Te Atatu rest home residents reportedly tested for coronavirus yesterday.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the 15 new cases are made up of six confirmed cases and nine probable cases. Twelve people are in hospital, three are in ICU and two are in a critical condition.

Steven Joyce says we won't understand huge lockdown damage until later.

Media company reveals staff have contracted coronavirus.

There are 20 new coronavirus cases in New Zealand as PM Jacinda Ardern reveals all Government ministers and public sector chief executives will take a 20 per cent pay cut.

'I have to act now because several aged care facilities now have clusters of the disease.'

Patients are staying away from NZ hospitals, raising fears that lives could be lost.

There are four further deaths linked to Covid-19 and Director General Health Ashley Bloomfield says it is a "sobering reminder" of what's at stake in the fight against the pandemic.

The DHBs say none of the eight is thought to have caught the virus at work.

A young Kiwi isn't letting the coronavirus slow him down as he buys his fourth property.

There have been two more deaths related to Covid-19 in New Zealand. Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay reported 29 new cases today and said 422 people with Covid-19 have recovered.

New Zealand has recorded its second coronavirus-related death. The death was of a woman in her 90s, who died in Burwood Hospital in Christchurch.

An elderly man contracts virus two weeks after nurse tested positive at his rest home.

Focus: A look back at the country's second week of national lockdown with promising developments as new case numbers fall.

There are 29 new cases of Covid-19 since yesterday and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealanders have saved lives by staying at home over the past fortnight.

One supplier is bringing 500 tonnes of PPE to New Zealand on five chartered flights.

Kiwis have flooded health advice lines asking if they've got Covid-19 and seeking help.

The hospital should never have carried out the surgery as it wasn't properly equipped.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government cannot afford massive disruption to the health case system. "He broke the rules, and he needs to pay a price."

Bloomfield said the definition of "coronavirus elimination" was getting down to a small number of cases that can be stamped out with rapid identification, isolation and contact-tracing.

PM Jacinda Ardern said the four week lockdown allowed health authorities to see where the spread had happened but should have stopped further transmissions. It would be four weeks minimum, she said.

New Zealand has 67 new cases of Covid-19 - bringing the total number of cases to 1106. There are 13 people in hospital including three in ICU, one of whom is critical.

Dr David Hepburn from Royal Gwent Hospital explains how a person can die from coronavirus. Video / Channel 4 News

There are 89 new cases of coronavirus in New Zealand, Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says. It brings the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 1039.

Cheating rules, new couples forced into lockdown together and home honeymoons.

Too many people were coming from outside West Auckland to buy spirits, trust says.

Mysterious disappearance of hit social media sign triggers investigation.

Aucklanders tempted to flout lockdown laws were met with heavy police presence.

It's official: Swimming, surfing and hunting are illegal during the lockdown.

A man has claimed he was only pranking shoppers, after coughing and sneezing on them.