More than 60 patients are considered close contacts after two infected people visited the emergency department on Wednesday.

Here’s what you need to know from The Dominion Post today, plus breaking news and events from around the capital.

After weeks in the bush, the children who disappeared with their father from a Waikato beach are happy and healthy, say their family.

The Government has been criticised for its “heartless” treatment of Kiwi pensioners “trapped in Australia, through no fault of their own”.

Environment Canterbury councillors have voted no on a tertiary student bus discount for now, but it will eventually fall to the community to consider.

Wellington City Council will take on more debt to walking and cycling upgrades and a school safety programme after Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency funding came in $14 million short.

Māori health providers are phoning hundreds of patients to ensure 90 per cent of the population get their first dose of the Covid vaccine in the next four weeks.

South Taranaki iwi say a Supreme Court ruling is the “final nail in the coffin” for seabed mining off their coast, while the mining company claims the ruling is no impediment to having its consents approved.

Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill is the fifth piece of dual language legislation, written in both te reo Māori and English.

Questions remain about why Phillips vanished into the bush with his children, what his intentions were, and how the family survived in the rugged surroundings unharmed.

Anjalee and Burma, Auckland Zoo's Asian elephants, will head to Australia in 2022.

Insurers have been told they should drop their premiums after the Government doubled the maximum amount EQC will pay in a disaster.

Boundary issues loom large as KiwiRail hearing draws to a close.

Heated bidding saw the derelict Fairlie homestead sell under the hammer for $500,000.

Supermarkets and dairies across Auckland are the latest locations of interest.

A judicial conduct committee has been appointed to look into a complaint, but the attorney general is staying mum on the details.

Kendra Cocksedge has a message for All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith: anything boys can do girls can do better.

SBS chief executive Shaun Drylie has announced he will be leaving the organisation at the end of the year.

Around 23 protected plants are not expected to survive after vandals poisoned and cut them down. An investigation is now underway.

The Government is seeking new Covid-19 powers which allow it to delay local government elections, in preparation for possible pandemic restrictions in years to come.