Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is urging Aucklanders to support each other to follow lockdown rules as more details were revealed about how the latest cases are connected to earlier cases.

The government is being told to roll out clearer and smarter communications around the latest Covid-19 community outbreak, to make sure they are reaching into every corner, and culture of the country.

Manukau Institute of Technology is asking for kindness as a student who tested positive for Covid-19 faces cyber-bullying.

Auckland Transport is getting set to unveil the country's first hydrogen fuel cell bus this month as it moves towards an emission-free fleet by 2040.

Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult says he's in discussion with government departments about how the tourism-reliant region can be helped.

"I'm asking everyone ... to back and support one another and if that means calling a family member or colleague out for not following the rules then we should do that. Do it with kindness, but do it."

Mayors from the Far North to Southland are urging the government to set up a formal inquiry into the impact of New Zealand banks closing branches in provincial communities.

Port of Tauranga workers have started receiving their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine today.

The ripple effect of the latest Covid-19 alert level changes is being felt by event organisers today - many are scrambling to reschedule while others have been forced to can their event all together.

The owner of the Thirsty Whale, where a stray bullet from a nearby shootout injured a staff member, says the government is "delusional" about its efforts to quash gangs.

A man has handed himself into the police after a stabbing in Alexandra last week.

A person who was critically injured in an assault last month in Napier has died.

When the quake struck, Susan Selway's husband Richard was on a plane from Auckland to Christchurch. They had to turn back. Once they landed, passengers watched news coverage in the airport.

Two men were taken into police custody after a Napier shooting which left two people injured overnight.

Police want the public's help finding out who had a firearm before a fatal shooting in the Wellington suburb of Karori last year.

Firefighters have contained a bush fire north of Auckland, which led to homes being evacuated this afternoon.

Northland and Auckland are being warned to expect severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.

No new community cases and one new case in managed isolation have been reported by the Ministry of Health today.