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Lifeline Aotearoa says calls and texts to its helpline have skyrocketed in the past 18 months - up 88 percent compared to 2019.

NSW has recorded 1007 locally acquired cases and 11 deaths while Victoria has recorded 847 cases and one further death.

After a false start involving some poor weather in Antarctica, the first lot of Scott Base summer staff have flown out of Christchurch today.

A marketing professor and ultra-marathon runner is running non-stop for 24 hours in Wellington to support the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation.

The new Phoenix women's football team will kick-off their W-League season on December 3rd in a double header with the men's team.

Aucklanders devoured burgers and coffees while reaching a vaccination milestone on day one of level 3 while a couple who allegedly fled to Wanaka during lockdown have been charged.

Buildings have been damaged but there are no reported serious injuries after an earthquake and several aftershocks in Victoria's north-east were felt across south-eastern Australia.

New Plymouth's vaccination centre threw out the appointment book and put on breakfast for anyone getting a jab between 7am and 9am.

Three earthquakes - including a magnitude 5.8 shake - have rattled Melbourne this morning with reports of damage in the city and across Victoria. See how today's events unfolded with RNZ's blog.

Claims of lockdown breaches are emerging from locals in the small south Auckland suburb of interest, Clover Park.

There were smiles all round in Manurewa this week as a new addition to the vaccination program was unveiled - a mobile vaccination bus cheerfully named Shot Cuz.

In today's sports news - Silver Ferns captain to miss second test, Reid leaving Hammers, Messi to miss PSG games and Australian cricketers score 25th straight win.

In an effort to boost vaccination rates the Taranaki District Health Board is adding a bit of sizzle to help make getting the vaccine a bit more appetising.

Three days of hearings begin in Greymouth tomorrow on a controversial proposal to mine the Barrytown Flats. Video

An Otago student is isolating after allegedly breaching lockdown by travelling from Auckland to Dunedin without an exemption.

There has been disappointment and frustration for the 22,000 New Zealanders trying to get home through the MIQ system who missed out on places this morning.

Justice Grace, 21, of Waitara, died in Waikato Hospital on Sunday. He had crashed his car while fleeing police on 9 September.

Fiji Police issued 196 public health infringement notices in the last 48 hours amid 240 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Australia claimed a bonus-point 30-17 win over South Africa in Brisbane on Saturday to puncture the Springboks' world champion aura again.

Thirty-one new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded on Fiji's remote island of Kadavu in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases there to 521.

Despite Covid-19 infections in the community since April this year, over 12,000 active cases, Fiji's Government is pressing ahead with its plan for quarantine-free travel with the world.

In today's sports news - Coll out of Egyptian Open, rookie to play Davis Cup tie and All Whites set to play in Qatar.

Border restrictions within Fiji's main island Viti Levu have been lifted but inter-island travel and the curfew will remain.