Two mariners on a boat off the coast of Taranaki have tested positive for Covid-19.
The pair were part of a group of nine mariners who arrived in Auckland on Monday and were taken to the deep-sea fishing vessel in New Plymouth.
The Ministry of Health has identified two people who work at the port and a driver who transported the mariners to New Plymouth as contacts. They are now isolating.
"Health authorities in Taranaki and Auckland will be following up and all three will receive their routine tests while in isolation."