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The Epidemic Response Committee is continuing this afternoon to examine the government's Immigration Amendment bill. Video

This year's Budget is just one staging post in the fight against and recovery from Covid-19, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says.

ExerciseNZ's chief executive told the Epidemic Response Committee 10-15 percent of gyms will close because of the pandemic and suggested how they could re-open.

A new mother who gave birth to her baby during lockdown told the Epidemic Response Committee her experience was traumatic.

A woman was told she had suffered a miscarriage while her husband sat in the Auckland Hospital carpark 'alone and helpless", the Epidemic Response Committee heard today.

After two days of no new cases being reported, today, a woman died from Covid-19 and more cases were confirmed. Here's today's developments.

The Epidemic Response Committee is to issue summonses to the Solicitor-General, the Director-General of Health, and the Police Commissioner seeking the legal advice for the lockdown.

A new mother who gave birth during lockdown has described her experience as traumatic to the Epidemic Response Committee today.

Ruth Dyson says she and other MPs proposed Māori voices to appear before the committee, but most were ignored by the committee chair, Simon Bridges.

Ruth Dyson says she and other MPs proposed Māori voices to appear before the committee, but most were ignored by the committee chair, Simon Bridges. Audio

National is pushing for struggling businesses to be offered GST cash refunds of up to $100,000 to salve the economic damage caused by Covid-19.

Māori health experts and industry leaders have largely been excluded from Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee meetings, leaving many feeling extremely frustrated and left out.

A transtasman bubble could eventually be extended to include Asian and Pacific countries that have been successful in fighting Covid-19, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says.

The first weekend in alert level 3 is here. House parties were one of the many breaches reported this week and the government is warning NZers to stick to their bubbles.

Community checkpoints have garnered support from councils, police and volunteers determined to keep their communities safe - but remain a polarising topic among some MPs.

Analysis - The PM is under pressure to move out of level 3, but as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to fall, it's becoming harder to keep her "team of five million" in line, writes Peter Wilson.

The National Party is on just 29 percent, while Labour is polling at 55 percent, according to the latest survey by Labour's pollster.