Testing increases after 2 Covid cases discovered in Waikato

Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Huntly, Nga-rua-wahia and Taupiri are now in Alert Level 3 after two cases were reported yesterday with no known links to the Auckland outbreak. The two new cases, who are known to each other, were detected in Raglan and Hamilton East. Our reporter Katie Todd travelled from Auckland to Hamilton yesterday after being granted an exemption as an essential worker.