Here's the latest from around the world overnight. Keep Reading

A prototype breath analysing device which can instantly detect if a person has Covid-19 was on display in Dunedin yesterday, and could be a "game... Keep Reading

In an August briefing, 211 out of 5000 border staff at Auckland airport had been tested. Keep Reading

A woman who escaped from a managed isolation facility in central Auckland and walked around the inner city in the early hours of the morning was caught after a second attempt to use a fire exit. Keep Reading

Newly released documents show 500 out of an estimated 7000 border and managed isolation staff were tested for Covid-19 in the first week of August. Keep Reading

The government appears to have been concerned that New Zealand's unique "Covid-free" status and good health care system would mean the country was unlikely to sit high on the vaccine priority list. Keep Reading

Documents released by the government show officials grappling with some of the difficulties of technology being used to support contact tracing. Keep Reading

A major UK study suggests that large numbers may spread the virus while they are asymptomatic. Keep Reading

A few Aucklanders were out and about, but Ponsonby was hardly bustling for after work drinks on Thursday. Keep Reading

She's urging her fellow Americans to do exactly what we did. Keep Reading

The results may not come at too much of a surprise. Keep Reading

That's more than 10 times as many as during the same seven-month period last year. Keep Reading

For most people, Covid-19 is a brief and mild disease but some are left struggling with symptoms including lasting fatigue, persistent pain and breathlessness for months. Keep Reading

Shaun Hendy is warning Aucklanders not to become complacent. Keep Reading

Health Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand has achieved a "big milestone", as all Covid-19 cases in the large Auckland cluster have recovered. ... Keep Reading

New Zealanders could be lounging on a Rarotongan beach this summer as the push for a travel bubble with the Cook Islands progresses. Keep Reading

An economist believes NZ shouldn't be so cautious when future Covid outbreaks hit, having successfully negotiated lockdown twice, but Ardern says they have the balance right. Keep Reading

Australian crowds gathering at beaches to enjoy the warm weather have stoked fears they could spread the virus, but evidence suggests they are among the safest places to be. Keep Reading

Most employers are offering staff some flexibility in choosing to work between home or the office, with one fifth formalising such arrangements, a survey has found. Keep Reading

Auckland's suburban shopping strips appear to be getting a welcome boost from locals working from home. Keep Reading

Modelling indicates there's a more than 95 percent chance that COVID-19 has been eliminated. Keep Reading

Professor Michael Baker says a move to Level 1.5 would be appropriate for Auckland. Keep Reading

The possibility of Kiwis taking off for a Christmas holiday is "not out of the question". Keep Reading

Geneticist Neil Gemmell is calling for a wastewater monitoring system to find hidden Covid-19 clusters and people who could be asymptomatic carriers of the disease. Professor Gemmell is part of a national group led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), which is sampling wastewater to try and find the virus that causes Covid-19. ESR has a $1.65million grant from MBIE for the research. The group already detected coronavirus in wastewater at Dunedin's Tahuna Wastewater Treatment Plant in late March and April. He chats to Colin Peacock about how the research project will work. Keep Reading

A large wildfire has destroyed many homes in the village of Ohau in the Mackenzie Country, and hundreds of people have been evacuated. Keep Reading