A restaurant owner was about to open a second branch when NZ was plunged back into lockdown. The same thing happened when he opened his first restaurant last year.

Of the reports, 322 were about a gathering, 320 about a business and 42 about an individual, and seven people have been charged.

There are trampers on Stewart Island tracks who are unaware of the nationwide lockdown, the island’s police officer says.

With restaurants and cafes closed services are picking up unwanted food to redistribute it to crisis centres, students and families.

The family of south Auckland woman Nasima has "lost hope" hiding in Kabul. The Defence Force should pick them up too, Golriz Ghahraman says.

Billy Te Kahika and Vinny Eastwood are charged with organising and attending a gathering which is in breach of the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act.

Teenager caught driving at 160kmh on Kāpiti Coast on first day of lockdown.

While some are asked to come in to work, others say they've been told to take annual leave during lockdown. Neither is legal.

Exams have been postponed and a pop-up testing centre is being set up as more Covid-19 cases are diagnosed.

Takeaway food cannot be delivered under level 4 restrictions, but alcohol can - and one company says demand for its service has surged across New Zealand.

Health officials are searching for the "missing link" between a returnee from NSW and the latest cases, but can't rule out other possibilities.

All staff and students at the schools are considered close contacts, according to emails sent to parents.

Pupil at Auckland's Northcote College was at school for two days while infectious with Covid-19, parents told, while a student at Lynfield College has also tested positive.

Napier waterway has 53 times more zinc than one of world's most polluted.

Dairy and service station owners are asking for more police support and priority for Covid-19 vaccinations as they are again deemed essential businesses.

One food bank had to cut off registration hours after opening because demand for food parcels was so high.

Dress Smart mall, a children's playground and a west Auckland community centre are all new locations of interest.

Ted is just as busy as all of us during New Zealand's second level 4 lockdown.

From the lives and loves of the Crawleys and Fishers, to a second-hand bookstore comedy and a Baltmore-set drama, this is TV worth getting lost in.

From another magical nanny to a music-loving kikajou and a one-legged surfer, these are all tales to enthral and delight at this difficult time.