Anna Harcourt
Covid update: 20 new cases, all in Auckland
This brings the total community outbreak to 1,027.
Covid update: 11 new cases, all in Auckland
This brings the total number of cases in this outbreak to 1,007
Covid update: 15 new cases
The current spike in new cases has continued today, with 33 new community cases, all in Auckland.
Covid update: Northland will move to alert level 3 at midnight tonight.
2 September, 1pm
Northland will move to alert level 3 at midnight tonight.
Today there are 49 new cases, all in Auckland.
This brings the total outbreak to 725,…
Covid update: 82 new cases today
There are now 429 total cases.
Covid update: Auckland and Northland remain in level 4, rest of country to drop to level 3 next…
Today’s new cases bring the total number of community cases to 347
OnlyFans has decided not to ban porn, after backlash from sex workers
Many sex workers say the damage is done and they won’t return to the platform.
‘It’s a fucking slap in the face’: NZ sex workers respond to OnlyFans banning porn
“The only reason OnlyFans is so popular around the world is because of sex workers."
Covid update: 35 new community cases
There are 35 new community cases of Covid today.
Covid update: 21 new community cases
Here's what you need to know about Covid today.
New Zealand to go into a snap level 4 lockdown at 11.59pm tonight
Earlier this afternoon one Covid case was detected in the community in Auckland.
Conversion therapy will be banned, with sentence of up to 5 years’ imprisonment
“There are so many people that will have their lives changed because of this.”
Trans-Tasman bubble suspended for 8 weeks
The trans-Tasman bubble just got suspended for another eight weeks.
Matariki public holiday dates announced for the next 30 years
The government has announced the dates the new Matariki public holidays for the next 30 years.
The FBI made an app that tricked thousands of drug dealers around the world, including NZ
In NZ, 35 people were arrested and over 900 charges were laid against senior members gang members.
Bread is not destroying your brain, research shows
Unless you actually have coeliac disease, gluten doesn’t affect your brain function, new research has found.
A study of over 13,000 people has found no link between…
Stop fkn tapping on the glass of kiwi enclosures, you're making them stressed
Surprise, surprise: new research has found visitor noise outside kiwi enclosures is no good.
Young workers in NZ are three times more burnt out than others
New Zealand workers under the age of 30 are three times more likely to be burnt out than other demographics.
Do you feel like you’ve got nothing…
The government has banned exports of live animals by sea
The government has banned the export of live animals by sea, but there's a two year phase out period
Welcome the cyborg turtle: NZ researcher designs prosthetic fin for turtles
A New Zealand researcher has designed a prosthetic fin for sea turtles to help the endangered species recover after their fins are damaged.
All seven species of…
Live updates: Evacuation warning lifted after 8.1 earthquake hits Kermadec Islands
1.20pm
The evacuation advice has been lifted, says the National Emergency Management Agency. Anyone who had moved to higher ground is now safe to return home.
There is…
Talking to Guled Mire about his award-winning mental health series
Last night the Re: series Third Culture Minds, hosted by Guled Mire, won the Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand’s Special Media Journalism…
NZ’s one-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands has opened, but we can’t go there quite yet
The Cook Islands have never had a single Covid case or death.
Only a quarter of NCEA students say they’re coping after Covid
Covid-19 caused significant disruption to schools, according to new reports released today by the Education Review Office.
Secondary students are struggling most, with only 26 percent of…
It’s now easier for gay men to donate blood, as long as you haven't had sex recently
As long as you haven’t had sex in the last three months.
Drug checking will be made legal in NZ in time for festivals this summer
Drug checking allows people to safely find out what's really in their pills.
Euthanasia still a yes, cannabis still a no, and Labour keeps majority with special votes
The special votes have been counted and the final results of the referendums and New Zealand’s 2020 general election have been released.
It’s still a no for…
NZ votes yes for euthanasia, no for recreational cannabis
65% of NZers voted yes in the euthanasia referendum. 53% voted no in the cannabis referendum.
Social media can be a new form of justice for survivors of sexual assault
What are the legal ramifications of online justice, both for those who post and the accused?
First-time voter Church on how politics isn’t as distant as he once thought
What it’s like being 19 and interviewing some of the country’s most powerful people.