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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

The Epidemic Response Committee is hearing today from those in health and care services about whether they have been well served in the government’s response to Covid-19. Today, the NZ Medical Association, Aged Care Association, Pharmacy Guild, Disability Support Network and Dental Association will

The fire that burned for three days last year at the SkyCity International Convention Centre has been found to be accidental. The roof of the under-construction centre was significantly damaged in the blaze that erupted in October last year, and which took 10 days to fully extinguish. More than eigh

Moving Day will go ahead as planned this year, but with strict controls to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced on Wednesday 22nd April. On June 1 each year, the first day of the dairy season, a large number of dairy farming families, sharemilkers, cont

Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield and Education Minister Chris Hipkins are set to provide details on the latest Covid-19 cases and how the partial re-opening of schools and early childhood centres will work. The total number of confirmed and probable cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in N

Small Business Minister Stuart Nash, Employment Minister Willie Jackson and Finance Minister Grant Robertson will all be in today’s hot seat. New Zealand will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Monday, meaning five more days in lockdown than originally planned. Watch the Epidemic Response Committ

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 […