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The Delta outbreak could go either way.
New Zealand has 18 new Covid-19 cases today - two are unlinked.
Canterbury University's Michael Plank says cases could increase in level 3 - but could also be controlled with strict bubbles and contact tracing.
He says we aren't seeing the effect of level 3 yet - but towards the end of this week we'll have a better idea of whether numbers will creep up.
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A Covid-19 modeller says it's concerning we are still seeing transmission between households.
Auckland recorded 24 new community cases of Covid-19 today, and three have yet to linked to the outbreak.
Officials say more cases are expected in the coming days, with some new cases in large households.
It comes as Cabinet ministers are set to decide tomorrow whether Auckland can move out of Alert Level Four.
Canterbury University professor Michael Plank says overall, the cluster is well contained.
Professor Plank says the majority of chains have been stamped out, but it's proving difficult to ring fence the last ones.
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A Covid-19 modeller says it's concerning we are still seeing transmission between households.
Auckland recorded 24 new community cases of Covid-19 today, and three have yet to linked to the outbreak.
Officials say more cases are expected in the coming days, with some new cases in large households.
It comes as Cabinet ministers are set to decide tomorrow whether Auckland can move out of Alert Level Four.
Canterbury University professor Michael Plank says overall, the cluster is well contained.
Professor Plank says the majority of chains have been stamped out, but it's proving difficult to ring fence the last ones.
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The Black Caps have arrived safely in Dubai following the cancellation of their cricket tour in Pakistan because of security threats.
New Zealand Cricket have confirmed the group of 34 players along with support staff arrived in the United Arab Emirates on a charter flight.
They are now in self isolation at their hotel for the next 24 hours.
Dr John Battersby from the centre of Defence and Security joined the Weekend Collective to help explain what's happened in the last 24 hours.
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The Black Caps have arrived safely in Dubai following the cancellation of their cricket tour in Pakistan because of security threats.
New Zealand Cricket have confirmed the group of 34 players along with support staff arrived in the United Arab Emirates on a charter flight.
They are now in self isolation at their hotel for the next 24 hours.
Dr John Battersby from the centre of Defence and Security joined the Weekend Collective to help explain what's happened in the last 24 hours.
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20 more Covid-19 cases in the community today and experts saying Auckland won't be leaving level 4 anytime soon.
But Michael Baker is slightly more optimistic, saying the cases sounded worse initially than they actually are.
He says most surprising cases after interviewing and genomic sequencing generally link back to the cluster - making them not so surprising after all.
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20 more Covid-19 cases in the community today and experts saying Auckland won't be leaving level 4 anytime soon.
But Michael Baker is slightly more optimistic, saying the cases sounded worse initially than they actually are.
He says most surprising cases after interviewing and genomic sequencing generally link back to the cluster - making them not so surprising after all.
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20 years on and many are looking back at the 9/11 attacks in the US.
The terrorist strikes killed almost three thousand people, two of them New Zealanders.
The attack caused former US President George W. Bush to launch a war on terror.
Helen Clark was Prime Minister at the time and says that didn't improve the situation.
She says many groups still operate today and New Zealand has recently felt the effects through the actions of the LynnMall terrorist.
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20 years on and many are looking back at the 9/11 attacks in the US.
The terrorist strikes killed almost three thousand people, two of them New Zealanders.
The attack caused former US President George W. Bush to launch a war on terror.
Helen Clark was Prime Minister at the time and says that didn't improve the situation.
She says many groups still operate today and New Zealand has recently felt the effects through the actions of the LynnMall terrorist.
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83 new cases of Covid-19 were announced today. 
Of the new cases, 82 are in Auckland and one is in Wellington - a close contact of a previous case. 
It brings the total number of cases in the outbreak to 496 in Auckland and 15 in Wellington. 
Epidemiologist Michael Baker says he'd like to see each day us looking at how people caught the virus. 
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