Covid-19 NZ full coverage: All of NZ outside of Auckland to move to level 2, experts weigh in on new rules

Can't view this email, [click here]( 07 September 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on today's latest news in your daily briefing. Top Headlines [Large Article Image]( [Covid-19 NZ full coverage: All of NZ outside of Auckland to move to level 2, experts weigh in on new rules]( 'Delta level 2' will look different, an expert says the new mandate for mask-use, social distancing and record-keeping are crucial to reduce risk of 'superspreading' events. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Covid 19: Will it be level 2 for the country outside of Auckland?]( ANALYSIS: Most of the evidence seems to support an alert level drop outside of Auckland this afternoon. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: TVNZ cameraman shoved to ground during live interview]( A 1 News camera was shoved to the ground by running people during a live interview with Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( National news [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: What you can and cannot do under the new level 2]( With the move to level 2 coming at midnight on Tuesday for everywhere beyond Auckland, here is what you can and cannot do under the new Covid-19 restrictions. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Quiz: Morning trivia challenge: September 6, 2021]( How many strings are on a harp? [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Jacinda Ardern refuses to release information about Groundswell NZ]( Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has refused to release information she holds about farmer protest group Groundswell NZ. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Some hospo businesses 'opening the doors to lose money' in level 2]( A drop to alert level 2 won't be a financial relief for some Hamilton hospitality businesses, with one boss saying he will be “completely hamstrung”. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Invercargill city block developers snap up remaining buildings]( The final pieces to Invercargill’s city block development jigsaw puzzle have been sorted, which will allow for a planned medical centre to go ahead. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Health Ministry has no plans to join England in drafting Shielded Patients List]( ANALYSIS: BNZ warns living with Covid post-vaccination may be less rosy than assumed. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( World [Small Article Image]( [Missing Australian boy found alive]( Three-year-old AJ was missing in New South Wales for four days before being found alive. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Four killed in Florida shooting in the US, including a mother holding her baby]( Four people are dead, including a woman cradling her now-deceased baby, in a massive gunfight with man “ready for battle” in full body armour in the US. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19 Australia: NSW Delta infections expected to peak in next two weeks]( The state has reported 1281 new local Covid cases and five deaths on Monday, as modelling shows hospitalisations will be their highest in October. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19 Australia: More than one in 10 NSW Delta cases need hospital care]( As Sydney braces for case numbers to spike in coming weeks, the latest figures for the Delta outbreak show a hospitalisation rate of 11 per cent. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Florida: A summer of death and resistance as Covid-19 rampaged]( Governor Ron DeSantis waged a high-profile fight to stop school mask mandates and to shield businesses from fines for allowing unvaccinated & unmasked patrons. 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