Pressure is mounting on the government to fully subsidise workers having to isolate, officials continue to defend their communications after conflicting claims, and Destiny Church hits back at criticism after its leaders left Auckland.

Counties Manukau District Health Board has been grappling with the potential legal and ethical ramifications of dealing with staff who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19, a new report shows.

The Covid-19 Response Minister is defending the Prime Minister's version of events after a KFC worker who later tested positive for the virus insisted the family was not told to isolate.

While Covid-19 messaging is available in 24 languages, the NZ Covid Tracer app is not.

Thousands of Aucklanders left the city on Sunday, between lockdown being announced and the change coming into force.

Cordons in the Rangitikei town of Marton were lifted late in the afternoon after a number of explosives were taken to the local police station.

A retirement village resident says older people should be a priority group for receiving for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Two drugs commonly used for rheumatoid arthritis are reducing the risk of critically ill patients dying from Covid-19, a new study has found.

For many people, their accounts of 22 February 2011 are of movement; leaving town or travelling into town, trying to find family: children, partners, or simply to escape.

Auditor-General John Ryan says it is not generally part of his role to determine if a council has complied with its legal obligations.

A laboratory is hailing the introduction of an easier and more efficient drug testing alternative to urine samples.

One of the last acts of the Dirty Politics saga has come to a dramatic end in court today with lobbyist Carrick Graham apologising for spreading defamatory statements about three public health advocates.

The event industry was already in crisis due to Covid-19 and the potential postponement of the Women's Rugby World Cup could have major impacts, Eden Park's chief executive says.

Last month a scathing review of the $6.4 billion programme found it at risk of failure, under-resourced and with a detrimental culture.

The sharks were seen in the depths of the ocean on the Chatham Rise, often called the twilight zone, and produce a blue light.

Police are using drones that have been partly banned in the US over fears that China is using the technology to spy.

A Dunedin man who violently raped a woman while on parole for similar offending has been jailed for 15 years.

Despite more than 16,000 tests being processed yesterday, no new cases of Covid-19 have been found in the community, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says.