Schools are planning for a range of scenarios but some principals are calling for clearer guidance.
Crews remained on the scene overnight and helicopters will be brought in to support ground operations on Monday.
With Omicron now well and truly in the community, wearing a mask is more important than ever.
Andrew Campbell was on a flight with the Prime Minister where there was a Covid-19 case.
Strong winds are forecast for the Northland location with firefighters expected to be there all day.
“Check out our new whare, our new set,” Matty McLean said as the show went to air.
He died at the scene on Sunday evening.
The sleep-out in Wellington is considered the fifth bedroom of a house.
Emergency services were called to the incident on Centre St at about 1.10am on Monday.
Coach Dan Shamir wasn't happy with how his team performed.
Nadal broke the Big Three's deadlock of 20 major titles each with his win in Melbourne.
The Prime Minister was classified a close contact of a case on a flight from Kerikeri to Auckland on Saturday, January 22.
Economic and political commentator Bernard Hickey says Aotearoa is facing its widest gap in wealth in its history.
The Coffee Shop on Victoria Street West has been listed by the Ministry of Health.
Ten people are in hospital with the virus.
The Ministry of Health will no longer list total daily Omicron numbers separately to Delta.
Emergency services were alerted just before 11am but police say the man died at the scene.
A midwife has been censured and must pay $13,500 for giving a woman in labour a placebo instead of the opioid painkiller she had asked for.
She travelled with the Prime Minister on a flight that was later linked with a positive case.
FENZ said the third-alarm fire was "well-involved” on arrival.
Almost half of us want them to fall substantially, according to the latest 1 News Kantar Public Poll.
The party's MPs are meeting for their first caucus retreat under leader Christopher Luxon.
It came after reports of some customers being rejected from mortgages due to changes to the law that was originally designed to target loan sharks.
Charlotte Bellis, who is pregnant, has been attempting to gain a spot in MIQ.
So far more than 2,000 litres of toxic oil has been recovered from the Kaiapoi River.
A 15-strong team are hoping to add to New Zealand's Winter Olympics medal tally of just three.
Nicole Leger pleaded guilty to taking a Class B drug and assaulting a female comrade in 2020.
Authorities on New York’s Long Island have reported three storm-related deaths.
The cold snap caused iguanas to go into suspended animation mode.
“There was a large boom, followed by a splash and then dust everywhere," an eyewitness said.
