On social media, UK drum and bass artist Dimension told followers he had tested positive for the Omicron variant while in New Zealand.
The Cancer Society had to stop taking street donations in Auckland in 2020, and nationwide in 2021.
No region will be moving to Green, the least restrictive setting of the traffic light system.
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Items of Jan-Marie Burton's clothing were located on Kinloch Beach.
While formal identification has not yet taken place, police say they believe it to be the missing man.
The Covid-19 Response Minister is set to address the media on Thursday morning.
The number includes those who had been at an Auckland CBD nightclub when he was, those who had dinner with him, and the housemates he was in isolation with on Waiheke Island.
The ministry is describing the crew member as the second border-related case who has been in the community.
The Black Caps legend will bow out of the international game at the end of the summer after a magnificent 16-year career.
The British drum and bass artist revealed he was the country's first Omicron case active in the community on Wednesday.
Forty-four people are in hospital with the virus.
Emergency services were called to Cantabria Lifecare just after 9.30pm on Wednesday.
A 20-year-old man and 26-year-old woman have been arrested after the robbery of the SuperValue Flagstaff.
The Ministry of Health initially said the results for a fourth person who was staying with the British musician hadn't been returned, but they have since corrected that to say the fourth case was the DJ himself.
The summer setting for the standup, with a soundtrack of birds and cicadas and children frolicking on a nearby playground, set Twitter alight.
The incident in Tawa’s Lyndhurst Rd was reported to police at 2.20pm on Thursday.
Jylesza Needham, 29, had left Nelson on Wednesday morning, driving towards Christchurch.
Needing eight runs off nine balls with five wickets in hand, the Hinds somehow managed to fall short of the target.
Hawke's Bay DHB's Dr Nick Jones says all known close contacts of the case had been identified, were isolating and being tested.
Taylor said he was proud of his long Test career that he thought would be over before it begun.
Freestyle skiing brothers Nico and Miguel Porteous, and snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott have caught the virus overseas.
Three units were affected and one person was treated for smoke inhalation.
Two Omicron cases have been active in Auckland's community - a DJ and an Air New Zealand crew member.
