There are 35 new cases of COVID-19 in the community today as Cabinet is set to review the alert level settings this afternoon.

The woman, who was the only person in the car, drove north through the checkpoint at about 12:50am on Sunday and travelled at “excessive speed”, police say.

Hawke’s Bay police are investigating an assault in Flaxmere where a man received stab wounds to his back and neck

The Ministry of Health has announced 60 new community cases of Covid-19 today – 56 in Auckland, three in Waikato and the one in Bay of Plenty announced last night.

There have been 34 new community cases reported in New Zealand today, with no cases yet reported in Northland after the region moved into alert level 3 overnight.

There are 44  new community cases of COVID-19 today – 41 are in Auckland and three are in Waikato.

There are 29 COVID cases in the community today, including five in Waikato – prompting the current boundary to be extended to the south from 11.59pm tonight.

There have been 39 new cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand today, including nine in Waikato, although just one is unlinked to other cases.

There are 24 new COVID-19 cases in the community today, 18 of which are in Auckland.

There are 29 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today as the Cabinet prepares to decide on alert levels.

There have been 33 new community cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand today, with 18 still to be linked to earlier cases.

Air New Zealand is introducing a ‘no jab, no fly’ policy for international travellers, starting in February next year.