Mike Sanford

Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse

Air New Zealand will start laying off workers this week and says Covid-19 has slashed its revenue by more than $5 billion. In a message to staff, chief executive Greg Foran said international travel made up two-thirds of the company’s revenue and that was gone now for the foreseeable future. The air

Southern DHB is testing 36 staff and undertaking extensive cleaning of Lakes District Hospital, following notification that a nurse has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The Public Health team is investigating to find out how the nurse contracted the virus. We are aware of a number of cases in the Queen

SDHB is now providing the location of each case down to Territorial Authority (TA level). More specific locations will not be disclosed while case numbers are low in a TA area. This is to protect patient confidentiality. The numbers by Territorial Authority are as follows: Southern DHB have been rel

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is giving the latest updates on the government’s fight against the impact of Covid-19 at her weekly post-Cabinet media conference. Watch live: https://youtu.be/5TYUJ7mqdfM

Sunday was a busy day for Police and Armed Offenders Squad with two callouts to addresses in South City. What’s On Invers first repotted Sunday afternoons incident on Bain Street, Kingswell. Police were also called to an address in the Walker and Ferguson Streets area on Sunday evening as there were

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speakers: Mike Bush, Commissioner of Police – update on Covid-19 national response Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health – health update. Check back to this page at 1:00pm for a livestream of the med

An Otago University scientist specialising in smell and taste has joined an international team scrambling to gather data about early warning signs of Covid-19 infection. Clinicians from many countries have now noted a sudden loss of smell and taste was the first symptom of the virus for many otherwi