The arrival of the highly infectious Delta variant "does raise some ... a further 21 confirmed cases in the latest outbreak of the virus. New Zealand had quashed earlier Covid outbreaks with ...

New Zealand officials say they have contained an outbreak of bird flu to a single site in the southern region of Otago.

The Delta outbreak there had spread from a mining ... have prompted some inter-state and international border closures. New Zealand paused its quarantine-free travel bubble with all of Australia ...