Covid update May 7: 6,745 new cases, 15 in ICU.

There are 339 people in hospital, and 12 deaths being reported.

Is the yardie dead? Inside 21st birthdays in Aotearoa

We made a documentary series about 21st birthdays and there’s somehow not a single yardie.

  • 07 May 22

Inside Misha’s 21st, NZ’s baddest influencer | 2000s Baby

Watch the first episode of our brand new docuseries, 2000s Baby.

  • 07 May 22

I want to come out to my parents before my 21st | 2000s Baby

“I’m always known to be the quiet one.”

  • 07 May 22

Lip filler, rejection and immigrant parents: Alison’s 21st | 2000s Baby

“I’m Alison, I’m 21 and I’m a baddie.”

  • 07 May 22

Cook Islands 21sts are all about family, but mine can’t come | 2000s Baby

Watch the fifth episode of 2000s Baby now, following Poe Tiare.

  • 07 May 22

Covid May 6: 7,347 cases, 24 deaths

363 people are currently in hospital.

It's now illegal to decline a tenant for having a disability assist dog

Former Green Party MP Mojo Mathers introduced this bill to Parliament when she was still an MP.

Covid update May 5: 8,609 new cases, 20 deaths

A person under 10, with Covid-19, has died.

Green Party drops male co-leader rule, adds Māori requirement

The party says it is committed to leadership opportunities for non-binary and intersex people.

Winston Peters' Parliament trespass notice withdrawn by Speaker

He was among five people who had their Parliamentary trespass notices withdrawn.

Covid Update May 4: 8,454 new cases, person under age 10 dies

The person was one of 24 people with the virus who have recently died.

How to harvest kūmara: ‘Māori can’t connect to a carrot’

“The history of the kūmara goes way back; it’s in our DNA, it’s in our whakapapa."

Covid Update May 3: 9,109 new cases, 20 deaths

There are currently 55,588 active community casees.

NZ gang laws politically driven and have no impact, expert says

An expert says laws are often introduced for political reasons rather than that of policy making.

Winston Peters says he’s been trespassed from Parliament for protest visit

Yesterday, former National MP Matt King said he'd been banned after being identified as a protester.

Suspected cyber attack hits NZ website projecting sea level rise

Scientists had designed the online tool to show sea level rise projections by location and year.

Inside Auckland’s Ōtara Market: Community, taonga and taro

‘More than selling flowers, it’s about engaging with the local people’

Covid Update May 2: 6,636 new cases, 7 deaths

Today’s seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 7,553 – last Monday it was 8,355.

Covid update May 1: Omicron BA.4 variant detected in returnee

Two other sub-variants of Omicron have also been detected in 2 other returnees for the first time.

Covid update April 30: 7,043 new cases, 7 deaths

There are 15 people in ICU.

Three Waters: What is it and why this reform is controversial in NZ

The government has made a plan to combine all of NZ’s water infrastructure and make four entities.

Covid update April 29: 8,242 cases, 480 hospitalisations

The Ministry of Health says 14 people with Covid-19 have died.

Covid update April 28: 9,047 cases, 484 hospitalisations

The Ministry of Health says 13 people with Covid-19 have died.

Parents are the fifth biggest home loan lenders in New Zealand

Parents are dishing out $22.6 billion in loans to adult children, according to Consumer NZ.

Government introduces legally recognised mask exemption card

People will be able to access the card from the end of May.

Finding balance and healing through whakatū rākau

Whakatū rākau focuses on defence guards and mau rākau on wielding weaponry.

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