Covid-19 live: Auckland remains in alert level 4, rest of NZ at level 2 for another week, Prime Minister confirms

Can't view this email, [click here]( 14 September 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on today's latest news in your daily briefing. Top Headlines [Large Article Image]( [Covid-19 live: Auckland remains in alert level 4, rest of NZ at level 2 for another week, Prime Minister confirms]( Auckland will stay in level 4, and the rest of NZ at level 2, until 11.59pm next Tuesday, with concerns lingering over the handful of mystery cases. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Official's son caught breaching lockdown rules granted suppression]( In what's been described as "self-entitled behaviour", the man and his partner left Auckland, boarded a plane in Hamilton, and flew to a Wānaka holiday home. 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