“The availability of financial support made it easier for people to comply with health measures (including staying at home), thereby helping to minimise infection and transmission. However, the ...

Six years after COVID-19 first reached New Zealand, the country is experiencing its ninth wave of infections. But the virus we are living with today behaves very differently from the one that caused ...

The second COVID inquiry report reinforces that pandemics are not only health emergencies but also social crises, requiring ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that there were early signs that new COVID-19 cases were falling, even as hospitalisations jumped to their highest level ...

Six years after New Zealand moved into its first lockdown, the final inquiry report examines lockdowns, mandates and the cost of the pandemic.

An inquiry into New Zealand’s Covid-19 response found that while the country’s strategy — one of the strictest in the world — helped limit infections and deaths, prolonged lockdowns and vaccine ...