11:45am Tuesday 19 Jan, 2021
The Government is extending pre-departure testing to all passengers to New Zealand except from Australia, Antarctica and most Pacific Islands. The change... Read More
7:02am Tuesday 19 Jan, 2021
An ESR study investigating testing for COVID-19 in saliva has been given the green-light. Funded by ESR, the study will run over 2-3 months, starting... Read More
6:42am Tuesday 19 Jan, 2021
A shortage of building supplies is preventing the construction sector from delivering projects on time and within budget. Plumbing, electrical and... Read More
11:30am Monday 18 Jan, 2021
A leading coronavirus expert is calling on the Government to make QR code scanning at potential "super-spreader" venues like bars and... Read More
1:11pm Sunday 17 Jan, 2021
The first travellers from the UK and US under the new requirements for pre-departure testing arrived into New Zealand over the weekend, with Customs... Read More
8:30am Saturday 16 Jan, 2021
While it was a year not so much in the air, there were no days in 2020 without an Air New Zealand flight taking to the skies. Air NZ... Read More
2:00pm Friday 15 Jan, 2021
From 11.59pm tonight, travellers from the United States and United Kingdom will be required to produce a negative test result for COVID-19 upon landing... Read More
1:07pm Friday 15 Jan, 2021
Passengers from the Cook Islands can resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand from January 21, enabling access to essential services such as health. “Following... Read More
2:00pm Wednesday 13 Jan, 2021
There are seven new cases of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation in New Zealand since our last media statement on Monday. There are no new cases... Read More
2:30pm Sunday 10 Jan, 2021
There has been a total of 31 cases of COVID-19 identified in New Zealand during the past three days. This is an average of around ten new and historical... Read More
1:05pm Thursday 07 Jan, 2021
There are four cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand. This is since the Ministry of Health's last media statement on January... Read More
11:04am Wednesday 06 Jan, 2021
The Ministry of Justice says Hamilton District Court is in lockdown after a suspected Covid-related incident. The New Zealand Herald is reporting that... Read More
6:56am Wednesday 06 Jan, 2021
Many of the world’s exercise industry organisations are turning to New Zealand as they prepare to “fully open up post-COVID lockdown”. ExerciseNZ... Read More
2:00pm Tuesday 05 Jan, 2021
There are six new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand. These cases have been discovered since the Ministry of Health last... Read More
1:00pm Tuesday 05 Jan, 2021
As part of ongoing efforts to reduce the COVID-19 risk to aircrew, Air New Zealand will re-route its North America flights to allow aircrew to overnight... Read More