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Focus Live: 21 new Covid-19 community cases, 51 in total

August 21 2021 There are 21 new cases of Covid-19 in the community - bringing the total number of people infected in the latest outbreak to 51.

Focus Live: Government pays tribute to Sir Michael Cullen

PM Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson pay tribute to Sir Michael Cullen.

Focus Live: 31 Covid-19 community cases; lockdown extended until at least next Tuesday

New Zealand's level 4 lockdown has been extended nationwide until 11.59pm on Tuesday after confirmation the Covid-19 outbreak has spread to Wellington.

Focus Live: Afghanistan evacuation mission begins

August 19 2021 A military plane on a mercy dash to Kabul to rescue New Zealanders, interpreters and others who worked with Kiwi troops fighting the Taliban has left this morning.

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: 50-55 age group set to book Covid-19 vaccinations

PM Jacinda Ardern said more than 300,000 New Zealanders aged 50 – 55 years will now be able to book their vaccines from Friday, August 13.

Focus Live: PM speaks after Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting

PM Jacinda Ardern spoke to the media after the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting held on Friday.

Focus Live: NZ passes 2m jab milestone; 770k fully vaccinated

August 4 2021 New Zealand has passed the 2 million Covid vaccine jabs milestone. Of these, 1,251,000 are first doses and almost 770,000 people have had two doses and are fully vaccinated.

Focus Live: Seasonal workers allowed into NZ from September

Seasonal workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will be able to enter New Zealand from next month. This would be one way, entering New Zealand only, and they would not need to go through managed isolation.

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.