Dr Ashley Bloomfield says a woman in her 20s in the family travelled to Rotorua on Saturday while she was symptomatic.

The South Auckland family who tested positive to Covid-19 yesterday in New Zealand’s first instance of community transmission in over 100 days have connections across Auckland.

Suggesting elderly Australians should be sacrificed to coronavirus is “amoral and hideous”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared this as Victoria records its deadliest day of the pandemic.

A trial of a Covid card has been confirmed today, as the New Zealand Government looks for ways to effectively contact trace.

A Hamilton family whose two young boys were killed when a trucker who had been at the wheel too long rear-ended their car, accuses agencies of failing to fight for justice or protect road safety.

Highlanders management say they are investigating claims players wreaked havoc during a wild night in Queenstown.

A third person has escaped managed isolation.

The government says there will be a permanent police presence at every managed isolation and quarantine facility in New Zealand from today, following this week’s breach in central Auckland.

Health Minister David Clark has resigned from the role, having narrowly avoided being sacked during lockdown.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has placed the ball firmly in Australia’s court for the creation of a trans-Tasman bubble.

New Zealand currently has 20 active Covid-19 cases, all in managed isolation or quarantine.

New Zealand has four new cases of COVID-19 – all involving people tested in managed isolation facilities who recently returned from overseas.