Nine new cases of coronavirus have been detected at New Zealand's border, the Ministry of Health has announced - four of which are active, and five historical.
The new cases are all in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities, with Thursday's figures marking 15 days without a new community COVID-19 case.
The four active cases are made up of a person who arrived in the country from the UK on November 29, two people who flew in on November 21 from Qatar and one other November 30 arrival from the US.
Each of these cases has been transferred to the Jet Park Hotel, Auckland's quarantine facility, after returning positive results.
Among the five historical cases - that is, those who test positive for COVID-19 but aren't considered infectious - are two members of the Pakistan cricket team who were reported as under investigation earlier in the week.
"These people are confirmed as having historical infections, and will be counted in our total as they have not been counted overseas," the ministry said in a statement.
"The team is scheduled to have its routine day 9 tests today. Decisions around exemptions from managed isolation requirements which would allow the team to train are still under consideration."
The other three historical cases are made up of two people who travelled to New Zealand on November 18 from Holland via Singapore, and another who arrived a day prior from Germany via Singapore.
Despite the influx of new active cases on Thursday, the total number has actually dropped to 70 as 11 previously reported cases are deemed to have recovered in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile the total number of confirmed and probable cases now stands at 2069.
On Wednesday, laboratories processed another 5843 tests, bringing the total completed to date to 1,291,609.
