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Phil Goff says he's glad the city is not going into level 4.
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Focus Live: Covid-19 lockdown settings to continue until 11:59pm on August 26
New Zealand will maintain its current lockdown settings for 12 more days. That would mean the current settings will be in place for 14 days - or one full incubation period. Video / Chris Tarpey
Focus Live: Siouxsie Wiles pushes for Alert Level 4 following community spread
Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles reveals if we went to Alert Level 4 we could be 'out of this much sooner'. Video / Will Trafford
Wellington Covid risk: Traveller dines at noodle shop, later tests positive
Two travellers who left NZ last week later tested positive for Covid-19 overseas.
Two new Covid cases confirmed in Tokoroa
Members at a church in Māngere are urged to get tested after a family tested positive.
Focus Live: 13 new Covid cases in community - one person in hospital
There are 12 new confirmed cases of Covid in the community and one probable case, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says. One of the 13 cases is in hospital. Video / Chris Tarpey
Focus Live: OCR update
Markets are picking the Official Cash Rate (OCR) will be cut from 5.5% – where it has been parked since May 2023.
Level 4 lockdown 'not in frame' despite new cases: Hipkins
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will reveal if the lockdown will be extended at 5.30pm.
Focus Live: City Mission holds press conference
Auckland City Mission discovered donated lollies sent out in food parcels containing methamphetamine.
Genomic tracing: Scientist trying to solve NZ's new cluster puzzle
Four cases at centre of outbreak don't seem to be linked to earlier cases, says scientist.
Don't dream it's over: Aucklanders not optimistic level 3 lifts today
Most Aucklanders seem to believe the level 3 lockdown will be extended tonight.
Covid coolstore cluster: Staffer who tested positive worked night shift
Health officials are scrambling to trace the source of original infection.
Derek Cheng: Jacinda Ardern won't ease restrictions if she wants to be cautious
It would be devastating to ease Auckland's lockdown lite and later be hit by new clusters.
'Huge risk' people won't trust Covid-19 vaccines - expert
Fears about the safety of a Covid-19 vaccine could put people off receiving it.
Why NZ needs to ramp up genome sequencing to trace source of new outbreak
The Conversation: Ministry of Health should make genetic sequencing mandatory. Here's why.
'Beyond grim': Thousands cancel hotel bookings
The workforce at hotels has halved already and worse could follow.
Return of a Covid cluster - NZ to learn lockdown fate at 5.30pm Friday
Today's results reveal the first trends from mass testing.
'Worth staying home for': Kiwis review NZ Covid-19 updates 'season 2'
The 'unexpected' second season of the television series has come with mixed reviews.
Focus Live: 13 new Covid cases in Auckland - all will go into quarantine
There are 13 new Covid cases in Auckland and they all will now go into quarantine. All of the 13 cases are linked to the original four confirmed cases from the new outbreak in South Auckland. Video / Chris Tarpey
Full lockdown or freedom in Auckland: PM, Bloomfield and Cabinet to decide
'We round up sheep, we don't round up people,' says health boss Ashley Bloomfield.
Aucklanders stopped from leaving the region
Aucklanders are being sent home if they try to cross the borders without valid reasons.
Quarter-of-a-million children home from school in Auckland
Auckland schools say they are ready to return to home learning, but kids may fall behind.
Coromandel roads and supermarkets heaving again
"They put the road blocks in at lunchtime the next day - really?" - Coromandel Mayor.
Collins calls for Ardern to stop making Covid announcements
National leader Judith Collins is calling for the election to be postponed.
Cafe praised for honesty after being visited by family with Covid
Two people with Covid-19 visited several businesses in Rotorua at the weekend.
No roadblocks, no cops as man escapes from Auckland
'Got out of Auckland, no border stops at all.'
Pasifika communities warned to prepare for Covid outbreak
"We need all hands on deck - fanau, communities, providers, agencies and Government."
Auckland high school student tests positive for Covid - parents, staff alerted
"We have already notified the students and staff who are considered close contacts."
Mosque shooting victims, relatives in NZ isolation ahead of sentencing
More than 50 people have arrived in NZ ahead of the gunman's court appearance.
Covid-19: Infected worker directly handled frozen goods
Coolstore worker handled frozen goods but was on sick leave before testing positive.
The PM's six hours that led to Auckland's lockdown
Ministers meeting was 'a mix of disappointment, sadness, bracing for what was next'.
National under fire for 'nonsense' theory
What did Jacinda Ardern know about the Covid-19 cases and when? PM responds.
Lockdown exodus - police turn around 30-40 vehicles at checkpoints
Thames-Coromandel Mayor Sandra Goudie hopes people fleeing don't have Covid-19.
Four more 'probables' linked to community Covid cases
All are linked to the community-based cases revealed last night.