The Australian federal government has "paused" its plan to ease border restrictions from Wednesday, December 1, delaying the move by a fortnight as the world grapples with the new Omicron Covid variant.

This means fully vaccinated visa holders will...

Understanding from Whakatane about why it's moving into Red under the traffic light system from Friday.

Most regions will start in Orange, apart from Auckland and places with low vaccination rates, including Northland, Gisborne and parts of Bay of...

There are 11 districts in the North Island that will start in the Red setting when the Traffic Light System kicks in on Friday.

However, a lot of the districts that are in Red are largely areas that haven’t got high enough vaccination rates, despite...

There are lots of questions over the new red and orange lights that will divide the country on Friday.

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson told Heather du Plessis-Allan in the transitional phase, the Government wanted to start with Orange.

"We will...

Public health teams having more background information could've made a difference in the deaths of two Covid patients.

An independent review panel found the deaths earlier this month were potentially preventable.

The first was a person living in...

We need clear rules, logic, and clarity.

That's David Seymour's message - as he savages the Government's divvying up of regions in its new traffic light system.

The likes of Auckland, Gisborne, and Northland will start in the most restrictive 'red'...

11 districts so far will go into the Red setting when the Traffic Light System begins on Friday.

Auckland, Northland, Taupō and Rotorua Lakes Districts, Kawerau, Whakatane, Ōpōtiki Districts, Gisborne District, Wairoa District, Rangitikei, Whanganui...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has vowed for the moment to stick with plans to further reopen the state in mid-December despite concerns over a new Covid variant.

Health officials confirmed Sunday afternoon via genomic sequencing that two...

It was halfway through last week, and I was having a conversation with a mate about whether MIQ for in-bound citizens was still relevant.  

Both of us were noting that with over 2000 active cases in the country, compared to a handful in MIQ, you were...

Australia is waking with fresh fears over what the Omicron variant will mean for its immediate future as governments begin to grapple with a new Covid threat. 

The confirmed arrival of the highly-transmissible strain on Australian shores on Sunday...