Delta is here and New Zealand now has 10 cases of the variant, with up to 120 more expected. Growing locations of interest include a school, a lecture theatre, a church and a casino. And Billy TK gets arrested.

Down Lambton Quay, chirping birds could be heard loudly in the trees - not drowned out by vehicles or people. For the first time in 15 months, Wellington woke up to a lockdown this morning.

More locations of interest connected to the latest cases of Covid-19 have been revealed, with the Director General of Health warning there will be a large number as the cases were "out and about a lot".

Homeschooling resumed for hundreds of thousands of school children across Aotearoa today, with the return of alert level four.

Stuck at home with the kids? Wintery weather keeping everyone inside? A recipe for madness perhaps? Well, don't let those walls close in around you help is at hand on the RNZ website.

More community cases have been announced today - including an AUT student and a woman with a link to the border - as Aotearoa's fight against the Delta variant continues. See how the day unfolded with RNZ's blog.

It's been more than a year since a community case was confirmed in the South Island - but it has joined the rest of the nation at alert level 4.

Former Public Party leader Billy Te Kahika has been taken away by five police officers at a protest in central Auckland.

Detective Inspector Scott Beard said police wouldn't reveal specifics from the post mortem, but it had caused further concerns for the welfare and health of the baby's mother.

The country is in alert level four, but the Covid-19 vaccination programme is continuing, the government has confirmed today.

The number of people infected with the Delta variant could grow to 120 before the outbreak is brought under control, according to expert estimates.

The Delta variant is now here in the community and New Zealand is again going hard and early. Here's what you can do to keep yourself, your family and community safe.

Now that we know Covid-19 is airborne, it's important not to socialise in person, even if you're 2 metres apart, says microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles.

Disappointed Ngāpuhi volunteers say a "terrible" number of vehicles arrived in Northland overnight with recreational gear.

Reduced electricity demand under lockdown is buying Transpower time to fix a crucial power line that fell across State Highway 7 in North Canterbury yesterday, leading to grid emergency notice being issued.

The pair were sitting on a park bench in Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, when the car hit them. They have moderate to serious injuries and the driver is in custody.

There's been considerable pushback over the Coromandel Mayor saying she had not been scanning in using the Covid-19 tracer app.

The government is making it mandatory for people to wear masks while they are visiting essential services, including supermarkets and petrol stations. Watch the latest briefing here.