As hundreds of people started to gather at an anti-lockdown protest in Auckland, authorities sent text messages to Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki telling him to tell the crowd to social distance.
Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha sent a series of texts to Tamaki on the morning of Saturday, October 2, as crowds started arriving at the Auckland Domain and nearby Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Read more: Top cop's texts to Brian Tamaki - 'Tell the people to social distance'
Thousands of people are still without vaccine passes, waiting for their overseas vaccination records to be added to the New Zealand register.
When the Ministry of Health was swamped in the weeks leading up to the traffic light system, it gave out last-minute temporary exemptions, but they expire tomorrow and many businesses are not accepting them.
Read more: Thousands of returnees vaccinated abroad still stuck without vaccine pass
A Republican Senator in the US state of Arizona has come under fire for calling New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern "Lenin with hair".
Wendy Rogers shared a video on Twitter of Ardern speaking virtually to world leaders as part of the Summit for Democracy last week, where the Prime Minister talked about COVID-19 misinformation and why her Government had introduced New Zealand's public interest journalism fund.
Read more: Republican Senator Wendy Rogers under fire for calling Jacinda Ardern 'Lenin with hair'
Read more: Rheinmetall completes handover of heavy recovery vehicles to NZDF
US President Joe Biden on Saturday said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay "a terrible price" and face devastating economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine.
Biden told reporters the possibility of sending US ground combat troops to Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion was "never on the table," although the United States and NATO would be required to send in more forces to eastern flank NATO countries to beef up their defenses.
Russia faces massive consequences and severe costs if President Vladimir Putin attacks Ukraine, the Group of Seven (G7) warned in a statement on Sunday.
US intelligence assesses Russia could be planning a multi-front offensive on Ukraine as early as next year, involving up to 175,000 troops.
Read more: G7 warns Vladimir Putin of 'massive consequences' if Russia attacks Ukraine
A new defence report identifies 'China's rise' and its power struggle with the United States as one of the pre-eminent security risks in the Indo-Pacific.
A New Zealand-led task force caught $US26 million ($NZ38m) worth of illegal drugs in the Indian Ocean just last month.
Read more: Combined Task Force seizes hundreds of kilos of illegal drugs at Indian Ocean in November
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