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6:18 PM.Auckland teachers and principals are divided over whether to bring some of their Year 12 and 13 students back to class.

Some principals feel blindsided by the government's decision to let them reopen… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.With the election delayed MPs unexpectedly found themselves back at Parliament and National took full opportunity to challenge the government over border controls and testing.

Senior ministers… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.A First Security guard at a managed isolation facility has been suspended after a privacy breach at the weekend.

The guard, who was on shift at Auckland's Sheraton Four Points Hotel, sent a snapchat… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.The Democrats in the US have kicked off their National Convention, albeit online, as the party officially nominates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their candidates for the White House. Read more Audio

5:50 PM.A secure dementia facility tried to stop the Chief Ombudsman inspecting their operation during the covid lockdown, despite him having the legal right too.

The Ombudsman's office scrutinised six… Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has revealed a security guard posted an image on a private Snapchat group that contained the names, room numbers and arrival and departure dates of… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.While there were queues heading into Auckland today from the south, north of Auckland there were no queues at all.

We sent reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro to see how nearby towns… Read more Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Some residents in northern Waikato are being forced to break Covid-19 border restrictions in order to buy food at a supermarket.

The rural townships of Otaua and Aka Aka are surrounded in the south… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.New Zealand's pandemic response has been called out by none other than US president Donald Trump in a bizarre speech.

Speaking in Minnesota, the leader of the free world described the South Auckland… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.The government has backtracked on plans to urgently test every single person who had come into the Ports of Auckland for Covid-19.

Last week the Ministry of Health issued a mandatory testing order… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Authorities are scrambling to get to the bottom of a new case of Covid-19, that's not connected to the known cluster in Auckland.

A maintenance worker at at the Rydges Hotel managed isolation… Read more Video, Audio

6:21 PM.Most campaigners are breathing a sigh of relief that the election has been delayed another month, giving them precious time to change more minds.

The two referendum topics have been subject to much… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.A Pacific community leader believes fear about the origin and size of the latest coronavirus outbreak is driving social media vitriol and finger-pointing.

And the chairman of Netsafe is warning… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.The Electoral Commission's chief electoral officer has the ability to delay the election day in one region if it is deemed unsafe to vote.

On Monday morning Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern postponed… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.The government has revealed its latest financial measures to lessen the economic fall-out under this second wave of Covid-19 under alert levels 2 and 3.

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Voters across the country have largely welcomed the new October election date, saying the delay was inevitable.

The Prime Minister announced the change less than a week after raising the Covid-19… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.In Australia, Victoria has recorded its biggest one-day increase in Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began.

Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed 282 new infections overnight and 25 deaths - more than… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.A decision late on Monday by the government will give school principals the option of allowing Year 12 and 13 students back to school early for face to face learning during alert level 3.

Auckland… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:31 PM.The midnight deadline to have all those thousands of ports staff tested has been abandoned as health authorities struggle to get through everyone.

Around 12,000 people are expected to be screened at… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.The Director-General of Health insists there's been no testing failure for staff dealing with arrivals at the border and in quarantine facilities.

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 today in the… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.After scenes of crowded parks and public areas in Auckland over the weekend, Police Assistant Commissioner Richard Chambers has told Checkpoint issuing fines could be a possibility.

He says police… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Waiheke locals are bemoaning the presence of Auckland day-trippers to the popular Hauraki Gulf island.

It follows reports some non-residents travelled to the island over the weekend and hired… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.The election countdown clock has been reset, with the Prime Minister pushing back polling day by four weeks to October 17, due to latest outbreak of Covid-19.

Jacinda Ardern has been under increasing… Read more Video, Audio