* It is a sad Easter for NZ as two more COVID-19 related deaths were confirmed by the Ministry of Health yesterday. A man in his 80s died at Wellington Hospital this weekend. His death was followed by the passing of a man in his 70s at Christchurch's Burwood Hospital and is linked to the Rosewood Resthome cluster.
* A group of NZ Defence Force personnel, who have been in self-isolation at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base at Whenuapai since returning from Iraq, are looking forward to returning home to their families.
* Ngāti Kahungunu iwi are delivering more than 30,000 easter eggs this weekend to help lift the spirits of whānau in lockdown at home over this Easter period.