The decline in the number of Hawke's Bay country pubs appears to be over.

Details were revealed about how the health system will cope with increased demand as new cases hit 71 on Thursday. Deputy PM Grant Robertson also issued a warning over unlawful gatherings at home. Video / NZ Herald

Northland and parts of Waikato remain in alert level 3, an early childhood teacher tests positive and mystery cases continue to appear in Auckland. Video / NZ Herald

There were 43 new cases of Covid-19 announced on Tuesday, Brian Tamaki was summoned to court for an anti-lockdown protest and a blast from the past ‘vaxathon’ was announced for Super Saturday. Video / NZ Herald

Current restrictions in Auckland, Northland and Waikato are to stay for now while vaccine requirements have been announced for education and health-care workers. Video / NZ Herald

The Ministry of Health has announced 60 new community cases of Covid-19 today along with updates on the positive case that travelled through Northland plus MIQ changes for Hamilton. Video / NZ Herald

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga in Hastings speaking with local Raiha Tahuri near the start of the vaccination campaign in October. Video / Warren Buckland

Unison Networks' helicopter is laser-mapping its 6000km network in Rotorua, Taupō and Hawke's Bay by helicopter.

A $6million project is extracting Central Hawke's Bay river gravel for industry and flood control.

Wine writer and judge Yvonne Lorkin fears what Covid symptoms like loss of smell could do to her million-dollar nose. Video / Warren Buckland

Alfred Groves, a British soldier who emigrated to New Zealand and then enlisted in the NZ army, seeing action in WWI, was in Waipukurau’s Pukeora Sanitorium when he died of tuberculosis on September 25, 1921. His UK family were to travel to commemorate him but were prevented by Covid. The Waipukurau RSA stepped up to do it for them.

PM Jacinda Ardern has announced new travel rules for leaving Auckland plus more MIQ spots, meanwhile the police commissioner has warned the leader of Destiny Church about a planned protest leading to an enforcement response by police. Video / NZ Herald

12 new Covid-19 community cases were announced on Monday with PM Jacinda Ardern outlining a self-isolation trial for international travellers and the RSE travel bubble for the Pacific to resume. Video / NZ Herald

Award-winning budding young journalist Chloe Croft and her teacher Sally Burch from Havelock North Intermediate school chat to Hawke's Bay Today reporter Shea Jefferson.

There were nine new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, all in Auckland. Video / Mark Mitchell / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley / Jason Oxenham

Ken Knightingale, the paraglider rescued from Te Mata Peak, has no recollection of what happened. Video / Warren Buckland

Brothers Marcus and Oscar Petersen have taken over Napier's iconic The Clock Shop. Video / Warren Buckland

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Dr. Ashley Bloomfield provided a glimpse at what the near future could look like if the vaccination rate reaches over 90% Video / Mark Mitchell / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley

There were 14 new cases of Covid-19 in the community on Tuesday, all of them in Auckland or the Upper Hauraki. Video / Dean Purcell / Jason Oxenham / Mark Mitchell

Emergency services were called to a HB Paragliding Club member who had hit Te Mata Peak cliff face. Video HB Today

News of the Waikato cases has seen residents turning out to the drive-through testing station at Wharekawai Marae near Kaiaua. Video / Mike Scott

A pop-up testing centre is underway at the Wharekawa Marae in Whakatīwai as three new Covid-19 cases are announced in the Waikato. Video / Mike Scott

A call to bust the Hawke's Bay Power Consumers' Trust. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Health Ministry says it expects fluctuating case numbers at this point in the outbreak.

Hawke's Bay Today reporter Shea Jefferson challenged a few locals to read aloud the 85-letter longest placename in the world. Video / Warren Buckland

There are 11 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today - two of which remain unlinked to the outbreak. Video / NZ Herald

Steph McCallum has been a registered kindy teacher for 52 years. She teaches at Greenmeadows Kindergarten, Napier. Video Warren Buckland.

A teenager in a horrific crash into a house talks to Hawke's Bay Today as she recovers from her injuries.