Mike Sanford

The Government has announced New Zealand will move out of Alert Level 4 lockdown at 11.59pm on Monday 27 April. We are still in Alert Level 4 until then. We will hold at Alert Level 3 for two weeks, before Cabinet reviews how we are tracking and makes further decisions on 11 May. The Government’s […

Watch the media conference with government officials and ministers. The Government is set to announce today whether New Zealand will stay in Alert Level 4, or whether it will drop into a lower alert level. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern starts the conference by remembering the people who have lost a

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 in the country today and no new deaths, the Ministry of Health says. Seven of the cases are confirmed and two are probable. Fourteen people are in hospital, three in intensive care units (ICU) – one each in Middlemore, Dunedin and North Shore hospitals. Two of th

New Zealand’s alert level 4 lockdown should be continued for another two weeks to strengthen chances of eliminating Covid-19, says an expert on modelling how the coronavirus spreads. Over the weekend Ministers have been studying modelling data from an Auckland University team headed by Professor Sha

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today. The region’s total is still 216, with 154 now recovered. Confirmed and probable cases are combined for this and future totals, to match Ministry case reporting. First COVID-19 related death confirmed in Southe

The daily COVID-19 media conference with officials will start at 1pm.   Live update 131 healthcare workers are confirmed or probable cases. 43 have recovered. Bloomfield says so far the results of community testing undertaken in Auckland over the weekend have all returned negative results. Ashley Bl

Three-time World Player of the Year Dan Carter has announced he won’t be returning to Japanese Top League side Kobe Steelers, potentially ending his decorated rugby career. The former All Blacks first-five was early in his second of a two-season contract with the club, when all Japanese competitions

The whānau of the man who wrote ‘Pokarekare Ana’ are inviting people to lift their lockdown spirits by taking part in a mass performance of the waiata this afternoon. At 3pm, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra together with the Tomoana whānau and composer Ngatai Huata will perform the song attribute