DHB confirms files sent to media contained genuine patient and staff information.

More Covid positive cases in Melbourne have been reported in the city overnight.

Professor Michael Plank says the bubble should remain closed for as long as it takes.

Union anticipates more pay errors for workers as cyber attack fallout continues.

An expert believes the lack of data leaves NZ open to further risk from an outbreak.

'July is July - it will still be from July,' Chris Hipkins said.

Push back comes after Ministry of Health quietly updated its vaccination timeline.

The DHBs also lacked skilled IT staff to focus on security, a report found.

The Government must intervene to protect sick patients, Waikato cancer doctor warns.

Wastewater results from Christchurch have now come back as negative.

DHB says patient care the priority as they plan for the recovery phase after the attack.

Churches working with the Ministry of Health to encourage people to get Covid vaccine.

And half a million jabs have already been given, too.

Weak positive results now confirmed in Wgtn, Chch, Rotorua, Queenstown wastewater.

Wastewater testing confirms more weak positive results for Covid-19 in Porirua and Karori.

Information 'strongly suggestive ... that the death was unrelated to vaccination'.

A New Zealander has died after getting a Covid-19 vaccination, but the Ministry of Health says there is no direct link.

The Govt is still confident it'll meet its targets, despite a report suggesting otherwise.

'We wouldn't want them to be carte blanche open to everyone.'

The results from the new samples are expected to be available tomorrow evening.

We still don't know how effective NZ's sewage testing is, expert says.

Experts say latest 'weak' positives fit pattern of old infections picked up in wastewater.

It's likely the result is due to recovered cases continuing to shed the virus, MoH says.

Anyone in NZ who was at Melbourne places of interest must call Healthline for advice.

Contact tracers continue to follow up with 4500 recent arrivals from Victoria.

Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said stronger public measures - like level 2.5 - might have to be new norm once the borders open. Video / Mark Mitchell

On the day walk-in vaccinations were halted, the Highbrook site closed for a third time.

120,000 people have had their second doses of the Pfizer jab and are fully vaccinated.

There have been more than 388,000 vaccines administered across New Zealand. 120,000 of those have had their second doses.

The public health risk has been identified as low.