Primary schools are hoping for a staged return to reopening, rather than a flinging open of their gates. 

More details will be revealed today, on a plan to get Auckland kids back to school. 

Auckland Primary Principals' Association President Stephen...

Under pressure from rising infections and worried health experts, the British government on Wednesday urged millions of people to get booster vaccine shots but resisted calls to reimpose coronavirus restrictions such as mandatory mask-wearing. 

Health...

If the line outside Sylvia Park is anything to go by, retailers should be in for a bit of a bounce back when they open their doors tomorrow.  

And they need it too, with just six weeks of pre-Christmas trading to make up for 12 weeks of lockdown.  ...

Some security for those organising our summer festivals.  

The Government will pay 90 percent of unrecoverable costs for paid, ticketed events of more than 5,000 people, if organisers have to postpone or cancel due to covid restrictions.  

If it...

Listen above as Matthew Tutaki and Tim Wilson discuss the day's news with Heather du Plessis-Allan on The Huddle

A New Zealand Trotting Cup Day like no other in history. 

Cup Week got underway at Addington raceway today, but without the usual 20,000 punters. 

Due to pandemic restrictions, there's no crowd other than a few bubbles of racing industry insiders. ...

Newstalk ZB political editor, Barry Soper joined Heather du Plessis-Allan with some detail about the anti-lockdown protest outside Parliament today.

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By John Gerritsen of RNZ 

A small King Country school expects all of its staff will be banned from its classrooms when the Government's vaccine mandate takes effect next week. 

Matiere School is one of several rural schools warning they won't be able...

Thousands of protesters descended on parliament today, to protest lockdowns and vaccine mandates.  

The march to Parliament was led by a group of motorbikes. 

Inside Parliament, Jacinda Ardern said those people gathered out in front of parliament are...

People in Auckland are already lining up outside at least one major shopping mall - nearly 24 hours before its stores are due to open. 

A long queue is snaking down the side of the Sylvia Park shopping complex in Mt Wellington this morning, despite...