Todd Muller quits as National Party leader for health reasons. Who will become the new National Leader. Video / Will Trafford / File

New Zealand has one new case of Covid-19 - a woman in her 60s who arrived in NZ on June 30 from Pakistan via Doha and Sydney. Video / Nick Winter

Christchurch Mosque shooter dismisses lawyers before sentencing. Video / Will Trafford

For the first time in nine days there are no new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand today. It has been 73 days in this country since the last case of community transmission.

Law and order announcement on retail crime

Will Trafford talks to Business reporter Jamie Gray about Rio Tinto's plans to close Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

Three in a week: Hamilton man escapes managed isolation by cutting through fence and goes to liquor store. Video / Will Trafford

National Party Leader Todd Muller has confirmed no other MPs have received leaked information about Covid-19 patient details from former National Party president Michelle Boag.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson said there were problems in the aluminium market. "As a sector, it has had its troubles." Rio Tinto was having discussions around the world with Governments.

Slain police officer Constable Matthew Hunt's coffin, draped with a police flag, has been carried out of the funeral service by his colleagues, following a lone police piper.

National MP Hamish Walker resigns after massive privacy breach of Covid-19 patient information. Video / Will Trafford

On July 8 MediaWorks CEO Michael Anderson announced he would be stepping down from the role. Video / Will Trafford

A man with Covid-19 left managed isolation in Auckland for more than an hour and went to a supermarket in the central CBD. The man, New Zealand's latest Covid case, arrived in New Zealand from India on July 3.

Earlier: the man and woman charged in relation to the killing of Constable Matthew Hunt have appeared in court together.

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Revelations that a National MP and a former party president combined to leak confidential Covid patients' details have been branded "dirty politics" by the Government.

There are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. They are both in managed isolation - it has been 67 days since community transmission was last detected in NZ.

Former solicitor general Mike Heron will lead the probe into a massive Covid-19 privacy breach. This comes after the Herald reported the breach, which contained details of 18 confirmed Covid-19 cases, ranging from a 30-year-old woman in Auckland to a 70-year-old man in Canterbury.

Further details have been released about the funeral for slain police officer Matthew Hunt

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she did not want to "predetermine" work done by MBIE regarding its investigation into the America's Cup saga.

The Hits are holding a fundraising drive for Plunket, the charity that supports babies and families for the first 1000 days of a child's life. Video / Nick Winter

In a wide-ranging interview with Kerre McIvor's Newstalk ZB, the Prime Minister talked about a turbulent week in politics including David Clark's resignation.

Team New Zealand and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment went to mediation and have now settled the dispute. Video / Will Trafford

There are two new Covid-19 cases - both in managed isolation and quarantine facilities. A Hamilton hotel will soon be ready to quarantine returning Kiwis.

National leader Todd Muller has moved his predecessor into his shadow Cabinet, with Simon Bridges taking over the foreign affairs portfolio.

PM Jacinda Ardern said last week she "had discussions" with David Clark and how the primary focus should be the Government's response to Covid-19. Clark tendered his resignation to Ardern yesterday which was accepted.

Health Minister David Clark has resigned as Health Minister after he became an "unhelpful distraction" in the fight against Covid-19.

Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet press conference

Today there are no new cases of Covid-19 for the second straight day. The freedoms New Zealanders enjoy under the level 1 Covid-19 alert level rely on ongoing vigilance, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Months after calling for groups nationwide to come forward with "shovel ready" projects to boost the economy, the Government has begun giving details of how a new $3 billion fund will be allocated.