People should be able to freely enter Auckland under alert level 3 lockdown, instead of waiting up to six hours just to get home, ACT leader David Seymour says.

The system should be prepared for people who won’t follow the rules, Act Party leader says.

A household contact of four previously confirmed cases - Cases I, J, K and L - has tested positive. But they were in quarantine while infectious.

"Case O" is described as a community case by the Health Ministry - but is already in quarantine, as a household contact of earlier cases. Meanwhile, people driving to Auckland are suffering in the heat in queues for as long as five hours.

The Phoenix have risen from the bottom of the A-League table after goals from their two starting strikers gave them a much-needed win over the Jets.

Te Puke supermarket owner John Gray could have been excused for feeling out of place when he found himself in the final of the men’s fours.

Last year he took a step back from the game. Now, he's earned his second Charles Tour win.

The national carrier says further cancellations this week are likely as demand drops.

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Ufuk Talay's side look to get back in the win column as they take on the improving Jets.

Records ripped apart at Basin Reserve as Firebirds achieve highest New Zealand List A score and both openers ton up on their way to elimination final spot.

Cook Islands officials have announced passengers from New Zealand will not be granted entry.

In two separate incidents in the Far North, one diver died while a second was found hours after going missing.

He's begun the season with two wins from two races but Supercars star Shane Van Gisbergen admits the category needs to find a way to spice up on-track action.

The Norco Factory professional had to wait 16 years to win his first New Zealand downhill title but he made it two in a row with a stunning display in Christchurch.

It's business as usual for outpatient appointments at Wellington hospitals, despite the move to alert level 2. But there are restrictions on visitors.

An Auckland tattoo studio which offered late night sessions for people to get inked before the Covid-19 lockdown says it did 300 tattoos by 4am.

Thousands of Aucklanders leaving the city before alert level 3 restrictions came into place are immensely frustrating, Dr Siouxsie Wiles says.

Woman offended against wants people to be wary of man; says what he did didn't break her.

Four families, more than a dozen people infected. This is how the Auckland cluster has evolved.