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Fewer than 50,000 foreign students left in NZ
The figures show the impact of Covid-19 border restrictions.
Winston Peters maintains border breach led to NZ outbreak
New Zealand First leader stands by claims there is a border security issue.
No penalties: Tauranga port workers reassured amid Covid testing rush
The port estimates 6000 people have been onsite since July 21 and will need to be tested.
MBIE approves 33 to join family in isolation facilities
Exemptions are granted where public health risk can be strictly managed, MIQ says.
Health Minister faces increasing pressure over another major testing blunder
Chris Hipkins has accepted responsibility but stopped short of apologising for blunder.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Govt failed to prepare for return of Covid
COMMENT: This week we watched health authorities fail at virtually every task.
Editorial: Campaigning amid Covid means pared-back election drama
EDITORIAL: What could an election campaign look like during a lockdown?
Kerre McIvor: Covid-19 lockdown kills balanced discussion
Comment: When did we all get so binary and, in some cases, bats*** crazy?
Seven new Covid cases today - 6 linked to cluster, 1 being investigated
Hipkins said this morning the new cases all appear to be linked to the Auckland cluster.
Auckland quarantine hotel evacuated after fire alarm goes off
Questions were asked at the 1pm press conference about the evacuation.
Health Minister frustrated, disappointed by misleading border testing advice
Chris Hipkins says the level of testing of frontline border staff is not good enough.
Testing times: Auckland v rest of NZ - is this the day Covid silently crept in?
'We have got rid of Covid before, Ardern says, 'and we can do all of that again.'
Derek Cheng: Jacinda Ardern's consistent, safe approach - with wriggle room
Government must learn lessons as well as continue the good work in containing outbreak.
Watch: NZ to maintain current alert levels for 12 more days
There were 13 new community transmission cases announced this afternoon.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Will we comply with extended lockdown?
COMMENT: I'm not convinced how compliant Aucklanders will be this time around.
Watch: Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on lockdown extension: 'Do not panic buy'
Phil Goff says he's glad the city is not going into level 4.
Derek Cheng: Astonishing Govt failure to follow through on watertight border
The Government said it would do regular testing of asymptomatic border workers. In June.
Aussie health chief says NZ's virus strategy 'very dangerous'
The NZ Govt's decision to lift coronavirus restrictions has been criticised.
National board member resigns after using alter ego 'Merv' in talkback call
Roger Bridge had called to complain about his party's candidate selection process.
Sandeep Singh: PM caught between a rock and a hard place
COMMENT: Ardern needs a plan that is remarkably different from the first Covid-19 wave.
More Covid-19 testing for at-risk border staff, but is it enough?
Experts believe the outbreak is border or quarantine related, like in Victoria.
13 new Covid cases in community; Blunder enrages school
Ashley Bloomfield is revealing the results of another day of mass testing at 1pm today
Māori Party call for level 4 lockdown for all Māori and return of iwi checkpoints
The party's leadership also want borders to be fully closed for two weeks.
Level 4 lockdown 'not in frame' despite new cases: Hipkins
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will reveal if the lockdown will be extended at 5.30pm.
Covid spreads to North Shore: Pupil positive, Noel Leeming stores closed
A student at Auckland's Manukau Institute of Technology has also tested positive.
Derek Cheng: Jacinda Ardern won't ease restrictions if she wants to be cautious
It would be devastating to ease Auckland's lockdown lite and later be hit by new clusters.
Covid: Phil Goff flagged concerns of a second wave in the city
Phil Goff wanted to know from ministers about contingency plans for a second wave.
Kate MacNamara: When is the cost of lockdown too high?
COMMENT: The need to understand the Government's calculus is looming larger by the day.
Return of a Covid cluster - NZ to learn lockdown fate at 5.30pm Friday
Today's results reveal the first trends from mass testing.
Covid-19: Morgan says Govt could, and should, roll out txt service within days
PLUS: The tech bro's surprisingly hostile take on the Govt's trial of his Covid Card.
Winston Peters: National 'undermining democracy'
But Collins says Govt is 'pretty petty' for not yet providing National with a briefing.
Full lockdown or freedom in Auckland: PM, Bloomfield and Cabinet to decide
'We round up sheep, we don't round up people,' says health boss Ashley Bloomfield.
'Health first, politics second' – Peters open to election delay
The health of Kiwis is the priority, the NZ First leader says.