UPDATED: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that the Covid alert levels will lower on Sunday. Auckland will move to level 2 and the rest of New Zealand will move to level 1 from 6am Sunday. A decision on whether to move Auckland to level...

Civil Defence is providing an update following the multiple quakes this morning. Emergency Management Minister Kiri Allan and Civil Defence national controller Roger Ball are providing the update at Parliament. GNS seismologist Bill Fry is also at...

An additional 88,000 students in 322 schools and kura across the country are starting the school year with a regular lunch on the menu, thanks to the Government’s Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches programme. Minister of Education Chris Hipkins...

UPDATE: Two people who have tested positive for Covid-19 are in hospital today. Director-General of Health Dr Ashely Bloomfied says there are zero new community Covid cases being reported today. He says there are six in managed isolation. "Two...

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce CEO Matt Crowley has released his latest video dubbed Matt Chat. In this month's Matt Chat, Matt reflects on the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdown and the positives that have come out of the pandemic. He...

UPDATE: More than half of New Zealand’s estimated 12,000 border workforce have now received their first vaccinations, as a third batch of vaccines arrive in the country. As of midnight Tuesday, a total of 9431 people had received their first...

UPDATE: There are no new community cases of Covid being reported in New Zealand. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says while this is positive news, "we are not out of the woods yet". He says there are four new cases in managed...

UPDATED: It's been revealed a mother infected with Covid-19 may have passed the virus to a second family after taking a walk together. The first contact was interviewed but did not disclose contact with the second family. Prime Minister Jacinda...

1.15pm update: There are no new COVID-19 cases in the community today, says the Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield during a 1pm live Beehive update.   Despite there being no new community cases, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is still...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced this evening that Auckland will be moving to Alert Level 3 for a period of seven days from 6am tomorrow morning. The rest of New Zealand will move to Alert Level 2, also at 6am on Sunday morning. The Prime...

WorkSafe New Zealand is advising farmers to buckle up after an analysis of vehicle-related fatalities found that nearly half those that occur on farm could have been avoided if a seatbelt was being used. The data analysis, completed by WorkSafe, reveals...

UPDATE 1.05PM: There are no new community cases being reported in New Zealand today. The Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says this is good news. "Testing has been going well. Around half of Papatotoe High School have been tested...

Tauranga City Council are urging people to think twice before paying parking tickets online. SunLive took to the streets to find out if people would be able to tell the difference between the real tickets and the fake tickets. Watch the video above...

A new positive Covid-19 case is being reported in New Zealand today. The individual is a casual plus contact who had been advised to self-isolate and get tested, says a statement from the Ministry of Health. "We are working actively with Auckland...

UPDATE 3.20PM: Auckland will heading to level 1, Cabinet has decided. The decision was made on the advice of Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. In her media standup today, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the change will be from midnight...

UPDATE 2.46PM: A vehicle submerged in a Whitianga canal is being removed this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on South Highway at about 9.30pm on Sunday. A police spokesperson says a car had crashed into the water. "There...

Over the last few week, Papamoa residents have been receiving late night visitors and hearing what sounds like dirt bikes roaring around a small track at night. Others thought it could be power tools. On investigating, the culprits were found to be...

  New Zealand’s Covid vaccination programme is set to rollout on Saturday.   Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says a dry run of the end-to-end process shows the programme is ready to roll from Saturday, when the first border...

UPDATE: There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the community. The Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield have provided an update to the media today. Cabinet has agreed to make...