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The ACT Party says the closure of a large strawberry farm in Auckland reflects the government's failure to protect the horticulture industry.

In today's sports news - Youth Netball World Cup cancelled, Rebels beat Waratahs and Brown leads NZ Strokeplay champs.

New Zealand should not take in more travellers from high risk countries and should consider closing some of its managed isolation facilities, a leading epidemiologist says. Audio

Tourism firms and business groups want the government to get on and rubber stamp a travel bubble with Australia. Audio

Auckland University of Technology has denied claims that the Pacific Media Centre is being dumped or sidelined.

PNG reports five more Covid-19 deaths, two people die as dozens break out of a PNG jail, Banabans seek heavenly help to ease drought and Kiribati extends border closure.

Spectators watching the America's Cup have filled some Auckland waterfront hotels this weekend, as hoteliers call for an end to the council's bed tax.

China offers help with Samoan bodies awaiting autopsies, Tongan repatriation flight just carries cargo, Samoa's polling date is confirmed and there's another round of funding for Pasifika education in…

Industry leaders have welcomed the decision to move Auckland to alert level 2 and the rest of the country to level one on Sunday at 6am.

Someone broke the rules to put Auckland in Level 3 and there has been a clamour for punishment. But the situation isn't black and white. Is our covid messaging still appropriate? 

When the quake struck, Susan Selway's husband Richard was on a plane from Auckland to Christchurch. They had to turn back. Once they landed, passengers watched news coverage in the airport.

Universities are missing hundreds of millions in student fees this year because they are expecting less than half the normal number of international students.

Diplomat looks to Honiara for guidance on Bougainville border issue; three more Covid-19 related deaths in French Polynesia; Cooks flight resumption approved

The prime minister has given her assurance the government will consider helping businesses should Auckland's three-day level 3 lockdown be extended, the city's mayor says. Audio

Genomic sequencing of the latest Covid-19 community cases in Auckland show they are the UK variant of the virus. Audio

A two-year rāhui on the waters around Waiheke Island - a bid to stop populations of four species of kaimoana from collapsing - is being put in place this weekend.

There are two new possible cases of Covid-19, all close contacts of the Northland case have turned up negative, and community checkpoints will be set up. Audio

There are fears members of a Tongan church in Auckland at the centre of a residency scam are afraid to file a complaint in case they are deported.

French Polynesia rolling out Covid-19 vaccine, ni-Vanuatu students remain stranded in Israel, SLN woes in New Caledonia unresolved and more.