Covid-19 full coverage: 75 new cases in the community, 40 new locations of interest and long queues for fast food

Can't view this email, [click here]( 02 September 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on today's latest news in your daily briefing. Top Headlines [Large Article Image]( [Covid-19 full coverage: 75 new cases in the community, 40 new locations of interest and long queues for fast food]( Of the new cases, 74 are in Auckland, and one is in Wellington. Meanwhile, Government extends freeze on MIQ bookings for overseas Kiwis, and snaking queues formed at fast food joints at level 3. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Man has spent Covid pandemic living in a cave, surrounded by multimillion-dollar homes]( Since the Covid pandemic began, Awhi has called a cave his home. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: Judith Collins in heated clash during TVNZ interview over travel to Wellington during lockdown]( The National Party leader said Parliament could have been suspended during level 4 and has defended her decision to travel to Wellington to attend in person, in a clash with a television interviewer. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( ['Shunter locomotive', railway wagon plunge into Picton harbour]( Shunting acident leaves "20 tonnes of locomotive” on the bottom of Picton Harbour but ferries can continue to cross on Thursday. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Doctor who sent anti-vax text to patients says his contract has been terminated]( The Wellington doctor who sent a text to patients about his views on the Covid-19 vaccine says his contract has been terminated. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19 minister 'disappointed' after second student flies from Auckland in lockdown breach]( Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says he is 'disappointed' after second student is able to breach lockdown rules by flying from Auckland. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( National news [Small Article Image]( [Quiz: Morning trivia challenge: September 1, 2021]( Australian cricketer Shane Warne was born in and played for which state? [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Locations of interest in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak: September 1]( An update at 8pm added new dates and times for Auckland locations, including Lavengro Dairy in Papatoetoe and Tasi Market Massey. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Alert level 3 explained: What everyone south of Auckland needs to know]( Many New Zealanders will wake up to a little bit more freedom on Wednesday, with much of the country in Covid-19 alert level 3. Here is what you need to know. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: Here's why Jacinda Ardern's British critics are wrong]( If we had followed the UK’s more laissez faire approach we could have had over 10,000 deaths instead of 26, write Ian Powell and Michael Baker. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Technology [Small Article Image]( [Dan Carter kicks off cryptocurrency art investing platform Glorious]( The rugby star and some of the biggest names in NZ art and music are launching the country's first online dealer gallery for NFT creations. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Tech company UCG gifts fully vaccinated staff an extra day of annual leave]( Telecoms company UCG is to give fully vaccinated workers an extra day of leave. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Air NZ proposes making Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for 4000 staff]( The proposal affects about half of the airline's workforce and follows similar moves by Qantas and Virgin Australia. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Rural [Small Article Image]( [New Zealand's on-farm dairy emissions most efficient: Study]( Out of 18 dairy producing nations, New Zealand's on-farm dairy emissions were shown to be the lowest. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: Dairy farmers nervous about prospect of Auckland lockdown border]( While lockdowns aren't anything new to farmers, the recently announced “Auckland border” is leaving the dairy industry with concerns. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Farming contractors take machinery supplier to court over alleged faulty balers]( Two farming contractors allege balers they were sold were faulty. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Animal Law Association lobster complaint upheld by parliamentary committee]( A parliamentary committee agrees with lawyers that freezing and boiling lobsters before slaughter is based on outdated science. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [UK vets kill Geronimo the NZ alpaca with bovine TB after public battle]( British government veterinarians on Tuesday killed Geronimo, a New Zealand alpaca whose sentence of death for carrying bovine tuberculosis made international headlines and pitted animal activists against the state. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Mississippi highway collapses, 2 killed, at least 10 injured]( Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when their vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a highway collapsed after Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Pope inadvertently quotes Putin to criticise West's Afghan war]( The pope had been intending to quote Germany's Angela Merkel to criticise western nations' war efforts in Afghanistan. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Amazon's Back to the Rafters, Apple's Foundation among September's must see TV]( Australia's favourite family return, while Beanie Feldstein takes on Monica Lewinsky, there's more Sex Education and Taika's latest project debuts. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Sport [Small Article Image]( [Tokyo Paralympics recap: Tupou Neiufi misses out on medal after Sophie Pascoe wins gold and Danielle Aitchison bronze]( Tupou Neiufi finishes fourth in the women’s 50m freestyle S8 final after Sophie Pascoe won another gold and sprinter Danielle Aitchson took bronze. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Former All Black Paul Miller's daunting cancer diagnosis]( Paul Miller is urging people to talk cancer and push hard for answers when something is not right, as the former All Black No 8 prepares for six weeks of radiation treatment. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Michael Venus' family to join him on tour as lack of MIQ vouchers stops him coming home]( NZ's top doubles tennis player has not seen his youngest daughter since she was 2 weeks old and with no chance of coming home, his family will go to him. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Tokyo Paralympics: Elated Sophie Pascoe wins 10th gold medal in dominant freestyle swim]( Kiwi swim star bounces back from an emotional previous night to confirm her champion qualities in Tokyo. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [America's Cup: Team NZ hit back at Mark Dunphy's plans]( Team members break silence on rich-lister's bid to remove Grant Dalton, describing it as "mind-boggling" and undermining and compromising their Cup defence. 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