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Focus Live: 11 new Covid-19 community cases, 21 in total

August 19 2021 There are now 21 Delta Covid-19 cases in Auckland, including two in hospital.

Children aged 12 to 15 can now be vaccinated - PM

More than 260,000 children aged 12 to 15 in New Zealand can now receive the vaccine.

Focus Live: Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Covid-19 and the economy

August 18 2021 'We are here to support New Zealanders through this' - Finance Minister Grant Robertson

Focus Live: Seven Covid-19 community cases confirmed; outbreak traced back to NSW

August 18 2021 There are now seven Covid-19 cases in the community, with two additional cases to report from the five announced this morning. The outbreak is the Delta strain of the virus and it came from NSW, Australia.

Focus Live: Covid-19 - alert level 4 lockdown from midnight

August 17 2021 Auckland and Coromandel will go into level 4 lockdown for seven days – and the rest of the country for three days – from 11.59pm tonight.

Focus Live: Police update on deceased baby found at recycling facility

Detective Inspector Scott Beard reveals details about a deceased baby that was found at a recycling facility in Onehunga. Video / NZ Herald

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern on New Zealanders in Afghanistan

PM Jacinda Ardern says the focus is to get New Zealanders out of Afghanistan, or those such as translators whose lives were at risk because they supported our country while New Zealand was in Afghanistan.

Focus Live: Health Minister Andrew Little on nurses' pay

The Government has approved funding for a pay equity claim for nurses, with nurses, DHBS and the Ministry of Health urged to start negotiations straight away.

Focus Live: Detective talks to media regarding Christchurch party stabbing

Detective Inspector Scott Anderson will be speaking to media at 11am today following the launch of a homicide inquiry overnight. Video / George Heard

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern delivers formal apology for the 1970s dawn raids

Watch: PM Jacinda Ardern delivers a formal apology to address the injustices of Pacific peoples during the 1970s dawn raids.

Focus Live: Supermarket profits 'persistently high' - Kiwis pay too much, loyalty schemes confusing

The Commerce Commission's study into supermarkets has concluded that competition in the retail grocery sector "is not working well for consumers". Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus Live: Transtasman travel bubble closed for at least eight weeks

The Government has shut the transtasman travel bubble for at least the next eight weeks. PM Jacinda Ardern said she would not risk the hard work put in by the team of 5 million by keeping the bubble open when the risk was high from the Delta variant.

Focus Live: Group 4 Covid-19 vaccine invites start next week

People in group 4 will receive notification from July 28 about being able to make a vaccine booking. From the end of July the vaccination programme would really start ramping up, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said.

Focus Live: Police provide update after shootings in Auckland and Hamilton

A man at the centre of a major police incident pulled a woman from her car at gunpoint and led police on a dramatic chase through inner Auckland. In Hamilton, a man is dead after exchanging gunfire with police. Video / NZ Herald

Focus Live: Mass Covid-19 vaccination event planned for Auckland

The mass vaccination would be targeted at Manukau Institute of Technology students and their families - and would be an opportunity for people in group 4 to be vaccinated ahead of schedule.

Focus Live: 1766 border workers still unvaccinated

There are still 1766 border workers who are completely unvaccinated - and most of them won't have to get a single vaccine jab to continue to work at the front line for more than two and a half months.

Focus Live: NZ approves single-dose Janssen Covid-19 vaccine

The single-dose Janssen Covid vaccine has been approved for those aged 18 and older in New Zealand.

Focus Live: Transtasman bubble pause to end for West Australia and Northern Territory

PM Jacinda Ardern says the transtasman bubble pause will be lifted for Western Australia and the Northern Territory from 11.59pm on July 9, but will remain in place for Queensland and New South Wales.