All the updates from NZ's first morning at Alert Level 4, as they happened.
Officials race to find the source of the country's latest community Covid case.
The Aucklander with Covid-19 might’ve already been vaccinated had the roll-out been faster, National's leader says.
Commissioner Andrew Coster says he doesn’t expect to see compliance issues seen overseas play out locally.
New Zealand needs to “clean up” its Covid-19 rules to give it the best chance against the Delta variant, Dr Joel Rindelaub says.
Large queues of students formed outside liquor stores minutes before the midnight lockdown.
Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield held a 1pm briefing after a community case was detected yesterday.
Coromandel locals aren't taking any chances after a Covid-19-positive person visited the town.
It brings the total number of cases in this latest outbreak to seven.
Additional rules mean people must also wear them at bus terminals and in taxis.
Jacinda Ardern said a record 55,688 doses were distributed on Tuesday.
Dr Bloomfield said modelling suggested the outbreak could rise to between 50 and 120 cases.
The former political candidate helped organise a gathering of around 50 people before police arrived.
Nine cases have been linked to community cases and the remaining case, linked to the border.
Johnson was granted the release after securing a spot in NZ's MIQ system for himself and his family.
Auckland's list is now at almost 130 locations and/or times.
It comes after four cases were recorded this morning before a further two community cases were confirmed at this afternoon's briefing.
A quick look overseas proves it's needed.
The pyramid scheme was founded in the US, with claims more than $11 million is now owed to victims there, in Australia and NZ.
Having already hunkered down before the Paralympics, the shift to Level 4 did little to hit morale.
MediaWorks has confirmed Alex Nicholson will be leaving the company at the end of November.
The crew member tested positive after arriving in New Zealand on Sunday.
Michael Plank says the number of locations of interest mean community spread could increase rapidly.
Suo managed to make it back to Auckland by Wednesday night, but joked she should have stayed in the mountains.
