This section provides the latest updates, information and advice on COVID-19.
Some of our COVID-19 information has moved
Case and testing data and vaccine data are on the Te Whatu Ora website.
Health information for the public is on the Unite Against COVID-19 website.
Information for health professionals and other sectors is on the Te Whatu Ora website.
- 21 September 2023: COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 detected in Aotearoa New Zealand
- 1 September 2023: Publication of the Aotearoa New Zealand Strategic Framework for Managing COVID-19
- 9 January 2023: Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 detected in New Zealand
- 16 December 2022: COVID-19 vaccine to be available February 2023 for immunocompromised and high-risk under 5-year-olds