In line with a global surge in COVID-19 cases, powered by the emergence of new variants, New Zealand’s pandemic tragedy is again escalating. Reported case numbers across the country increased more ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand reported three new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, as the cluster in its biggest city of Auckland expanded just days after authorities were ...

You likely don’t associate summertime with coughing, chills and sneezing, but COVID-19 has changed that reality. Research shows that COVID tends to spike twice annually — once in the winter and once ...

Late last month the New Zealand government released a 700-page report from the first phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19, examining the country’s response to the pandemic from 2020 ...

Michael Baker is a member of the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The University of Otago receives funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand and the New ...