Top towns: Closing in on 100 per cent first dose in some places
Four locations are not far off the achievement.
Four locations are not far off the achievement.
National health's spokesperson says there's real concern in the region.
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People are being urged to regularly check the locations of interest list.
Infected person isolating and believed to be connected to Te Awamutu cluster.
In the last year, around 68 per cent of young people in Oranga Tamariki care were Māori.
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Two sex workers have been caught in Blenheim after leaving Auckland without exemptions.
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Strong wind warnings for South Island, Wellington and Wairarapa.
Snow has blanketed Tekapo with temperatures dropping to just 1C.
The front will move across the South Island today then onto the North Island tomorrow.
This city also has the third-lowest population of unvaccinated people at 13 per cent.
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As of Wednesday, 55 per cent of its population has had both jabs.
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First dose vaccinations in older Kiwis are more than 90 per cent almost everywhere.
While the south is shivering, Kaitaia is revelling in 16C.
Heavy rain blew through many areas in Northland and Auckland.
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The majority of the contacts, 193, are in Canterbury.
Rain is expected to hit most of the country tomorrow, and it will be heavy in parts.
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The heaviest snow is expected in north Canterbury and south Marlborough.
Thunder and gales forecast, "pretty much everyone is getting rain" and there's snow, too.
Thunderstorms will light up North Island skies across the day before a wild weekend.
'There's quite a cold air mass in circulation,' Metservice says.