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There were 51 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Sunday. 47 in Auckland and 4 in Waikato. Video / Dean Purcell / Jason Oxenham / Sylvie Whinray / Michael Craig
Kiwis smashed the government's 'Super Saturday' goal of 100,000, reaching almost 130,000 by 8pm Saturday. Video / NZ Herald
There were 65 community cases of Covid-19 all in Auckland on Friday ahead of Super Saturday’s “Vaxathon” with experts predicting cases will rise into the hundreds as soon as November. Video / NZ Herald
The decline in the number of Hawke's Bay country pubs appears to be over.
Details were revealed about how the health system will cope with increased demand as new cases hit 71 on Thursday. Deputy PM Grant Robertson also issued a warning over unlawful gatherings at home. Video / NZ Herald
Northland and parts of Waikato remain in alert level 3, an early childhood teacher tests positive and mystery cases continue to appear in Auckland. Video / NZ Herald
There were 43 new cases of Covid-19 announced on Tuesday, Brian Tamaki was summoned to court for an anti-lockdown protest and a blast from the past ‘vaxathon’ was announced for Super Saturday. Video / NZ Herald
Current restrictions in Auckland, Northland and Waikato are to stay for now while vaccine requirements have been announced for education and health-care workers. Video / NZ Herald
The Ministry of Health has announced 60 new community cases of Covid-19 today along with updates on the positive case that travelled through Northland plus MIQ changes for Hamilton. Video / NZ Herald
A $6million project is extracting Central Hawke's Bay river gravel for industry and flood control.
There are 27 new cases of Covid-19 today with another possible exposure event at Middlemore Hospital's ED and anti-lockdown protests happening across NZ. Video / NZ Herald
NZME stars are supporting #rollupyoursleevesnz, let's get vaccinated! Let's get at least 90% of kiwis fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Christmas. Video / NZME
Covid-19 case numbers may be "relatively stable", but the country can not afford to get complacent, says Grant Roberson as health officials identify More than 60 patients at Middlemore Hospital as close contacts after two people with the virus turned up at the emergency department. Video / NZ Herald
Wine writer and judge Yvonne Lorkin fears what Covid symptoms like loss of smell could do to her million-dollar nose. Video / Warren Buckland
Alfred Groves, a British soldier who emigrated to New Zealand and then enlisted in the NZ army, seeing action in WWI, was in Waipukurau’s Pukeora Sanitorium when he died of tuberculosis on September 25, 1921. His UK family were to travel to commemorate him but were prevented by Covid. The Waipukurau RSA stepped up to do it for them.
PM Jacinda Ardern has announced new travel rules for leaving Auckland plus more MIQ spots, meanwhile the police commissioner has warned the leader of Destiny Church about a planned protest leading to an enforcement response by police. Video / NZ Herald
12 new Covid-19 community cases were announced on Monday with PM Jacinda Ardern outlining a self-isolation trial for international travellers and the RSE travel bubble for the Pacific to resume. Video / NZ Herald
Award-winning budding young journalist Chloe Croft and her teacher Sally Burch from Havelock North Intermediate school chat to Hawke's Bay Today reporter Shea Jefferson.
There were nine new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, all in Auckland. Video / Mark Mitchell / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley / Jason Oxenham
Ken Knightingale, the paraglider rescued from Te Mata Peak, has no recollection of what happened. Video / Warren Buckland
Brothers Marcus and Oscar Petersen have taken over Napier's iconic The Clock Shop. Video / Warren Buckland
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Dr. Ashley Bloomfield provided a glimpse at what the near future could look like if the vaccination rate reaches over 90% Video / Mark Mitchell / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley
Auckland shifted to Alert Level 3 on Wednesday after over a month under Alert Level 4 restrictions. Video / Jed Bradley / Mark Mitchell / Dean Purcell / Jason Oxenham
Decades after crewing for the HB Rescue Helicopter Garrie Griffiths needed the service himself. Video Warren Buckland.
There were 14 new cases of Covid-19 in the community on Tuesday, all of them in Auckland or the Upper Hauraki. Video / Dean Purcell / Jason Oxenham / Mark Mitchell
Emergency services were called to a HB Paragliding Club member who had hit Te Mata Peak cliff face. Video HB Today
Jules Cunningham, of Napier, came up with the Shot Bro Covid vaccine bus name. Video Warren Buckland.
News of the Waikato cases has seen residents turning out to the drive-through testing station at Wharekawai Marae near Kaiaua. Video / Mike Scott
A pop-up testing centre is underway at the Wharekawa Marae in Whakatīwai as three new Covid-19 cases are announced in the Waikato. Video / Mike Scott
A call to bust the Hawke's Bay Power Consumers' Trust. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Hawke's Bay Today reporter Shea Jefferson challenged a few locals to read aloud the 85-letter longest placename in the world. Video / Warren Buckland
There are 11 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today - two of which remain unlinked to the outbreak. Video / NZ Herald
Steph McCallum has been a registered kindy teacher for 52 years. She teaches at Greenmeadows Kindergarten, Napier. Video Warren Buckland.
A teenager in a horrific crash into a house talks to Hawke's Bay Today as she recovers from her injuries.
Amy Giddens, bird keeper at the National Aquarium of New Zealand chats to Hawke's Bay Today during feeding time.
A disabled Napier woman in a wheelchair was assaulted by another woman on the weekend. Video Hawke's Bay Today.
Hawke's Bay school joins the nation in Māori language moment Hawke's Bay Today's Sahiban Hyde reports
CCTV footage shows woman in wheelchair attacked in Onekawa. Video / Supplied
Auckland's level 4 lockdown has been extended but Cabinet has made an in-principle decision to shift the region down to level 3 at 11.59pm on September 21. Video / NZ Herald