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With 14 days before the lockdown period is - for now - set to end, big questions remain about how the country is going to be able to stamp out flareups of Covid-19.

Solomon Islands police have withdrawn their patrol boat 'Gizo' from the search for 21 people still missing after being washed overboard in rough seas during Cyclone Harold on Friday.

Police and military guards could be used to monitor people returning from overseas under new rules to be announced today. Audio

Pacific governments are being advised to respond to the threat of another deadly virus in the region, African swine fever.

New Zealand says it is ready to assist Fiji and Vanuatu as Cyclone Harold continues to cause havoc across the two countries.

Vanuatu's political leaders are taking stock of the damage from Cyclone Harold amid protracted negotiations over the formation of government.

It's the question on everyone's mind - so RNZ asked experts how and when the level 4 restrictions might be lifted.

On a day when the number of Covid-19 cases in NZ decreased for the first time, the Health Minister offered to resign and the UK Prime Minister spent the night in intensive care.

A public health researcher says the government needs to step up Covid-19 testing and introduce electronic surveillance of international arrivals. Audio

Electronic bracelets should be strongly considered for travellers arriving from overseas, prominent scientist Nick Wilson says.

Today, at least one rest home has been hit, essential workers and those made redundant are finding it tough, and app-based tracing is being explored.

The PM does not want NZ to be at level four for "a minute longer than needed", but says there is no plan to lift it earlier than the planned four weeks. Watch the latest media conference here. Video

Deadly force should be used against anyone illegally crossing into Papua New Guinea from Indonesia, the governor of East Sepik province says.

The total number of cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand has risen to 708, with 61 confirmed and probable cases in the past 24 hours. Watch the latest update here. Video

Samoa still has no positive Covid-19 cases, after tests sent away returned negative results.

There have been 76 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in New Zealand, with 12 people now in hospital. Watch the latest update here. Video

National’s Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi was New Zealand’s first Indian and Sikh MP. He reflects on his 12 years in Parliament.

PNG's prime minister says people who came in to close contact with the country's only confirmed case of Covid-19 have returned negative tests for the virus.

Getting within a metre of another person at a restaurant or a shopping queue in Singapore can now land you in prison under some of the toughest punishments seen worldwide to implement social…

Papua New Guinea's government says the biggest issue it's facing now in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic is a lack of testing.

Mexicans on Wednesday feared measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak would lead to widespread looting .