Stories by Katie Todd

The Nurses Society warns there's not enough resources to cope if managed isolation and quarantine guests arriving from Australia are replaced by people from more Covid-19-infected countries, when a…

About 424 New Zealanders have taken return trips overseas and ticked "holiday/vacation" on their arrival card, since 20 March 2020.

As health authorities probe how a cleaner become infected with Covid-19, one returnee fears "too relaxed" standards among hotel staff could be to blame.

The managed isolation booking system is being jammed up and MIQ is now looking at ways to more fairly cope with the unrelenting demand.

The America's Cup is safely secured in New Zealand's clutches - and now there's mounting pressure for the event to stay put in local seas.

The America's Cup has lured a 50,000-strong crowd to Auckland's waterfront each day this weekend, while Waitematā Harbour has hosted a huge spectator flotilla of up to 2000 vessels.

Aucklanders are free to mingle in large groups after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a shift down down alert levels this morning.

Seafarers stranded outside the country are seeking unrestricted access to managed isolation.

The government has been quietly investigating if returnees and border workers should use a phone app that can detect Covid-19 two or three days before symptoms set in.

An evening shopping trip has ground life to a halt for more than 1200 shoppers, yet the ever-widening net of contact categories in Auckland's Covid-19 response is stirring up confusion. Audio

Experts believe Facebook's "aggressive" stance against anti-vax posts is failing to stifle misinformation.

The central figure in a High Court trial has been described as a "wealthy, influential businessman" who took opportunities with young men who came to him for help.

This weekend the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine will be heading to the Jet Park MIQ hotel, bringing a mixture of relief and trepidation among those on the receiving end.

The Prime Minister has pledged to leave no stone unturned in the search for the source of Auckland's community cases, despite experts warning the source may never be known.

A managed isolation administration team was a "shambles", says a former employee who claims she had minimal training for the role after being placed in it by a temp agency.

People wanting to return to New Zealand who are dying, need specialist healthcare or want to be with a terminally ill relative are "appalled" their applications are being assessed by staff without…

New Zealanders travelling home from overseas are unable to book managed isolation as the system is full.

A wine delivery, a note on a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom "encounter" have spelled the end of a managed isolation staffer's job.

Pressure is mounting on the government to release $24 million earmarked for the hurting tourism town of Franz Josef.

Police are keeping an eye on lengthy queues at new testing centres in Northland, as locals scramble to work out if Covid-19 has spread in their communities.

The rapid spread of new Covid-19 strains in the UK has some New Zealanders pleading with the government for help to get home.

New Zealanders needing fast entry into the country to be with dying relatives are being tripped up by demands for proof of life expectancy.

Overseas New Zealanders are struggling to get home to see dying loved ones - and hitting out at the government's slow turnaround for emergency managed isolation applications.

Two women who took action after the Roast Busters case came to light are welcoming arrests made yesterday, and a criminologist hopes there's a shift away from victim blaming.

Rooms in managed isolation have been sitting empty because some desperate returnees have been able to book more allocation vouchers than they need.