Auckland to move down an alert level, 22 new community cases, the new MIQ booking system, the Waikato situation, the Māori King endorses the vaccines, and gang associates nabbed with a car load of KFC crossing the Tāmaki Makaurau border.

Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

A prisoner who tested positive for Covid-19 was likely infected by someone who transported him to an address in the Waikato, the Director-General of Health says.

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An employment advocate has told the High Court the mandatory vaccination order made under the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act was unlawful and went over and above what the Act ever intended.

Police have arrested two gang associates they say were trying to get past Auckland's border on a back road, with a large quantity of cash and KFC.

There has been disappointment and frustration for the 22,000 New Zealanders trying to get home through the MIQ system who missed out on places this morning.

Part of northern Waikato has been issued a section 70 order, requiring people who live or work there to stay at home.

An unlucky godwit halfway through his migration from Alaska to New Zealand has turned back after hitting strong winds over the Pacific Ocean.

The Ministry of Health says 17 of today's 22 new community cases have been epidemiologically linked.

Justice Grace, 21, of Waitara, died in Waikato Hospital on Sunday. He had crashed his car while fleeing police on 9 September.

New Zealand director Jessica Hobbs has won an Emmy award for The Crown.

At least one state housing project has been delayed by the squeeze on the construction industry supply chain.

An Auckland single mum has to work two jobs to support her family after losing $200,000 to scammers posing as Chinese officials.

Phil Goff wants the region shifted down to alert level 3 this week, and says the cost to stay at level 4 is too high.

A shortage of property listings is pushing desperate buyers to consider defective houses with works that are not consented.

Waikato District Mayor Allan Sanson is furious a Mt Eden prisoner was bailed outside Auckland to the area where cases of Covid-19 have now been discovered.

Supermarkets have been stocking up and South Island construction companies are bracing for even more shortages with two Interislander ferries out from today.