MPs from Labour were welcomed onto Te Tii Marae ahead of Waitangi Day commemorations on Saturday.
There was no further spread of Covid-19 in the community following last week’s scare linked to the Pullman Hotel.
There were four new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation.
A new political poll by Roy Morganhad support for the Labour Party at 47%, and the Greens at 11.5%.
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Auckland
One previously reported case has now recovered. The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 72. Our total number of confirmed cases is 1,951.
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,537,594.
On Monday, 2,302 tests were processed. The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 6,300 tests processed.
Update on border-related cases
All test results of close contacts of the border-related cases are negative.
Of the 349 people who departed the managed isolation facility at the Pullman Hotel between 9 January and 24 January, 347 have returned negative test results, and we are awaiting the results of two people.
These are encouraging results. We thank all of the returnees, staff and close contacts who have tested and self-isolated until they received a negative test result.