Living with Long Covid can be exhausting, painful and lonely, and most people do not know when their symptoms will improve.

More than 2000 people in New Zealand have registered as having Long Covid, while another 1200 have started the process to join the official registry.

It was set up by University of Auckland researchers to get a better understanding of how many people in New Zealand have the disease.

Those academics think around 10 to 20% of people infected by Covid-19 may go on to develop Long Covid, which means up to 200,000 could be suffering.

Every person with Long Covid has a story – here are a few to show what life with the disease can be like.