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Your weather: Get out the lockdown board games, rain and possible thunder coming

It isn't just lockdown giving you an excuse to stay indoors today. Rain is coming.

370 evacuees coming to NZ from Afghanistan, says MFAT

"The situation in Afghanistan remains highly volatile and dangerous."

Revealed: Inside the extraordinary NZ mercy mission to Kabul

Herald senior journalist Kurt Bayer reports on a 'digital Dunkirk'.

After 53 years together, a man will watch from road as wife buried under lockdown restrictions

He has been told he could be removed from the burial grounds if he tries to enter.

Wipeout: Level 4-breaking surfer bails as police launch nears; fishermen given warning

It was less Point Break and more point escape for a rule-breaking surfer this morning.

Jack Tame: It's too late to set vaccination records

OPINION: The Government can't shirk responsibility for our woeful vaccination rates.

NZ faces a sodden lockdown weekend: Heavy rain notices for Auckland, Northland, BOP, Coromandel

It will be a good few days for boardgames and other indoor pursuits.

Lockdown may have helped stamp out RSV outbreak, says immunologist

Long-term lockdowns also leave us vulnerable to future infections by reducing immunity.

Wellington Police receive more than 1000 lockdown breach notifications, one charged

By day nine of lockdown, Police had received 1079 breach notifications in the region.

Man seriously injured in head-on crash north of Kerikeri

Speed, alcohol not involved in Kapiro Rd smash; both drivers were essential workers.

Extra lockdown 'drip feed ... spin', says Seymour, but medical experts pleased

David Seymour has criticised the Government's response to the latest outbreak.

'Lost 1.5m': Home show organisers hoping for level 2 exemption

Auckland's Home Show is asking the Government for a level 2 exemption.

Experts: Why Auckland is likely to remain in strict lockdown for several weeks

The lockdown is working - but we need to stay the course.

Iwi feel 'sidelined' over police checkpoints

Police checkpoints operating at key Northland entry points; iwi say it's seven days late.

Drifting kayak maroons man on boat

Under alert level 4 water recreation is banned because of the risk to emergency services.

Bump in the road: What the Delta outbreak means for $1.25b motorway opening

Covid restrictions almost certainly mean the road will be delayed and cost more.

Wet wet wet: A soggy weekend is on its way

Rain is expected to hit most of the country tomorrow, and it will be heavy in parts.

What rights do children and parents have when giving consent to be vaccinated?

The rollout raises the important issue around children's consent to medical treatment.