Overwhelming odds: New figures show life-saving power of vaccines
99 per cent of those who died had not had two doses of vaccine.
99 per cent of those who died had not had two doses of vaccine.
Level 4 has been kept in place for another week, which is simply delaying the inevitable.
The week the country learned to (mostly) love Aucklanders.
Testing across key suburbs in Auckland already suggest the outbreak is on its last legs.
News of NZ's first vaccine purchase was held for six days and dropped in 'election week'.
Auckland's level 4 lockdown has been extended but Cabinet has made an in-principle decision to shift the region down to level 3 at 11.59pm on September 21. Video / NZ Herald
People in these suburbs are being encouraged to get a test even if they have no symptoms.
The most recent location was a train trip yesterday to Fruitvale Rd.
Just a few days' worth of some Auckland-based products left, according to suppliers.
There are still 17 'mystery cases', those yet to be clearly linked back to the outbreak.
PM Jacinda Ardern said that other Aucklanders would "take a very dim view of Aucklanders who aren't doing their bit" when asked about William Willis and Hannah Rawnsley who travelled to a holiday home in Wānaka. Video / Pool
Tourism minister says 'we will manage this outbreak together'.
Building businesses "may need to start reducing pay for workers in Auckland".
Sisters allegedly drove through a police checkpoint to get from Auckland to Northland
Retail NZ said the extension may be a 'fatal blow' for some business owners.
The last positive case of Covid-19 in the Wellington community was 10 days ago.
Aucklanders can 'leave your house and get a jab' at lockdown alert level 4.
PM is asking residents in seven suburbs to be "especially vigilant".
Visitors will now only be able to enter Auckland City Hospital on compassionate grounds.
They left Auckland on Friday and were located in Wānaka on Saturday, police said.
Lyndsey Erasmus feels a deep sense of guilt for the slow processing of the subsidy.
All the new cases are in Auckland.
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"You've just got to face facts if the virus has got away," Professor Graham Le Gros says.
Rest homes are turning down new admissions because nurses can't enter NZ.
There's universal agreement Auckland won't be moving out of level 4 just yet.
Of the active cases across Victoria, 85 per cent are under the age of 50.
An extension couldn't come at a worse time, with spring a traditionally busy period.
High vaccine uptake means restrictions are no longer needed, government says.
One commentator said the mystery cases mean Covid-19 has gone "underground".