Lockdown

Rain in the capital helped encourage many Wellingtonians to embrace lockdown today.

It has also hit pause on the capital's major food event - Wellington On A Plate.

Jake McKee has more.

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A case of Covid-19 has been detected in Auckland this afternoon. It is not yet known, but suspected to be the Delta variant.

Professor Michael Baker is an epidemiologist from the University of Otago… Video, Audio

All of New Zealand will move to Alert Level 4 lockdown for three days from 11:59pm Tuesday, as a Covid-19 case in the community in Auckland threatens the country with a Delta variant outbreak.

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A case of Covid-19 has been detected in Auckland this afternoon. It is not yet known, but suspected to be the Delta variant.

All of New Zealand will move to Alert Level Four from 11:59pm Tuesday.

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Queues are also forming at Covid-19 testing stations.

Our reporter Nick Truebridge is at a testing station in the Auckland suburb of Balmoral.

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New Zealander Rebekah Campbell seemingly had it all; But she didn't have love. So Rebekah set out on an adventure that would see her date 138 different men. She explains the process of writing the… Audio

Wellingtonian Sean Barry lives in Yasamal, which is a 10 minutes' walk from the centre of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. A teacher by trade, Sean lives in an apartment with his wife Jamila and… Audio, Gallery

New South Wales has seen its worst day yet, with 262 new Covid-19 cases, and five more deaths.

Not only that, but the outbreak has spread beyond Sydney.

Covid-19 has turned up in wastewater around… Video, Audio

Greater Sydney will stay in lockdown for another four weeks.

The state has yet to get a grip on the growing number of delta variant cases - recording another 177 locally acquired cases today.

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The suffering continues in Fiji as Covid-19 cases soar amid its worsening health crisis.

Close to 1,300 cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours, resulting in new curfew hours for the nation's… Audio

Yet more pressure is mounting on the Fijian government to impose a national lockdown amid the worsening Covid-19 crisis.

More than 16,000 people infected with the virus are in isolation - with a… Audio

Karen joins Kathryn for an update on Australia's lockdowns in Sydney, Melbourne and now Adelaide as Covid case numbers continue to rise, and the vaccine rollout takes its toll at the polls for Scott… Audio

When Philip Toogood and wife Julie arrived in Fiji in 2006 it was only with the intention of being there for three years. Fifteen years later, the couple remain at home on Denarau Island. He's Calling… Audio, Gallery

Covid-19 lockdown just got two weeks longer in Sydney, as cases grow there.

But Premier Gladys Berejiklian has signalled there may be more restrictions to come.

There are 97 new cases on Wednesday… Video, Audio

The Covid-19 situation in Fiji is "mind boggling … a sickening environment to be in," a former Fiji Health Minister says.

Dr Neil Sharma is warning the worst is yet to come for the island nation, as… Video, Audio

The lockdown in greater Sydney is being extended for a week, as the Covid-19 situation shows little sign of easing.

Twenty-seven new cases have been detected in New South Wales today - only 13 of… Video, Audio

New Zealander Carla-Maria Lawson has overseen numerous large television productions such as Masterchef and The Graham Norton Show but her most recent hit is The Repair Shop, which she refers to as her… Video, Audio

Parts of Queensland will go into a three-day snap lockdown starting tonight after two new local cases have been detected.

The lockdown comes in the first week of school holidays there but the Premier… Audio