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One new Covid case in isolation, officials to reduce daily updates
There are no new community cases and one case in managed isolation.
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Live: No new Covid cases today
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March 15 victims and survivors promised 'immediate action' by Ardern
The Royal Commission report will be released on Tuesday – Ardern has promised action.
NZ risks being dumping ground for 'dirty diesels': Toyota
Toyota says a feebate scheme would make electrified vehicles more affordable.
Kerre McIvor: The bloody truth - NZ's gun reforms haven't worked
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour goes dark on bright-line test
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Darryn "Digby" Webb has been in the role for the past six months.
Nine new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation
There are no fresh cases among the Pakistani cricket team in MIQ in Christchurch.
Fruit growers 'doing their best' to hire NZ workers
Otago growers rubbish claims they're turning down locals for cheap foreign labour.
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Editorial: Drug testing at festivals a victory for pragmatism
Editorial: It may be hard to swallow, but what point is the moral high ground?
Auckland residents oppose fast-track supermarket plans
The planned supermarket is six times bigger than allowed for in the Unitary Plan.
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Beehive Diaries: Nats joined at hip, David Scrooge Seymour takes on Santa
Not everybody was happy with the PM's exemption for Santa to come to New Zealand
Bitter pill: Drug testing law too late for this summer
A drug-checking group says new legislation is too late to help young people this year.
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With a match 14 days away and no training, will the Pakistan cricketers get good news?
NZ's Covid strategy saved 2000 Kiwi lives, new research reveals
But the study finds that NZ could have done a lot better on the economic front.
Covid-19: Criteria for urgent travel to NZ widened; 75 MIQ beds a week free
Criteria loosened for urgent travel to NZ - but the bar is still 'extremely high'
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Warning NZ tourism industry may never recover
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