High admission numbers to Christchurch Hospital have caused major surgeries to be deferred.

It comes as the Canterbury DHB has more than 170 staff off with Covid-19 - and 1200 new cases across the region.

College for Emergency Medicine immediate past...

It seems all those Kiwis wanting to bail and go live and work overseas are having trouble even getting on flights.

A travel agency was reported yesterday saying flights are just so hard to get. “We have so many people wanting to leave the country to...

Kiwis who came home at the beginning of the Covid outbreak are now taking a one-way ticket back overseas.

Some reasons are believed to be employers being closed off to the idea of global experience and recruiters not being able to translate people's...

It's coming home to roost a bit, isn't it?

What we have learned this week, whether it be the construction company now in Britain looking to fill the jobs here that pay over $100,000, the university students that haven't come back despite the door...

Hands up if you had no idea yesterday was a traffic light announcement day.

My hand is up. I was so oblivious, it was like stepping back in time, I thought the Herald had the wrong headline up when it ran front page news that Chris Hipkins had...

New Zealanders will be keeping masks on for a while yet.  

The Government's announced the country will stay at the Orange level of the Traffic Light Setting, at least another month.  

Gathering limits are long gone – but masks must still be worn in...

When 73-year-old Anne Guenole died, it was national news.

Every media outlet in the country did stories. Anne’s family remembered her as a quiet nana and great-grandmother who spent most of her time at home on the South Island’s beautiful West Coast....

There's big drama on the set of Dancing with the Stars. 

Eric Murray and Rhys Mathewson have both got Covid and have had to bow out of the competition paving the way for Alex Vaz and Newstalk ZB’s very own Kerre Woodham to return. 

Kerre joined...

Grant Robertson and Nicola Willis face off on the eve of budget day. 

Jacinda Ardern is back and working from home. 

When are we going to see pre-departure testing scrapped? 

Chief political reporter Jason Walls joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. ...

Assurances removing Covid testing requirements for travel won't put New Zealand at risk.  

Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins says pre-departure testing is now a lot less important in our protection framework.  

He's indicated the requirement will...