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16 Feb 2026 8:58
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  •   Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    Twenty people have died with Covid in the past eight days, to a total tally of 777 -- with a seven-day rolling average of 13

    Twenty people have died with Covid in the past eight days, to a total tally of 777 -- with a seven-day rolling average of 13


    Today's deaths were one person each from Northland and Auckland; two each from Waikato and Bay of Plenty; four each from Tairawhiti and Greater Wellington; five from Canterbury and one from Southern.

    One person was in their 50s; three each in their 60s and 70s; eight in their 80s and five aged over 90.

    Meanwhile, New Zealand has 9109 community Covid cases today -- and 481 hospitalisations, with 10 in ICU.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     16 Feb: Police say it could take some time to formally identify a body, washed up on Mahia's Mahanga Beach, near Wairoa
     16 Feb: Large swathes of the country are waking up under MetService weather warnings
     15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now
     15 Feb: Police are looking for two men who assaulted a Hamilton woman, while trying to enter her Fairfield home
     15 Feb: A large structure fire, has closed a stretch of State Highway 2 in Wairoa
     15 Feb: The North Island is continuing to get a battering from the weather this weekend
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    Law and Order:
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    International:
    What is FAFO parenting and is it good for kids? 7:37

    Rugby League:
    James Fisher-Harris is asking for league's NRL all-star fixture between the Maori and Indigenous Australians to remain 7:37

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    Soccer:
    Treacherous Wellington weather has assisted the visiting Central Coast Mariners in a 2-1 A-League win over the Phoenix women 7:07

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    Law and Order:
    Police say it could take some time to formally identify a body, washed up on Mahia's Mahanga Beach, near Wairoa 6:17


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