As Covid-19 continues to spread, NZers are being reminded to watch their racist attitudes towards any particular community. Catch up on all the big developments from day 8 of the latest Covid-19 lockdown.

The Aotearoa Afghan community says evacuees from Kabul will be traumatised and it's important they are given extensive support once they arrive and go into MIQ.

An online quiz that started as a way to keep friends and family entertained, has gone national - and is helping people overseas access Covid-19 vaccinations.

Exotic animals livestreaming from their habitats at the zoo, lockdown litters and makeshift WFH setups, here's some of the best social media content from day 8 of lockdown.

Some people are spending lockdown in the comfort of a campervan by the beach, and they are all allowed to.

Analysis - Law professor Claire Breen unpacks what rights children and parents hold in the Covid-19 vaccination process.

Vaccine and test numbers are continuing to rise to New Zealand, but so are cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant. See how the day's events unfolded with RNZ's live blog.

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has not upheld a complaint about a 95bFM promo including a string of swear words it has used for 25 years.

More than 20,000 contacts in the Auckland outbreak have now been identified, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed.

In the immortal words of Mr Spock, 'It's life Jim, but not as we know it.' RNZ investigates some hacks for a more successful lockdown.

An Auckland school principal says some families cannot get to testing centres because they do not have a car.

Despite an offer from the local community to host a funeral for a baby girl who was found at an Auckland recycling facility, police say they can't release the body for burial at this stage.

Councillors voted 11 to 5 for the project to progress, and now will move for approval from key stakeholders before accessing parts of the $350 million and beginning construction.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says the majority of links between cases are in households or workplaces, and there are some cases that have been at a location of interest.

The Road Transport Forum says transport officials have told it that "small extensions" to lockdown are creating too much uncertainty to repeat exemptions.

More than 6500 court hearings have been postponed around the country due to alert level 4 restrictions and 59 jury trials have been pushed back.

Northland police are setting up three traffic checkpoints to stop and question motorists entering the region.

The number of MIQ rooms available for regular New Zealanders has been falling since earlier this year, as hundreds are empty at any one time due to a "cohorting" system.