Ashley Bloomfield

There are 25 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, 23 are cases at the border and two are related to the port worker reported on Sunday. Audio

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says Aucklanders do still have access to testing for Covid-19 over the weekend even though none of the city's community testing centres are open outside… Audio

There are no new cases of Covid-19 to report in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. Audio

A pop-up testing centre will open for border workers at Port Taranaki today after a new case of Covid-19 in the community.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield revealed the case yesterday -… Audio

Delays and confusion over testing of the Covid Card mean the technology has yet to make it to the wider public, despite the Health Minister saying trials were underway.

A Rotorua-based trial of the… Audio

Despite a return to level one, and some workers returning to the office, small businesses are sceptical that all their clientele will be coming back.

Auckland's eight-week-long restrictions came to… Audio

It's been revealed an Auckland family infected with Covid-19 holidayed in Taupo and broke alert level rules by gathering in large groups before they knew they were infected.

The cases are linked to a… Video, Audio

A man who tested positive for Covid-19 nearly a week after leaving managed isolation is believed to have had an unusually long incubation of the virus.

He returned from India on 27 August and tested… Audio

The death of two brothers from Covid 19 in less than a fortnight has prompted a warning from their family for others to take it seriously.

Nigel Huirama Te Hiko died yesterday afternoon at Waikato… Audio

Contact tracing failed and the vaccination programme was too slow to stop last year's measles epidemic ripping through South Auckland, a new review has found.

More than 2,000 people caught the… Audio

A man has died from Covid-19 in Waikato Hospital and there is one new case in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. Audio

Health authorities are waiting on test results from those who were at the same Les Mills classes as a health worker, who had the virus.

The Ministry of Health has found up to 94 possible close… Audio

Health authorities will today confirm if anyone who attended gym classes with a health worker who has tested positive for Covid-19.

The authorities have urged almost ninety close contacts who… Audio

A new "mini cluster" of Covid-19 cases has been identified in Mount Roskill, but as yet, no epidemiological links have been made to the Auckland outbreak.

Five people associated with the Mt Roskill… Audio

Journalists are facing a backlash for asking tough questions of Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Are they being too harsh, or is the director general of health’s popularity prompting efforts to shield him from… Audio

Karyn gives a summary of today's COVID-19 updates from throughout the day including from Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Audio

It has been revealed the maintenance worker at the Rydges Hotel isolation facility who contracted Covid 19 used a lift just minutes after a guest who later tested positive for the same strain.

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As hundreds more soldiers begin to move out to isolation hotels around the country, New Zealand First is calling for the Defence Force to play an even greater role.

The call on the military - and on… Audio

It's a mystery baffling our health experts: How did a Rydges hotel maintenance man contract a strain of Covid-19 from a hotel guest he apparently never came into contact with?

Yesterday the Ministry… Video, Audio