- Forty-seven new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, with 14 new probable cases.
- Telecommunications provider Chorus and the Ministry of Education will get broadband into as many as 50,000 homes which are currently not connected.
- Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management, Sarah Stuart-Black, says Iwi and Māori have proven a key role in the national emergency responses during the Whakaari eruption, Christchurch Mosques attacks and earthquakes.