Craig Mcculloch

A slimmed-down and socially-distanced Parliament has begun sitting in person today - for the first time under alert level 4.

Labour wanted Parliament to sit virtually instead, but both National and… Audio

Ministers meet today to decide what next for the outbreak's epicentre, Auckland, and for Northland - the only regions set to continue under alert level 4 past midnight tomorrow.

The Prime Minister… Audio

There were 83 new cases of Covid-19 in the community yesterday - taking our total cases in this outbreak to 511.

However, numbers appear to be levelling off - on Saturday there were 82, and 70 on… Audio

New Zealanders will today learn whether everyone outside of Auckland will soon move out of the toughest lockdown level.

On Monday, the Prime Minister signalled alert level 4 would expire at midnight… Audio

The country's Covid-19 quarantine hotels are under increasing pressure with more than 200 people infected with the virus and predictions that could balloon to one thousand.

The Government is setting… Audio

New Zealand's Delta outbreak has disrupted Parliament's sitting - with the Speaker pushing pause at the Prime Minister's request.

The suspension has prompted outrage from Opposition parties who say… Audio

Could it be the missing piece of the puzzle? A potential link to the Covid-19 outbreak that's thrown the country into hard lockdown.

Today news that the cases could be linked to a recent returnee… Audio

New Zealand's Covid-19 outbreak has grown to 10 and the Prime Minister has warned there will be more.

Jacinda Ardern also announced that, from midnight tonight, it will be mandatory to wear a mask… Audio

Covid-19 is back in the community. What happens now?

Health officials have confirmed a positive case of the virus early this afternoon.

It's in Auckland but so far there is no link between the… Video, Audio

Calls for a stand-alone agency to manage the country's new approach to Covid-19 have been dismissed by the Minister, Chris Hipkins. Yesterday the Government set out a plan to ease open the borders… Audio

A road map for reopening, but it's a long road, with plenty of potential pot holes along the way.

The government has unveiled a plan it says will see see the border reopen to some countries and under… Audio

The Covid-19 vaccination rollout is being brought forward, and home isolation is on the cards, as part of new settings needed for a limited reopening of the borders early next year. The Prime Minister… Audio

Interior decorating has proved contentious at Parliament today with the National Party decrying the relocation of a Winston Churchill portrait as deeply offensive.

The Greens say the Opposition… Audio

The Energy Minister Megan Woods wants answers from the national grid operator Transpower after thousands of households were left without power on the coldest night of the year. Transpower has… Audio

The government is denouncing those spreading lies about the Covid-19 vaccine campaign, calling their behaviour reprehensible.

It warns misinformation is already hobbling efforts to inoculate the… Audio

National is demanding the country's name be put to a public vote - with one MP saying until that happens, the government should not use the word Aotearoa.

The demand has been roundly ridiculed by… Audio

Education officials have warned their ministers that students are falling through the cracks because the curriculum does not clearly signal when they need more support.

The opposition National Party… Audio

Cabinet ministers are meeting right now to decide the fate of the trans-Tasman bubble.

The meeting has been called just hours after New South Wales recorded 124 new Covid-19 cases - a record high in… Video, Audio

New Zealand officials have met with the Chinese Embassy amid escalating tensions between the two countries.

The government this week issued a charged statement, in line with the United States and… Audio

The Chinese Embassy has accused New Zealand of spreading groundless and irresponsible claims about cyber attacks in what it calls a malicious smear.

The reproach comes after the government joined an… Audio