Another case has been identified in Queenstown, in addition to the four in Northland.

Health New Zealand says there is no known link, but cases in both regions are believed to be connected to international travel.

Exposure locations and close contacts are being identified.

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24 Nov: Police are recovering a body in the water near Chapel Street in Tauranga

24 Nov: A polluting Waikato pig farm has been handed a record half a million dollar fine

23 Nov: Authorities are continuing to search for a Tauranga man, who's been missing since Thursday night

22 Nov: A child's been airlifted to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries, after being trapped under a log at Raglan

22 Nov: A fire investigator's heading out to the scene of a suspicious house fire in Northland's Opononi

21 Nov: Waikato's Matamata-Piako District Council has been fined 105 thousand dollar for unlawfully discharging wastewater from its treatment plant in Waihou, near Te Aroha

20 Nov: A man's appeared in court charged with the murder of another man in New Plymouth last night

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