Level 2 in sight: The clues that will help get Auckland out of lockdown
Ministers decided against ending Auckland's lockdown early, but optimism remains
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Grant Robertson: $14b untouched - lockdown hasn't changed fiscal outlook
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Large crowds flocked to beaches and parks last weekend despite lockdown.
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Legal questions after Rydges Hotel worker in Auckland mysteriously contracted Covid-19.
Transmission Gully budget blowout: Govt asks for review
NZTA announces it will spend $200 million to keep spades in the ground.
Covid-19: Auckland wharf being used for exercise by people in isolation
During level 4 lockdown in April, people in isolation were going for walks in Auckland.
Watch: No early lockdown lift for Auckland - PM; 11 new Covid cases
Eight people with Covid are in hospital.
'Stay the course': Alert levels to remain in place
Restrictions in place until end of Wednesday but Cabinet will review them again on Monday.
Ardern hits back at Trump, comparing NZ's Covid response with US
The Prime Minister talks up our Covid response - and uses the US as a comparison.
Derek Cheng: Sorry, not sorry - why Nats are removing welcome mat for many overseas Kiwis
All parties, including the Govt, have rewritten their election policies to contain Covid
Derek Cheng: New mystery Covid case makes moving D-Day forward unlikely
A new unconnected case means moving D-Day forward is no longer on the cards
Editorial: Put Covid cool store, food safety messages on ice
"No evidence that food or the food chain is participating in transmission of this virus."
Auckland Airport boss: How to get moving again
Aviation businesses can provide answer on opening up - when it's safe.
St Luke's mall case thought to be linked to Auckland cluster now being re-investigated
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Public transport patronage plummets under alerts levels 2 and 3
Warning financial viability of public transport in jeopardy if patronage doesn't recover.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: National might force Labour to lift its border game
COMMENT: Hopefully this reminds Labour – and us voters – that we can and should do better.
New cluster now at 78 after 5 new cases; lift possible source of case
All new cases are related to the community cluster in Auckland.
Watch: National wants everyone entering NZ to test negative to Covid first
National wants more access to Covid testing, including mobile stations in city centres
Revealed: How the Nats say they would handle the border
A Covid Card could give contact-tracing a head-start in the event of a future outbreak.
NZ's lockdown unlawful for first 9 days - High Court
The order to stay at home in bubbles was unlawful for the first nine days.
Peters calls for new Border Protection Force after frontline testing blunders
The NZ First leader made the unusual move of announcing party policy in the House.
Covid-19: Why aren't we testing close contacts twice?
Experts question why close contacts are tested fewer times than returning travellers.
'I got bad advice': Disgraced soon-to-be former MP Hamish Walker breaks silence
Walker says he has 'moved on' from the saga that cost him his job
Six new cases - more defence staff called in; Govt to hire own hotel guards
There have been over 100,000 test results so far since the latest outbreak emerged.
Derek Cheng: What Govt says is happening v what Health Ministry is actually doing
The giant chasm between what the Govt says is happening and what the ministry is doing.
PM accused of 'verbal gymnastics' over border worker testing
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'Patently wrong' Don: PM shoots down Trump's NZ Covid claim
Jacinda Ardern has hit back at Donald Trump.
Covid-positive hotel worker with cough passed health check; 13 new cases today
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Collins intends to prove Ardern 'entirely wrong' in Parliament today
Collins and many of her National MPs are back in Parliament.
NZ's new normal - level 1.5? Ardern points finger in border debacle
Ashley Bloomfield seems to be pitching a pseudo level 1.5 – the Govt appears open to it.