Covid-19 latest, the race for Auckland Central, and teenager tops US charts

If this email is not displayed correctly, [click here]( to view an online version. Two cases of Covid-19 were detected in managed isolation on Thursday (File photo). Two cases of [Covid-19]( were announced on Thursday. Both cases were [detected in managed isolation](. The first case arrived from India via Dubai on October 9. Taken to a managed isolation facility in Hamilton, they tested positive for the virus on day three of their stay. The second case arrived from San Francisco on October 12 and was tested after developing symptoms. Helen White, the Labour candidate for Auckland Central, has been ahead in political opinion polls. There is a political race on for Auckland Central and it's still too close to call who'll win the feather-in-the-cap election seat. Stuff's John Weekes joined three vying candidates on the campaign trail. He described Green Party candidate Chlöe Swarbrick as [having an uphill battle]( National's Emma Mellow as the party's [blue-green hope]( and said Labour's Helen White is [frontrunner in polls](. Te Rangihiroa Whakaruru used the king's poor health to hide his fraud. A close advisor to the Māori King who stole from Waikato-Tainui to pay for a stomach stapling operation, [has been sentenced to home detention](. On Wednesday, Judge Ema Aitken said Te Rangihiroa Whakaruru's fraud was not for need but greed. She took time off the private secretary's sentence for his early guilty pleas and willingness to pay reparations. Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters](. South Auckland teenager Josh Nanai, AKA Jawsh 685, has hit number one on the US charts with his remix hit with Jason Derulo and BTS called Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat). South Auckland teenager Jawsh 685 has [hit the top spot in the US charts with his Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) remix](. The remix, which also featured Korean boyband BTS and Jason Derulo, was released at the start of October. The 17-year-old said the news was stunning. “A kid from South Auckland y’know showing other kids you can do it, any street you’re from, anywhere." The young whale was lifted out of the water by a crane. A whale died on Monday [after becoming stuck underneath a jetty]( at Hobsonville Point in Auckland. Project Jonah's Daren Grover said a member of the public saw the whale struggling under the jetty around 2pm and unable to get out. The whale was blessed by local iwi, and scientists from Massey University took samples from it before it was moved onto the boat ramp. Foot traffic is up 6 percent since Auckland reverted to alert level 1 last Wednesday, throwing struggling businesses a lifeline. A rise in shoppers flocking to Auckland’s city centre in the first days of [Covid-19]( alert level 1 has thrown a lifeline to struggling stores. Figures from Heart of the City, the district’s business association, reveal [foot traffic is up 6 per cent]( in the five days since [restrictions were reduced]( at midnight on October 7, compared to the same period over the previous two weeks. You've received this email because you have opted in to receive Auckland news updates from Stuff Did a friend forward this to you? [Sign up to get Auckland News: In case you missed it]( to your inbox [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](