The current cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand have been linked to a traveller who arrived from Australia and was taken to Middlemore Hospital earlier this week. Watch the latest update from the government here.
Cabinet have granted approval for 12-15-year-olds to be administered the Pfizer vaccine and they will be able to receive their vaccination at the same time as their parent or caregiver.
Auckland s backdated Covid-19 exposure sites worryingly show the virus has been circulating in the country for more than two weeks as the city records 11 new cases.