A South Island link to NZ's new Covid-19 cluster has been revealed as people queue at testing stations for more than five hours.

“Who have the Upper Waihopai residents been pissing off?”: Cut off for a month to the day, their Bailey bridge opened at 7pm on Tuesday.

Police are calling for the baby's mum to come forward, saying she might need urgent medical care.

A Taranaki family has found a way home from their Covid-cancelled snowboarding trip but it will take them 12 hours and three flights to make it back within the 48-hour window.

Ten people have now tested positive and the prime minister has warned officials are “absolutely anticipating more cases”.

"Entitled, reckless:" Leaders react as thousands of cars equipped with sporting goods travel from Auckland into Northland or catch ferries to Waiheke.

With a test match, a baby shower and rugby break-ups, it was a busy night at the Star and Garter. Among the crowd was a Covid-positive man.

Stacey Banfield and her fiancé are facing what could likely be the fourth postponement of their wedding due to Covid-19.

An AUT student who recently attended a lecture of 80 people has been confirmed as one of the new Covid-19 cases.

Police were forced to act when Manaia locals set up an illegal roadblock to stop people coming into the small Coromandel town.

What travel is allowed? What's still open? Here's a list of everything you need to know amid the nationwide level 4 lockdown.

The team of five million is acting together to stamp out the latest case of community transmission - almost.

One of 10 community cases found so far has a link with the border, officials say, while a list of locations of interest in the outbreak rapidly grows to include bars, restaurants, grocery stores and a casino.

Covid-19 vaccination will resume across the Auckland region on Thursday, with some large clinics remaining offline, as a community outbreak continues to grow.

Government pulling down flight manifests from Australia as it admits the trans-Tasman bubble could have been the source of the community outbreak.

All planned surgeries in Taranaki hospitals have been cancelled, but emergency services continue to run as normal.

As lockdown was announced a number of Taranaki businesses started panicking – but not for the reason you'd think.

A New Plymouth supermarket owner is urging people to only “buy what you need” as some shelves were left empty on Tuesday night as people stocked up ahead of lockdown.

From Mads Mikkelsen dancing, to Carey Mulligan manipulating men and Tom Hanks reading aloud, these are the flicks that have lit up the year so far.

The West Australian government has introduced quarantine measures for Kiwis arriving in Perth and can't say whether the All Blacks will get an exemption.