Mike Sanford

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Six new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours in New Zealand, with one more death confirmed. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the six new cases – all confirmed cases – are related to travel or connected to existing clusters. “The new combined total of new and

Banks should provide more backing for small and medium sized businesses as they bear the brunt of the economic impact of Covid-19, the finance minister says. Robertson agreed on Morning Report that SMEs are like the infantry on the frontline taking a hammering during the current lockdown. He said th

Spark is on track to meet its full-year profit expectations, despite the closure of its retail stores and a significant drop in mobile roaming services as a result of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. The telecommunications and digital services company said underlying profit was expected to be between

Some migrant workers in Queenstown have been stranded without pay for weeks, the Salvation Army says. The resort town is grappling with thousands of workers who have limited or no income after the tourism industry ground to a halt. More than 5000 requests for welfare have already been made to the di

Invercargill hardware retailer E Hayes and Sons is 100% committed to the Government’s lockdown restrictions in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and have closed their Dee Street store accordingly. However, following the Governments recent easing of restrictions regarding the supply of approve

Watch the daily media conference with government officials and ministers. 22 Apr 2020 The daily COVID-19 media conference will be held at 1pm. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are providing an update on the Covid-19 situation in New Zealand. Apr 22, 2

On April 9th Airways announced on its website that it was “considering withdrawing air traffic services at seven regional aerodromes”, Invercargill being one. This went largely unreported as it quietly slipped under the radar with stories of Covid-19 swamping the main-stream media. It wasn’t till Ap