Jacinda Ardern

During alert level lockdowns we'll broadcast each day live from the 1pm media briefing to update case numbers and information about differing alert levels around the country. Audio

A scaled-back socially-distanced Parliament will resume sitting in person today after plans for a virtual option were rejected by Opposition parties.

Parliament was suspended last week on the advice… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is backing the design of a managed isolation facility at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak.

Tuesday marks six days into a nationwide alert level 4 Covid-19 lockdown, and… Audio

The Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown is staying in place for all of New Zealand until at least 11:59pm Tuesday.

The outbreak has now grown to 31 community cases and spilled outside the city, with three… Audio

During level four lockdown we're expecting each day the Prime Minister together the director general of health to provide an update on the cases in the community. Audio

During level four lockdown we're expecting each day the Prime Minister together the director general of health to provide an update on the cases in the community. When these briefings are happening we… Audio

New Zealand's level 4 lockdown comes after the Ministry of Health announced a new case of Covid-19 in the community on Auckland's North Shore yesterday. The case is a 58-year-old man from Devonport… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government is in talks about the possibility of Covid-19 vaccination booster shots for the country - but they are continuing to get updated advice on whether… Audio

Cabinet will decide today whether New Zealand can evacuate fewer than 40 Afghanistan nationals who supported our military efforts there.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Corin Dann the Ministry… Audio

At yesterday's 'Reconnecting New Zealanders to the World forum' there were perhaps more questions than answers. But there was one thing about which all the experts agreed unequivocally: get the… Audio

Just one Covid-19 community case of the Delta variant will send New Zealand into lockdown.

That's the warning from the government, after a fresh report on reopening the borders cautioned an outbreak… Audio

Just one community case of Covid-19 could now be enough to push the country straight into strict lockdown.

That's the warning from Government ahead of its official response this morning to a freshly… Audio

Health officials are scrambling to determine the risk to the public after more than 90 stevedores worked on a ship carrying crew later found to be infected with Covid-19.

More than half of the people… Audio

Akin to the animals on the way to Noah’s fabled Ark, in Parliament one particular breed of MP always goes two-by-two. They even vanish together. Audio

The government has admitted the caps for buying a first home aren't working, but it will be a few months before they change.

First Home Buyers have criticised the grants as overly restrictive and… Audio

RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will soon be allowed into the country, quarantine free.

Jacinda Ardern says there would normally be 10,000 RSE workers in New Zealand to help with the summer… Audio

The suffering continues in Fiji as Covid-19 cases soar amid its worsening health crisis. Audio

It has been an emotional day for some West Coast residents, as it becomes clear hundreds of people will be forced into long-term accommodation, or will have to move altogether - after devastating… Video, Audio