Three are in Northland, eight in Waikato, one in Whanganui, one in Canterbury and the rest in Auckland.

There are 77 people in hospital -- seven in ICU.

We continue to close in on the 90 percent Covid-19 vaccination milestone -- with 88 percent of the total eligible population nationwide now fully vaccinated.

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Simon Cowell has "learned to take every day as it is" following the death of 'America's Got Talent' contestant Nolan Neal Seals 19:49

Law and Order:
An ongoing search for a 60-year-old man missing in the Waikanae area since yesterday 19:29

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