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The Covid-19 Response Minister is rejecting suggestions Auckland's border is too easy to flout, after two women travelled to Northland and have since tested positive. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says vaccination helps protect vulnerable people and children and to "get back to a life that feels a little more normal". Video

Police are still turning vehicles away from Covid-19 border checkpoints despite being weeks into alert level 3 boundary settings in Auckland.

A 34-year-old man has been charged following the search for a man and his children in Marokopa last month.

Health officials still need to know whether the women who travelled in Northland were infectious while they were there, Director-General of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. Audio

Auckland will remain in alert level 3, step 1, for at least one more week while Waikato and Northland will stay in level 3 until 11.59pm on Thursday. Video

Mandatory vaccinations have been introduced for health and education workers as 35 new community cases are reported and the government confirms there will be no immediate changes to alert levels.

Authorities have now contacted a woman who travelled in Northland with a woman who later tested positive for Covid-19, but they still don't know her location.

Northland will move to Alert Level 3 restrictions from 11:59pm tonight, after the case who travelled into the region was uncooperative with contact tracing efforts. Watch the Covid-19 Response…

Two men accused of killing Te Kuiti man, Anthony Bell, in Ōtorohanga on Saturday night have appeared in court.

A health expert who will front a Waikato Mongrel Mob vaccination event next week says there is a duty of care to help inform all New Zealanders. Audio

People who missed out on one of the 165,000 residence visas are cursing their bad luck at not being on the right visa on the right day.

Three people have been arrested as part of an operation targeting the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine in the Waikato area.

Two men have been charged with the murder of Te Kuiti man Anthony Takrouna Bell, after a road rage attack in the main street of Ōtorohanga on Saturday.

The government has defended exemptions for gang leader to cross the Auckland boundary, while confirming a large number of gang members have been infected. Audio

New Covid-19 cases have emerged outside the alert level 3 border in Waikato, restrictions eased in Auckland and the government announced a national day of action for vaccinations.

A frustrated Clover Park resident says locals are continually breaching lockdown, but the police are not enforcing alert level 3 restrictions after multiple complaints.

Father of six Anthony Takrouna Bell, 34, of Te Kuiti, died in Ōtorohanga on Saturday night after an altercation, police say.

There were 29 new community cases reported on Monday and a further three confirmed in Waikato, meanwhile the prime minister is urging everyone to get vaccinated as restrictions begin to ease.

The man who died after a fight on the main street of Ōtorohanga on Saturday night was a father of six.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet will be looking to ease lower risk options in Auckland and the cases in the Waikato are not material to that decision. Audio

There are fears mystery Covid cases in Auckland and the Waikato could be the tip of an iceberg of undetected transmission. Audio

Power Play - There are too many unlinked cases and clusters popping up for Auckland to move out of alert level 3 for now, as the government ratchets up restrictions in parts of neighbouring Waikato.