Specialist GP Dr Bryan Betty says there's concern for Aotearoa's "working poor".
The Government has announced a second phase of the Royal Commission.
An international review found masks were effective in reducing the transmission of respiratory infections.
The man died 12 days after being vaccinated.
Here's what you need to know about its use in New Zealand.
The 13-year-old went to bed and never woke up ten days after receiving a second jab.
"We weren't spending willy-nilly, we saved nearly 20,000 people's lives."
Household contacts of a positive case are no longer asked to test unless they develop symptoms themselves.
We can't rely on the comforting assumption that COVID will get less severe over time.
"I just worry that someone will come to my house and threaten me and my children."
Pharmac has approved the transition to the updated vaccine for the XBB.1.5 strain from next month.
The number of people currently hospitalised with the virus was 200.
Why would COVID-19 create an ongoing issue for sexual desire? An expert says it's all down to stress.
"It's getting ahead of our immune system."
The school expects to be back open on Wednesday.
The reigning champion was kicked out of Australia in 2022 due to his vaccination status.
The Qualifications Authority said three years of COVID-related disruption were probably to blame.
The government is considering whether to keep RATs and masks free after February.
A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North Korea since early 2020.
"A lot of New Zealanders now are getting permanently disabled from this virus."
The allrounder could also miss game two at Hamilton on Sunday.
"It's quite a bit larger than the fourth wave earlier in the year."
This month has seen a rise in hospitalisations with 343 admitted with the infection on Thursday.
The social media threat breaches the current Employment Relations Authority injunction preventing the data from being published.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the coronavirus subvariant JN.1 is now causing about 20 percent of new COVID-19 infections in the US.
Police now say that 41 individual grievances have been settled via confidential settlement.
Barry Young has elected a trial by jury and will next appear in court in February.
He dismissed some evidence as "accounts...culled from people's jottings" and said Britain went into a second lockdown as soon as the disease picked up again.
IRD is now calling for 129,000 customers to start paying it back.
Protesters bombarded the former Prime Minister with confronting questions.
