New Zealand has reported its lowest daily number of new Covid-19 cases since it went into lockdown - with the total climbing by just eight.

 

 
 
New Zealand has reported its lowest daily number of new Covid-19 cases since it went into lockdown - with the total climbing by just eight.

It brings the national total to 1,409 - of which nearly 60 percent have recovered. 

The encouraging development though comes with more sobering news - the death toll has climbed by two to reach 11. 

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has the story.