𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕-𝟙𝟡

ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕'𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕-𝟙𝟡 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥.

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overnor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and a staff member in the prime minister's office who were on the flight with her have also had negative results.

Ardern and Dame Cindy Kiro have been self-isolating and took PCR tests after they were deemed close contacts of the positive Covid-19 case. 

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They and their fellow passengers were exposed to the coronavirus on a flight from Kerikeri to Auckland on 22 January.

Ardern is fully vaccinated and received a booster shot on 17 January.

PM tested negative

— henry cooke (@henrycooke) January 30, 2022

The flight - NZ8273 - was added to the Ministry of Health website as a location of interest on Saturday.

Ardern and Dame Cindy were in Northland undertaking advance filming at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for the Waitangi Day broadcast.

Ardern tests negative for COVID-19 after close contact scare https://t.co/CrnIHG4sEG

— Newshub Politics (@NewshubPolitics) January 30, 2022

A spokesperson for Ardern said in line with Ministry of Health guidance, she would continue to isolate until the end of Tuesday, and would chair tomorrow's Cabinet meeting remotely.

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As she was not able to be in the Beehive in person tomorrow, the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson would attend the post-Cabinet media conference on her behalf, the spokesperson said.

Ardern's office said at the weekend that she felt well and had no symptoms.

The whole genome sequencing of the original case is also expected today.

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