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Focus Live: 13 new Covid-19 cases in the community

September 9 2021 There are 13 new Covid-19 cases in the community today. Spain is sending 250,000 Covid jabs to New Zealand - enabling this country to keep up record levels of vaccinations.

Focus Live: 15 new Covid-19 community cases

September 8 2021 There are 15 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today. There are 37 people in hospital, including six in ICU or HDU.

Focus Live: 21 new Covid-19 community cases

September 7 2021 There are 21 new Covid-19 community cases today and are all in Auckland. The Government is finalising arrangements to provide additional supply of Pfizer vaccine doses.

Focus Live: NZ outside of Auckland moves to level 2 at midnight on Tuesday

All of New Zealand - except for Auckland - will move to alert level 2 at 11.59pm on Tuesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

Focus Live: 20 new Covid-19 community cases, all are in Auckland

There are 20 new Covid cases in the community - the lockdown is slowing the outbreak, says Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

Supermarket attack: Seven innocent people injured, three still critical

September 4 2021 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said seven people were injured in the terror attack at an Auckland supermarket yesterday and three people are still in a critical condition.

Supermarket terror attack: 'Isis-inspired lone wolf' dead after stabbing six people

September 3 2021 The man who stabbed six innocent supermarket shoppers in a terrorist attack - before being shot dead by police - was an "Isis-inspired known threat" who was under constant police surveillance, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Video: NZ Herald / Supplied

Focus Live: 28 new Covid-19 community cases

There are 28 new community cases of Covid-19 today - 27 in Auckland and one in Wellington, Director of Public Health Caroline McElnay has confirmed.

Focus Live: Man with Covid-19 escapes MIQ

September 2 2021 A man with Covid-19 who escaped the new MIQ facility in Ellerslie took off in the middle of the night - but police were not alerted until 10.30am.

Covid-19: Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg on what the future might look like

Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg on eliminating Covid-19, uncertainty and what the future might look like.

Focus Live: Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg answers questions from MPs

Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg answers Covid-19 questions from MPs

Focus Live: 68 new Covid-19 community cases - 277 in total

There are 68 new Delta cases in New Zealand today, bringing the overall total of the Covid outbreak to 277 people. 263 are in Auckland and 14 are in Wellington.

Focus Live: Police Commissioner Andrew Coster briefs MPs on Delta lockdown

Police Minister Poto Williams and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster are briefing MPs this morning on the police enforcement of the Covid-19 Delta outbreak.

Focus Live: 62 new Covid-19 community cases, 210 in total

August 25 2021 There are 62 new Covid-19 cases in the community today. Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the total number of cases in the outbreak has now hit 210. There are 12 people in hospital with Covid-19.

Focus Live: Chris Hipkins and Dr Ashley Bloomfield front questions on Government response

24 August 2021 Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield says the Health Ministry was never against increasing surge capacity for contact-tracing, despite it being explicitly mentioned in an independent review of the February outbreak.

Focus Live: 41 new Covid-19 community cases, 148 in total

24 August 2021 There are 41 new Covid-19 cases in the community today, bringing the total since the outbreak began to 148.

Focus Live: Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Delta economic impact

Finance Minister Grant Robertson told the Finance and Expenditure committee that the economy was well-positioned to deal with the Delta outbreak and the lockdowns.

Focus Live: First Kiwis evacuated from Kabul arriving home today

The first group of New Zealand citizens, their families and "other visa holders" evacuated from Afghanistan will arrive in New Zealand this afternoon.