Mike Sanford

There have been no new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, the Health Ministry has confirmed. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the total number of confirmed and probably cases in New Zealand stands at 1504, of which 1154 are confirmed. There have been no further deaths reported.

Police have now launched a homicide enquiry following the discovery of a body in the Longwood Forestry block. We can now confirm the body has been identified as Dale Tama Watene, 40, of Otautau Detective Senior Sergeant Stuart Harvey, said. A post mortem was carried out today. The investigation team

Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller has won the support of the National Party caucus, defeating Simon Bridges in a vote for party leader this afternoon. Todd Muller and his wife Michelle arriving at Parliament today before he won the leadership vote. There are reports that Nikki Kaye has been elected as th

Today there is one new confirmed case of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand. The case is linked to the St Margaret’s cluster in Auckland and is a household contact of an earlier case. Because of their connection to the earlier case, the person has been in isolation since the beginning of Level 4. Thi

Police can now confirm the identity of the person found in a partially-submerged vehicle in the Kawarau River yesterday afternoon, following a crash that was discovered on Tuesday evening. He was 59-year-old John Robert Howard, of Queenstown. Further inquiries are underway as to the circumstances of

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speaker: Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield Details from today’s update: No new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand – Dr Ashley Bloomfied Total number of confirmed cases is 1153, total confirmed and

Southland Police have located a body in the Longwood Forestry block. The body is believed to be missing man Dale Watene. Mr Watene, 40, went missing on Thursday 16 April from Otautau and has not been seen since. A post mortem is set to go ahead tomorrow and a formal identification process is being u

Fonterra has announced an increase in third quarter earnings before tax of $301 million to $815m, despite the challenges from Covid-19. However the dairy cooperative has lowered its forecast payout to farmers for the season. Chief executive Miles Hurrell said all three business units have delivered