Greg Harford, of the Retail Association NZ, says customers aren't getting out and spending as expected.
Current testing numbers are half of what was seen during the start of the Delta outbreak in August last year, Dr Colin Tukuitonga says.
Just over 200 new homes were added to the national stock by Kāinga Ora in 2021.
The Prime Minister says she does not want to see a situation where home ownership slip out of Kiwis' reach.
Vaini and Pili, which have six new cases between them, have been designated red zones.
Fears over links to blood clots saw countries across Europe pause or limit their use of the AstraZeneca jab.
Rian Williamson, 20, was last seen in Roxburgh on February 2.
The Pakuranga College student is said to be "happy" and learning from home.
The police watchdog said there were "other options" available to the police dog handler before he released his dog.
"I’ve trained ... for a while so yeah, it’s just all about making it happen," the Kiwi snowboarder said.
She says the natural disaster brought the nation together.
People yelled "traitor" at Sir Keir Starmer in Westminster.
A large crowd from around NZ has gathered in the capital.
The transport agency says it wants to reduce the number of crashes in the region by lowering the speed limit from 100km/h to 80km/h.
The vehicles are being serviced and repaired by Rotary New Zealand before being sent to the Pacific island nation.
Fourteen people in are in hospital with the virus.
The Roosters reportedly don't want Manu's first game back from a serious facial injury to be this Saturday.
Coach Gary Stead said Kane Williamson is nearing a return to the side but is still having issues with his elbow.
NIWA's latest biosecurity survey showed no new signs of high-risk invasive species in the harbour.
A US school district banned Maus over nudity and bad language concerns.
Currently, 30 New Zealanders are registered with SafeTravel as being in Ukraine.
Peter Thiel will throw his weight behind Trump-supporting candidates at this year's mid-term elections.
Eileen Gu stunned the home crowd by landing her first 1620 in competition on her final run.
Politicians head back to Parliament Tuesday afternoon. The PM gave an update on Omicron, while party leaders laid out their plans for 2022, gripes, and even superhero comparisons.
They're calling for Aotearoa to be re-centred around Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The Covid-19 Response Minister says vaccination delivery in a school setting could actually "increase" resistance.
New modelling suggests that even with high booster uptake, daily hospital admissions will be in the hundreds.
Crime Scene Cleaners had been sharing images of the aftermath of numerous jobs on social media, including domestic violence scenes.
A test flight was undertaken on Tuesday for one of the aircraft which had been grounded for just under 600 days.
The Ministry of Education is meeting regularly with school leaders to support their continuity planning and preparedness.
Rebekah Stott was named in a 23-strong squad after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma last year.
Finance Minister Simon Birmingham said there wasn’t enough time to make more widespread changes.
Te Tuinga Whanau Support Services chief executive Tommy Wilson and his team are going door-to-door dropping off cell phones, information packs, and pies.
Jarrod Wood is on a mission to make people smile.
Northland’s local government leaders should all be fully jabbed, according to a leading epidemiologist.
The 19-year-old was the youngest in the field and the only one from the Southern Hemisphere, but performed brilliantly to finish 32nd out of 92 competitors.
