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Planning is now well underway for a return to more health care services, as we move from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 next week Chris Fleming, CEO of Southern DHB said. The measures we undertook Alert Level 4 were very important and we are extremely pleased this is showing in the reduced number […

There will be little change for the country’s sports people no matter what level you compete at when the alert level for Covid-19 moves from 4 to 3 next week. Sport New Zealand has issued guidelines on what can and can’t be done at level 3. Sport New Zealand chief executive Peter Miskimmin said movi

A New Zealand scientist has created the compound which is now a front runner as a treatment option for Covid-19. Meanwhile a group of scientists have asked the government for funding, so that when an anti-viral treatment drug becomes available, New Zealand can manufacture it here. Without a vaccine

Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay are providing an update on the Covid-19 situation and the government’s response. Watch the briefing live here at 1pm: There are five new cases, two confirmed, three probable. The total of cases is 1456. One of the new

As Southland prepares to move to Alert level 3, the initial regional economic impact of COVID-19 upon Southland businesses is being assessed. Southland’s Regional Development Agency, Great South, is coordinating the region’s business and economic response to COVID-19, which has included establishing

Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Kris Faafoi is announcing the first stage of support initiatives for the media sector. Faafoi has announced a package worth $50 million which will be deployed to help the media industry get through the Covid-19 pandemic. The intent of the pa

Air New Zealand is grounding passenger flights on its Boeing 777 flights until April next year, as it plans for a slow gradual entry back into international travel. Chief revenue officer Cam Wallace told Executive Traveller that use of the 777 fleet would depend how quickly borders reopen. The websi

A group of high school students have created a low-cost ventilator using pieces of wood, lego and a power drill. The eight students from St John’s College in Hastings took three weeks during lockdown to work on ‘Project Pear’, coming up with a $40 prototype which connects to a bag valve mask. Lead i