COMMENT: Walking 8000 steps a day could significantly reduce risk of dying prematurely.

Cases have levelled off in an early sign the lockdown appears to be working.

The 342-seat Air NZ charter jet has just taken off bound for Frankfurt.

Hardship for renters and landlords expected to get worse, property investors say.

There are 71 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. The 71 cases are made up of 49 new confirmed cases and 22 new probable cases. It brings the total to 868 cases in New Zealand since the pandemic began.

Columnist and GP Gary Payinda answers questions about looking after yourself.

There are 89 new cases of coronavirus in New Zealand - the most recorded in a single day so far, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says.

Ardern said the 61 new cases today seemed "heartening" on the face of it, but she said it was too early to say if the lockdown was slowing transmission. Transmission in the community prior to the lockdown may yet be "rearing its head".

There are 61 new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand. That makes a total of 708 confirmed and probable cases with 14 people in hospital.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is setting up a website for Kiwi to raise concerns about supermarket price rises during the coronavirus lockdown.

There are 76 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says. 63 have now recovered. There are 589 total cases now.

New Zealand has its first death linked to coronavirus. The death was a woman in her 70s in Greymouth Hospital early this morning. She tested positive for the virus on Friday morning.

There have been 83 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in New Zealand overnight. That brings the total number of cases to 451. 50 people have recovered but 12 people are in hospital.

New Zealand has another 85 new coronavirus cases today and one patient is now being treated in a hospital intensive care unit.

MOH looking into distributing masks to essential workers including supermarkets.

Airbnb wants to match medical workers tackling coronavirus with safe places to stay.

One nurse has been booted from her house and another barrred from the supermarket.

There are 78 new cases of Covid-19, including 73 confirmed cases and five new probable cases, Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says. The new cases bring the total number of confirmed or probable infections to 283.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has one simple message for Kiwis - "New Zealanders should act as if they have Covid-19" and stay at home. "Breaking the rules could kill someone close to you."

A state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand after 50 more coronavirus cases were confirmed today.

Settlements and house moving likely to be deferred but no official decision has been made.

The Government has announced a six-month mortgage holiday for those whose incomes have been affected by Covid-19.

There are 40 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in New Zealand today. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield told reporters there were also three new probable cases. There were 155 cases of confirmed and probable cases, and he said the daily tally would now include probable cases.

New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown will be managed by a leadership team of some of the country's top officials. That team is Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, Sarah Stuart-Black, Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management, Mike Bush, Commissioner of Police, and Dr Peter Crabtree.

Schools and non-essential services across New Zealand will be closed for the next four weeks after the Government put the country in lockdown to try to stop the spread of coronavirus.

New Zealand has 36 new confirmed cases of coronavirus today. This takes the total number of cases in this country to 102. Over half of them are directly linked to overseas travel - people who have returned to New Zealand recently.

New Zealand has 14 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 66. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says there are four probable cases.

Wedding Photographer Tim Kelly: I was exposed to COVID19 last week at a wedding here in NZ. Here are my thoughts on why we should be postponing any weddings in the next few weeks. Video / Tim Kelly

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has introduced an alert system as the country fights Covid-19.