The community was hit hard in last year's outbreak, and is now facing the Delta outbreak's worst cluster so far. Experts are urging more support.

A staff member in the Auckland hospital's emergency department has tested positive for Covid-19, but the ministry says they were not symptomatic and the doors will stay open.

High demand for online grocery deliveries is putting stress on vulnerable Kiwis, agencies say.

There are now 453 locations of interest linked to the Delta Covid-19 outbreak.

Gumboots lined the doorway of a rugby club, but the shoes weren’t off for the usual Mōkau social gathering – it was the town’s pop-up vaccination clinic.

The person, who works in the south Auckland hospital's emergency department, had been fully vaccinated, DHB says.

As the number of schools linked to the Delta outbreak grows, principals have cancelled classes and are working to combat misinformation.

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There have been no people arrested or charged with breaching Covid-19 alert level 4 restrictions in Taranaki, but plenty of warnings and fines handed out.

A Kiwi living in France asked a simple question of why pausing MIQ bookings was good when there are thousands of fellow Kiwis trying to get home.

People are asked to come forward if they saw the crash on Millers Rd in the Tauranga.

One person has been charged, seven people have been formally warned and 49 fined for breaching lockdown restrictions in the capital.

Construction of the Takitimu Primary School’s $750,000 multipurpose technology area will begin in September.

New Zealand Rugby felt the timing was right to reward the All Blacks head coach with a contract extension.

Hundreds of Māori, Pasifika and essential workers are getting their Covid-19 vaccinations at a new drive-through centre in Palmerston North.

A balloon-clad convoy of friends and family has helped a 5-year-old boy celebrate his birthday during lockdown.

Work is under way to extend the barrier in the publicly accessible atrium of the Crowne Plaza MIQ facility, the suspected source of the nation's Delta outbreak.

Summerset's share price touched a record high after "an exceptionally solid result".

Māori viewpoints at wider Manawatū council table will not come at the cost of current seats.

The list of close contacts in Southland and Otago who are linked to the Delta outbreak of Covid-19 has grown to 73 - up 33 on Monday.