Sixty-six patients at Middlemore Hospital have been potentially exposed to Covid-19 after two patients with the virus presented last night.

There was a significant drop of community cases, more subclusters form in Auckland, and migrant workers will be able to apply for fast-track residency.

Psychologists say there's emerging evidence of long-term and in some cases 'severe' effects from time spent in MIQ.

The missing King Country family that were found safe and well today had been living in a tent in dense bush, police have revealed this afternoon. Watch this afternoon's update from police here.

Analysis - Even after experiencing some of the highest-priced US property markets, I was taken aback by house conditions and prices in New Zealand, writes [Timothy Welch].

New Zealand will welcome five times its usual number of new residents by the end of next year in what the government describes as the "biggest immigration decision in living memory".

Medsafe has recorded the death of a 17-year-old following their first Covid-19 vaccine but it believes the dose was not a factor.

Another benefit sanction is on the scrap heap, but advocates are questioning how long it's taking for the government to make good on its promise to overhaul the welfare system.

After being highlighted as known Covid-19 hotspots with known clusters and unlinked cases, how many people are actually getting tested in Auckland's seven "suburbs of interest?"

ACC is struggling to clear a month-long backlog of work, with some tasks more than seven months overdue, the organisation has told MPs.

The small settlement of Ohai sprang up around large coal deposits discovered in the 1910s, but the coal mine is closing today.

A man allegedly pointed firearms at police and the public multiple times before being shot by officers this morning, the police say.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government still has "broad control" of the Covid-19 Delta outbreak in Auckland. Watch the latest government briefing here.

One of today's 19 new community cases of Covid-19 is outside Auckland, with a student in northern Hauraki testing positive. See how the day's Covid-19 news developed with RNZ's blog.

Health authorities are accused of failing to help of thousands of disabled people who can't easily travel but need access to the Covid-19 vaccine.

Wellington City Council is floating the idea of a 'plan B' reform to its Three Waters systems ahead of Government consultation.

Trans-Tasman Resources has lost its Supreme Court bid to overturn a decision preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of ironsands off the coast of South Taranaki.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says they're expecting another 30 or so cases in the coming days from day five and day 12 testing.