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National Party leader Simon Bridges has defended his social media post that copped backlash for criticising the government after the lockdown extension. Audio

The Ministry of Health's Māori Covid-19 response plan, which has taken almost four weeks to be released, has been criticised for its lack of detail.

Another person in French Polynesia has tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the tally to 56.

New Zealanders largely welcomed the government's decision to move to level 3 next week, but there has been some criticism of extending level 4 until then. Video

New Zealand's Covid-19 transmission rates have stayed low, and the country has been given a week's notice to prepare to move out of the level 4 lockdown.

The Health Ministry has been consulting with the GCSB over tracing people as it works to get its Covid-19 systems up to speed.

The day before a decision on whether the country will move down to alert level 3, nine new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in New Zealand.

A New Zealand doctor monitoring 2000 people for Covid-19 says the research could hold clues to developing a vaccine.

Covid-19 contact-tracing apps will be rolled out in Australia and Europe in the next two to four weeks, officials say.

More than 2 million people have been reported to be infected by Covid-19 globally, US governors issued orders to wear masks, and Australian researchers expect to roll out testing of raw sewage.

There appear to be gaps in the government's data on Covid-19 that must be filled before a decision is made on reducing the lockdown level, two top advisors say.

The protest camp at Ōwairaka has been removed because it breached the alert level 4 lockdown rules.

New Zealand should move out of alert level 4 next week, but with a safety-first system, the National Party leader says. Audio

With just a week to go before a decision is made on lifting lockdown, District Health Boards are being told to hurry up and ramp up their testing. Audio

New Zealand may be "close" to eliminating Covid-19 transmission but more detailed information is needed to be sure, epidemiologist Michael Baker says. Audio

A Defence Force plane has brought 39 New Zealanders back home from Vanuatu after islands in the Pacific nation were devastated by Cyclone Harold last week.

Tens of thousands of people in Fiji will mark the Easter holiday weekend without electricity because power supply to almost 80 percent of homes in the country is yet to be restored.

The UK and New York have recorded their highest daily rise in the number of deaths, while China looks at managing 'silent carriers', and a study reports that cats can be infected.

Restrictions on access through Papua New Guinea's borders have tightened under the extended State of Emergency.

The prime minister has announced that from midnight tonight every person arriving in New Zealand will have to go into compulsory quarantine. Video

The East Coast has only one confirmed case of Covid 19, but a local doctor says more testing is needed to see if that's the true picture. Audio