Six years after COVID-19 first reached New Zealand, the country is experiencing its ninth wave of infections .Authors Michael Plank Professor in ...

An inquiry into New Zealand’s Covid-19 response found that while the country’s strategy — one of the strictest in the world — helped limit infections and deaths, prolonged lockdowns and vaccine ...

The Ministry of Health welcomes the publication of the NZ Royal Commission COVID-19 Lessons Learned Final Report, and the opportunity to strengthen our preparation for a future pandemic.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has slammed the Labour Party’s pandemic response, calling for a select committee inquiry into Covid-19 vaccine injuries. Peters called the inquiry a “disgrace ...

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19’s final report has been released. Deciding that the first phase of the inquiry was inadequate, the coalition Government expanded the terms of reference to ...

The second COVID inquiry report reinforces that pandemics are not only health emergencies but also social crises, requiring ...

More than 400,000 Kiwis have reported experiencing long-covid in newly-released figures from Health New Zealand. Larisa Hockey from Long Covid Support Aotearoa spoke to Corin Dann.

The latest Health New Zealand figures show 50 hospitalisations and 19 deaths with the virus in the past week. Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health at the University of Otago spoke to Ingrid ...

COVID-19 changed the course of New Zealand’s political history. Labour’s 50% of the vote in 2020 came from a huge electoral swing as a reward for the main coalition party’s effective evidence-based ...

The Royal Commission notes that older people living in residential care are among the most vulnerable populations during infectious disease outbreaks and that stronger national preparedness planning ...