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Focus Live: No new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said five previously reported cases are now recovered, meaning there are 22 active cases in managed isolation in the country.

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern on how Covid-19 will be maintained in the lead-up to the election

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shed light on how the virus response will be maintained in the lead-up to the election.

Focus: Judith Collins says Govt. spinning 'an awful lot of fear'

National leader Judith Collins reveals the best thing about being PM would be to bring back hope, not fear. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus Live: National MPs Nikki Kaye and Amy Adams farewell Parliament

National MPs Nikki Kaye and Amy Adams are among 13 National MPs leaving at the election, including Paula Bennett, Anne Tolley and those leaving after periods of trouble such as Hamish Walker.

Nikki Kaye drops the F-bomb as she bows out of Parliament

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye bowed out of Parliament tonight, dropping the F-bomb in the process.

Focus: Report on leak of patient details by National Party members

Health Minister Chris Hipkins talked about the report into the leaking of COVID-19 patient details by Michelle Boag and Hamish Walker. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus Live: One new Covid-19 case in managed isolation, three months since community transmission

There is one new Covid case today in managed isolation. The new case is a woman in her 20s who arrived from Ireland via Dubai on July 24.

Covid-19 patient leak - investigation into Hamish Walker and Michelle Boag released

Disgraced National MP Hamish Walker sent private Covid-19 details because his judgment was impaired after being called racist, an inquiry has found. Former National party president Michelle Boag sent the highly sensitive information to Walker in an attempt to help clear his name.

Focus: James Shaw and Jacinda Ardern on co-payments for isolation costs

Greens co-leader James Shaw and PM Jacina Ardern talked about potential co-payments for isolation costs, disagreeing on some issues. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus: NZ pulls out of Hong Kong extradition treaty

The government have responded to China's new security laws in Hong Kong by pulling out of Hong Kong's extradition treaty. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus Live: Household of NZ traveller isolating after positive Covid-19 test

There is no evidence the person who tested positive for Covid-19 in South Korea after travelling from New Zealand was infected here, Health Minister Chris Hipkins says. Five household contacts of the person and are all well but are in self-isolation and will be tested today.

Focus: Judith Collins - When my eyebrow goes up it's a joke

National leader Judith Collins has a testy exchange with reporters on her way into caucus. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus Live: $50m lifeline for unis and schools after NZ shuts borders to foreign students

The Government will spend $51.6 million on New Zealand's embattled overseas education sector, as schools and universities continue to reel from the loss of foreign students.

Perspective: with Heather du Plessis-Allan - Rogue poll?

The most recent Newshub-Reid Research poll puts Labour leagues ahead of National, but is the reality a closer competition?

Ardern tells Hosking she still has a 'healthy scepticism' about polls

Despite the Labour Party soaring at 60 per cent, PM Jacinda Arden told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that she always had a "healthy scepticism" about polls. Audio / Newstalk ZB

Focus Live: Greens launch campaign, urge Kiwis to 'think ahead, act now'

The Green Party is urging New Zealanders to "think ahead, act now" as it launches the bedrock of its election-year policies.