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 ...

John MacDonald has noticed an influx of people sweeping through the supermarkets and stockpiling groceries over the weekend. Do we need to get real and 'sh ...

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

After the second phase of the COVID Inquiry was revealed yesterday, John MacDonald thinks everyone can take some wins from it.

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 ...

A union delegate and healthcare assistant says Christchurch ED was seeing more than 400 patients a day and some had to wait in corridors.