Lockdown decision means 250,000 children will be learning from home until next week.

Call for masks to be mandatory in all public indoor settings such as bars, unis and malls.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says he is disappointed alert level 3 restrictions for the city have been extended by four days.

The Prime Minister has revealed that Auckland will stay in lockdown until 11:59pm on Sunday and the city and the rest of New Zealand will remain at alert level 2 after that.

There are 10 people in hospital, including two in intensive care.

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 today eight of which are community cases. Video / Mark Mitchell

New data reveals businesses in smaller regions are holding up the country's economy.

Ministers decided against ending Auckland's lockdown early, but optimism remains

One claimed to be infected and spat at police and another entered a quarantine facility.

Christopher Luxon speaks to the media from the Local Government Conference

Although PM Jacinda Ardern said alert level 3 had played a critical role in finding the outbreak's perimeter Cabinet will reconsider any shift down levels on Monday. Video / Pool

Eight people with Covid are in hospital.

Calls for independent body amid a damning assessment of the Government's management.

Cancer patient, woman with lung condition also say they've been laughed at.

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All new cases are related to the community cluster in Auckland.

There are five more cases of Covid-19 today. Four are in Auckland and the one remaining is related to the Tokoroa case. Video / Pool

Joe Biden speaks at the Democratic National Convention.

The Government could increase Kiwibank’s availability to capital to enable it to grow to the point where it could really compete with the big four Australian banks.

Tangiwai Wilson died suddenly at her home in Hamilton early on Tuesday morning.

About 250,000 of Auckland's 900,000 working people can't work at all under level 3.

Guest may have passed it on to a nurse who then passed it on to maintenance man.

The first nine days of lockdown were unlawful, a High Court decision says. New Zealanders were not actually required by law to stay at home in their bubbles until April 3, more than a week into lockdown, today's ruling has found.

Five hundred more Defence Force staff are being deployed to managed isolation facilities and the Government is also directly hiring security guards to help control the centres. It comes as officials report six new cases of Covid-19 today, one of which is in managed isolation.

It was announced incorrectly the shopper visited the store numerous times over a week.

A new study has continued to show that countries that are female-led have fared better.

There have been over 100,000 test results so far since the latest outbreak emerged.

A prisoner swap with Australia would solve more than one problem.

Winston Peters says the mystery case is another border breach.

'Extraordinary disruption and anxiety': Chamber says new options to lockdown needed.