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We've done it! NZ reaches 90% full vaccination milestone
New Zealand has reached 90 per cent full vaccination coverage.
Vaccine verifier app goes live, Govt warns there'll be glitches
Businesses will be able to download an app that will verify their customers' vax status.
Live: Auckland back in business as sun shines on shoppers
Aucklanders are enjoying a new day of relaxed restrictions, as shops open again.
Excited shoppers already queuing outside Auckland's Sylvia Park mall
Aucklanders will start to enjoy less restrictions as shops open tomorrow.
Live: Aucklanders eyeing retail therapy; Xmas border rules being developed
Aucklanders will find out at 4pm if an alert level 3 step 2 phase will go ahead.
Live: Four more Waikato Covid cases; Auckland businesses ready to open now
Auckland is set to see more restrictions eased back from next Wednesday.
Covid case went out socialising after being told they had tested positive
Cabinet will discuss new modelling showing community cases could peak at 200 per day.
Mainland breached: New locations of interest include flight to Blenheim and regional airports
People are being urged to regularly check the locations of interest list.
Auckland takeaways identified as location of interest seven times
Health officials have been releasing a steady stream of locations over the last few days.
Fully vaccinated police officer tests positive after helping woman; 44 new cases
Police are reviewing just how much PPE gear the officers were wearing.
Live: Level 3 Waikato boundary could extend as virus spreads
The alert level 3 boundary in Waikato could be extended if more Covid cases show today.
Get used to living with Covid - expert 'gutted' by new 3-step plan
Auckland will move to a new life at level 3 from midnight tonight.
Live: Taxi driver tests positive, more Raglan cases - Cabinet faces grim scenario
A newborn baby has tested positive for Covid at Auckland's North Shore Hospital.
Locations of interest: Children, parents and staff at Waikato school urged to get tested
More locations are expected to be announced throughout today.
Live: Sting in the tail - Waikato Covid cases threat to Auckland alert change
Will Auckland move out of alert level 4 and will Waikato move up a level?
'Shocked': Coromandel cafe hosted infected Devonport man three times
Umu Cafe says it is shocked after news that a Covid positive man visited their cafe.
International police sting: NZ arrests for drug dealing, money laundering
Police are executing "a number of search warrants" across the country.
'My mummy's dead': Toddler's blood-curdling screams after homicide
A neighbour described the blood curdling screams on the Hamilton street.
Splashing out: Aucklanders go over daily water usage after restrictions eased
Aucklanders reminded that water restrictions have been eased - not lifted.
Large ammonia cloud over Fonterra site after gas leak
Workers at a Fonterra site in Te Rapa have been evacuated after an ammonia gas leak.
Easter travellers banned: Police to set up checkpoints, arrests likely
Anyone travelling at Easter, breaking lockdown rules, could be arrested.
Non-essential businesses face fines, immediate shutdowns
Supermarkets, pharmacies and banks are all on the list.
Classmates remember Waihi Beach victim Jaden Chhayrann
Jaden Chhayrann, 17, is missing presumed drowned at Waihī Beach.
Body in stolen van 80km from suspected Raglan shooting
Emergency services were called to the incident in the early hours of Friday morning.
Kiwi in 'horrific' Samoa killing had just arrived on holiday
Samoan Kiwi man had been in Samoa less than 24 hours when he was killed.
Meet the te reo voice of Disney's Moana
Jaedyn Randell, 16, has been cast as Disney's Moana in the Te Reo version of the hit film.
Sister of Maori King Tuheitia dies
Tomairangi Adrianne Gail Paki is said to have died peacefully this morning.
Are you sitting on a golden ticket?
Lotto officials are still waiting to hear from two of the weekend's big Powerball winners.
Manhunt after hammer attack on driver
A man brandishing a metal hammer attacked a woman inside her car after she stopped on the side of the road to adjust her radio, police say.
Horror crash: Search for white car
Authorities are searching for a white or light-coloured hatchback car thought to be travelling with the Nissan Skyline involved in a the fatal crash in Hamilton.
Keen sportsman who loved the water
A young man who died after jumping from a bridge in Raglan has been remembered as a talented sportsman and "nicest kid".
Kiwi lands Google internship
A young Kiwi is to get a taste of what it's like to work for one of the coolest companies on the planet.