Aucklanders with symptoms are urged to get tested as the government signals other regions may soon move to level 2. Catch up on the latest Covid-19 news in today's summary.

Many people with cancer are having to wait too long to be diagnosed due to Covid-19 restrictions, a top specialist warns.

Terrorist Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was on the radar of authorities long before he walked into a New Lynn supermarket, picked up a knife and stabbed several shoppers, leaving some of them critically injured.

Case numbers might be falling, but the deputy PM says the government will not be relaxing restrictions until it is confident there are no unknown cases lurking in the community. Watch the latest media conference here.

There were 20 new community cases of Covid-19 reported today, according to the Ministry of Health.

One of the seven people injured in the terror attack at LynnMall on Friday has been released from hospital, while three are still in intensive care in a critical but stable condition.

The country has just had its warmest winter on record - beating the record set just last year.

The mother of the LynnMall attacker says he was brainwashed by neighbours from the Middle East.

Four people with Covid-19 in New Zealand are being ventilated, but the number of people in hospital with the coronavirus has dropped. Follow all the latest developments with RNZ's live blog.

A petition calling for Wānaka to become the centre of its own district council area has almost gained enough signatures to trigger a Local Government Commission investigation.

The playground slide in Frank Kitts Park on Wellington's waterfront is to be removed tomorrow for safety reasons.

Visa processing at what used to be New Zealand's largest immigration centre has closed.

Leaders at the centre of the Invercargill City Council's progress review were able to provide feedback on a draft report weeks before other councillors can see it.

The family of the terrorist who attacked shoppers in Auckland say they are heartbroken by the horrible act.

An intelligence expert is questioning why the Mental Health Act was not used to detain the LynnMall terrorist after he was released from jail.

Organisers of the Alexandra Blossom Festival are holding out hope their event can go ahead later this month.

The man responsible for Friday afternoon's terror attack in a west Auckland supermarket can now be named as Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen.

An elderly woman with Covid-19 has died, case numbers continue to fall and the nation is running short of building supplies.