A truck driver who has travelled across the Auckland border tests positive for Covid-19, the first vaccination buses go on the road and gathering limits may increase under level 2 if Auckland moves down a level.

Searchers are focusing on the Marokopa coastline in the mission to find Thomas Phillips and his three young children, as photos of the missing family are released.

Auckland and Waikato can expect tempestuous weather tonight and MetService has put out a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the regions.

As Savage's DJ, Toko Manuel plays to thousands every summer, but mentoring South Auckland's next generation of hip-hop artists is what brings him the most satisfaction.

The Bay Plaza Hotel will no longer be used as a managed isolation facility from the end of the year.

The government wants 80 percent of Aucklanders to have had at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine within the week. See how the rest of the day's Covid-19 news unfolded with RNZ's live blog.

The events preceding the LynnMall stabbings will be investigated by three agencies in a coordinated formal review.

Police say the teenager at the centre of a homicide investigation in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa was 16 years old.

One of today's new community cases was a truck driver who has travelled across the Auckland border, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has revealed today.

There are 13 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, all in Auckland, the Health Ministry has announced today.

If Auckland does move down an alert level next week, the rest of the country will also see some easing of the alert level 2 rules, according to the prime minister. Watch the latest government update here.

Police are satisfied an Auckland entrepreneur and his employee who flew to Wānaka on a chartered plane were permitted to do so.

The police watchdog has found an officer was wrong to punch a drunk man in the face during an arrest in central Auckland.

A man is surprised Air New Zealand suggested travelling out of lockdown in Auckland to Hamilton to take advantage of the offer of a free-of-charge flight change.

The helicopter was reported overdue on a flight from Milton to Alexandra and was found 50km west of Dunedin.

The issue of which businesses are and aren't essential during Auckland's level 4 lockdown has some businesses frustrated and disheartened as their finances continue to dwindle.

Countries around the world are starting to imagine a future living with Covid-19 as vaccination benchmarks are reached.

The Commerce Commission has been asked to investigate retirement villages' promises of rest-home level care that in many cases aren't being delivered.