PM Jacinda Ardern revealed the Cabinet decision to maintain the current Alert Level settings across the country until they are reconsidered on September 21. Video / Pool
The announcement about possible new covid comes just as Cabinet's decision is released.
Ethnic Affairs Minister reassures Pacific Islanders tests more important than visa status.
Thousands flocked to Turoa over the weekend but not all were physically distancing.
Jacinda Ardern will announce Cabinet's decision on alert levels at 1pm today.
Have you been to one of the Ministry of Health's 'locations of interest'?
David Fisher went to an Advance NZ meeting and fact-checked Billy Te Kahika.
One staffer was already on leave, while the other doesn't work with patients.
Latest numbers on the August Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland will be announced about 1pm.
More details about how the intruder made it into a live surgery can be revealed.
An evangelical church that never sought the spotlight now has the nation's attention.
Multi-pronged approach to ensure compliance: Police, health, community, Govt Ministers.
Kage restaurant in Lynnmall is put on alert after a Covid-infected person visited.
There is a sub-cluster within the Mt Roskill mini-cluster within the Auckland cluster.
Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship paid staff $862,000 in the year to March 2019.
St Dominic's College principal Anna Swann says Covid infection is 'no one's fault'.
More community cases of Covid are emerging across West Auckland today.
Hipkins says Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship cluster has been a challenge to work with.
Getting more ventilators is about future-proofing NZ and it's money well spent, MoH tells.
A single flight to New Zealand has left 17 people sick with Covid over the past 10 days.
The Auckland cluster now has 161 people linked to it.
Four of the cases are in the community and one is in managed isolation.
Lowering the screening age 'risks setting back progress', the ministry concluded.
It was a sad end to the week in New Zealand's fight against Covid-19.
"With 2- to 6-week passages crews have been in quarantine for that time anyway."
Former Cook Islands PM died in Auckland hours after his older brother died in Brisbane.
Both community cases are epidemiologicaly linked to the wider Auckland cluster.
Restrictions of 10 people per gathering will continue in Auckland for another 12 days.
The medical student allegedly involved has been banned from hospital grounds.
Age, ethnicity and pre-existing conditions are driving the higher hospitalisation rates.
There are five new Covid cases today - three in the community.
"We can be pretty confident that we are on top of this."
Findings show why Māori will likely have a significantly higher Covid-19 death rate.