There were 12 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in Auckland today, the Prime Minister provided more details about a pilot scheme for business travellers to isolate at home and a Covid positive arrest disrupted police.

Wellington business owners give their take on vaccine passports, whether these should be mandated, and how these could be of benefit.

A doctor has been found in breach of health regulations after a woman waited for seven months for an ultrasound which found she had a rare form of cancer.

The man accused of falsifying a text to state he was Covid-19 positive did not make a plea when he appeared at Hamilton District Court today.

All major centres in the country have seen a significant rise in house prices in the past year, resulting in many owners earning more on paper than going to work every day, CoreLogic says.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a pilot that will allow those travelling overseas for business to forgo MIQ and isolate at home will be open for expressions of interest on Thursday.

Door-to-door Covid-19 testing in Auckland is being hailed by a public health expert as an important tool to help Auckland out of a costly lockdown.

A legal challenge against the mandatory vaccination order for border workers has been dismissed by the High Court.

St John ambulance has been found to have breached health regulations after failing to provide appropriate assessment of a woman with a spinal injury.

Four people have been charged with breaching Covid-19 rules since Auckland moved to alert level 3 last week, police say.

The judge overseeing a rare espionage court martial has moved to suppress the name of the country at the centre of the case.

After years of delays a plan to transform the Michael Fowler Centre car park in Wellington's centre city into a multi-level green building could get city council signoff this week.

Hundreds of people who tried to get a room in managed isolation last week have given the new 'virtual lobby' system an overall rating of 3.6 out of 10.

There are 12 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health says.

Policing in parts of Auckland has been disrupted after an arrested woman tested positive for Covid-19.

A legal challenge against the mandatory vaccination order for border workers has been dismissed by the High Court.

A distraught family was given 30 minutes to choose a handful of possessions from a Kāinga Ora house after a roof repair botch-up contaminated it with asbestos.

Custom-printed face mask sales have soared after the latest Delta Covid-19 outbreak which has seen face coverings become mandatory in most indoor spaces.