Six years after COVID-19 first reached New Zealand, the country is experiencing its ninth wave of infections. But the virus we are living with today behaves very differently from the one that caused ...

Wastewater testing is showing an increase in Covid cases, and hospitalisations are on the rise as New Zealand enters it's ...

I asked Gemini AI to represent New Zealand's 'ninth wave' of Covid and whether it was more of a ripple. This was its (strange) creation. Photo: Google Gemini AI Protecting ourselves against Covid ...

But this wave wasn't following the pattern of a new subvariant emerging, which suggested a wane in immunity. Baker said ...

Long COVID Support Aotearoa says the lack of national data means the true scale of the illness remains unclear, despite growing evidence that a significant number of people continue to experience ...

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

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

The Ministry of Health has published new data on adult New Zealanders' self‑reported experiences of COVID‑19 and long COVID, drawn from the 2024/25 ...

Key Takeaways Up to 155,000 COVID deaths may have been missed early on in the pandemicAbout 16% of deaths in 2020 and 2021 may not have been counted at allThose uncounted deaths were more common among ...

A commission said the country is still grappling with the long-term consequences of both the pandemic and the policy response ...

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.