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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has responded to the Prime Minister's decision to continue level three restrictions until Sunday night.

He says he's disappointed in the extensions of the Covid-19 level 3… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Warning: Story contains details some may find distressing.

The sentencing of the man who attacked two mosques in Christchurch began on Monday. Brenton Tarrant has pleaded guilty to 51 charges of… Video, Audio

Cabinet has decided on extending restrictions following the latest community outbreak of Covid-19.

Auckland will remain under level 3 restrictions for an extra four days, until midnight Sunday.

The… Video, Audio

Monday's announcement of a continuation of the level 3 lockdown has been met with trepidation by Auckland businesses - with many teetering on the brink of collapse.

The current restrictions -… Audio

After making wine around the globe, Grant Phelps was lured to Chile by the country's fifth richest man to run his winery. Eventually Grant branched out on his own to make his boutique wine in the… Audio

The third round of wage subsidies is leaving chain stores with Auckland branches out in the cold because of the devil in the qualifying detail according to Retail NZ.

Businesses that have or will… Audio

A key part of National's plan would be a requirement for people to show evidence of a negative Covid-19 test before flying to New Zealand.

So what do voters think of that? Checkpoint reporter Logan… Audio

National is promising a dedicated Border Protection Agency to oversee and manage Covid-19, and any public health threats at the border if the party is elected into government. Audio

Queenstown Lakes residents have slammed Aurora Energy plan's to hike power prices, calling the power company untrustworthy, unreliable and even incompetent.

The company has applied to the Commerce… Audio

Some Auckland schools have re-opened to Year 12 and 13 students today.

The Ministry of Education agreed to allow senior students back, as long as they stay in bubbles of 20 and observe social… Audio

Covid-19 has meant a hard landing for Auckland Airport with an after tax drop in profits of 63 percent for the year.

The pandemic has all but grounded the aviation industry, meaning the airport has… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Health officials have yet to confirm whether a third strain of the coronavirus could be circulating in the community, with two cases still under investigation.

The Director General of Health says… Audio

No negative Covid test, no entry, no exemptions and no excuses under the National Party announcement today, which would stop anyone coming into the country who had tested positive for Covid-19.

The… Audio

It has been revealed the maintenance worker at the Rydges Hotel isolation facility who contracted Covid 19 used a lift just minutes after a guest who later tested positive for the same strain.

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There has been a mass exodus from the Canterbury District Health Board with two more resignations from the executive team this morning, taking the total number to seven.

Dozens of masked health… Audio

Much of the country has had a good dumping of rainfall today.

Severe weather warnings were in place for Northland and Auckland as strong gales and rain lashed the regions.

Anneke Smith has more. Audio

The Attorney General says a High Court ruling that New Zealand's level 4 lockdown was unlawful for nine days, validates what it did in the early stages of the lockdown.

Lawyer Andrew Borrowdale had… Audio