Jacinda Ardern launches Labour campaign with a $300 million jobs fund in front of a packed crowd of party faithful at the Auckland Town Hall. Video / Will Trafford

Labour Party kicks off its campaign for re-election today.

All Blacks hold a media conference

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Transport Minister Phil Twyford along with Mayor Phil Goff opened the third main rail line project at Onehunga’s Southdown terminal as part of a $1.1 billion spend. Video / Will Trafford

Dr Ashley Bloomfield will show Kiwis how to wear a mask safely.

As New Zealanders are urged to prepare for an imminent second wave of Covid-19, the country's top health official is demonstrating how to correctly use a face mask on social media this morning.

PM Jacinda Ardern thanked the Greens and New Zealand First – which chose Labour over National to be a partner in Government. National leader Judith Collins was less gentle. She said that Ardern was about to join Bill Rowling as a one-term Prime Minister.

Two thieves who tried to blow up an ATM machine at a Hamilton shopping mall were armed with seven pipe bombs and were caught on camera, police say.

Three more National MP's, Jian Yang, David Carter and Nicky Wagner, gave their valedictory speeches Wednesday evening with some using the opportunity to take a swipe at the media and opposition. Video / Parliament TV

Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet press conference

Defying expectations that is a fall from the March quarter's 4.2 per cent.

Housing Minister Megan Woods said the law to charge Kiwis returning to New Zealand has now passed all stages and the fees will come into force mid-August.

The answer was clear when reporters asked about Minister of Health Chris Hipkins and Dr Ashley Bloomfield's use of TikTok. Video / Mark Mitchell

Sacked Cabinet minister Iain Lees-Galloway used his valedictory speech to apologise while Dunedin South MP Claire Curran took aim at the media using politicians as ‘prey’. Video / Parliament TV

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said five previously reported cases are now recovered, meaning there are 22 active cases in managed isolation in the country.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's message to comedian who joked about March 15 terror attacks.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shed light on how the virus response will be maintained in the lead-up to the election.

Labour announces their party list for the election

National MPs Nikki Kaye and Amy Adams are among 13 National MPs leaving at the election, including Paula Bennett, Anne Tolley and those leaving after periods of trouble such as Hamish Walker.

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye bowed out of Parliament tonight, dropping the F-bomb in the process.

A 32-year-old man made it only 100 metres before being caught by police escaping his managed isolation at the Crowne Plaza hotel.

30 July 2020 Police and scientists have developed a handheld device for frontline officers to test for methamphetamine, MDMA and cocaine. Video / NZ Herald

There is one new Covid case today in managed isolation. The new case is a woman in her 20s who arrived from Ireland via Dubai on July 24.

Disgraced National MP Hamish Walker sent private Covid-19 details because his judgment was impaired after being called racist, an inquiry has found. Former National party president Michelle Boag sent the highly sensitive information to Walker in an attempt to help clear his name.

Paula Bennett, former Deputy Prime Minister, makes her final speech in Parliament today after 15 years.

Minister in charge of managed isolation Megan Woods reveals how much returnees will pay to stay in managed isolation. Video / Mark Mitchell

National would make it easier for people who have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 downturn easier to start their own business - with access to KiwiSaver and tax breaks, totaling at least $30,000.

As Qantas retires it’s last 747 ‘queen of the skies’ NZ Herald aviation writer Grant Bradley reveals what lies ahead for the aviation industry battling the coronavirus fallout. Video / Will Trafford

There is no evidence the person who tested positive for Covid-19 in South Korea after travelling from New Zealand was infected here, Health Minister Chris Hipkins says. Five household contacts of the person and are all well but are in self-isolation and will be tested today.