Katie Todd

A new, more infectious strain of Covid-19 in the UK has New Zealanders there pleading for Government help to return home.

Epidemiologists here are also asking officials to tighten border measures.

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People desperately trying to get into managed isolation to be with dying relatives are being delayed by a clause asking for their life expectancy.

In some cases hospitals won't provide it - arguing… Audio

A woman whose emergency managed isolation application wasn't processed for a week says the stress of the wait was overwhelming.

People can apply for quick entry into the border hotels on specific… Audio

Overseas New Zealanders are failing to get home in time to see dying family, and are hitting out at the government's slow turnaround of emergency applications.

People should be able to gain entry… Audio

Rooms in managed isolation have been sitting empty because New Zealanders desperate to return home have been booking more allocation vouchers than they need.

All 32 border hotels are fully booked… Audio

Rooms in managed isolation have been sitting empty, because some returnees have been able to hold on to more room allocation vouchers than they need. Meanwhile other returnees say they feel stranded… Audio

The truck convoy carrying Christmas containers is now making its way south on State Highway 1 from Whangarei to Auckland.

Drivers are being warned to take extra care on the road with the addition of… Audio

Auckland's managed isolation hotels are suffering a shortage of healthcare staff.

It's thought new employment contracts with tighter rules have prompted some staff to leave Unions say nurses are… Audio

Cabinet is to work out long-term funding for managed isolation and quarantine before the end of this year.

Figures provided to RNZ suggest the 32 hotels in use are costing taxpayers more than $2… Audio

Cabinet is poised to sign off on making masks mandatory on all public transport in Auckland and all domestic flights around the country on Monday.

Pleas to wear masks have gone largely unheeded, but… Audio

Aucklanders are anxiously waiting to find out today if they'll have to deal with another Covid-19 clampdown as health officials work round the clock to contain a new mystery community case.

They have… Audio

An Auckland man was turned away from two drive-in testing centres despite telling health workers that he lives in the same building as the city's latest community Covid-19 case.

The new positive case… Audio

Auckland Council thinks Covid-19 will punch a $1 billion hole in its finances by 2024 - but city dwellers will not find out how it will be paid for until December.

The city's budget had already been… Audio

Rural contractors warn crops will die in fields and there will be shortages of stock feed, if skilled migrant workers can't get rooms in managed isolation hotels.

They says the government promised 10… Audio

Two men remain on the run after shooting at a female police officer in Northland yesterday morning, leaving her shaken but uninjured.

The officer was driving along State Highway 11, near the Puketona… Audio

Police say they are still trying to piece together exactly what has happened, and how the two incidents may be linked.

On Tuesday afternoon, Detective Inspector Dene Begbie updated RNZ reporter Katie… Video, Audio

Two men remain on the run on Tuesday night, after a police officer was shot at in the early hours of the morning in the Bay of Islands.

While the officer escaped injury, the windscreen of the patrol… Audio

International music artists are creeping back onto summer festival line-ups, after getting border exceptions to visit the country.

The musicians have decided that two weeks in isolation is worth it… Audio

Overseas adventures remain a distant dream for New Zealand travellers - who are instead opting to embrace trips in their own backyard.

DOC is expecting a bumper summer on the Great Walks, with… Audio