Mike Sanford

Emergency Management Southland has activated free telephone and online contacts to ensure Southlanders get the support they need during the Covid-19 lockdown. The Southland Emergency Coordination Centre has been preparing for increased welfare needs and, as of 7am, activated its emergency contacts.

The State of National Emergency has been extended for another seven days. It was put in place last week as New Zealand prepared to go into a level 4 alert and can be extended as many times as necessary. Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare says extending it ensures the government has all the powers n

To support the health and safety of our employees at NZAS and in accordance with government directives in relation to containing the spread of Covid-19 we have implemented a number of new controls. We have worked very hard to segregate our teams and develop processes where people do not come into co

Warehouse is re-starting some of its operations to supply appliances and other items now classified as essential goods. The retailer says it will reactivate 16 Warehouse and Noel Leeming stores as well as two national distribution centres to supply a limited range of products and services. See all W

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