staff was mugged on her way home on Friday.

He's already...

With the rise of covid cases in the community, experts are looking at ways we can protect ourselves. Professor Michael Baker believes that masks should be mandated in indoor settings to avoid a really grim winter and that the government has taken a...

The first week of the holidays has been pretty quiet in our household as Covid popped in for a visit. We’d been hoping to get to the school holidays in good health, but as cold, flu and Covid-19 started taking people out left, right and centre we knew...

Anthony Albanese has bowed to pressure to hold an emergency national cabinet meeting on Monday as Covid cases spike over winter.

News.com.au has confirmed that the Prime Minister has told state premiers he will reconvene the meeting on Monday morning....