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A Christchurch woman in her 90s who was living in the Rosewood rest home is the country’s second death from Covid-19, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Watch the media conference here: The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speakers: Dr Caroline Mc

Increase in the number of orthopaedic presentations at Southland Hospital related to DIY activity around the home. Since the lockdown began, Southland Hospital has noted at least 15 incidents where patients have presented at ED with injuries related to DIY and required surgery. The injuries included

Essential maintenance of golf courses and bowls greens will be able to go ahead after-all. Turf maintenance had not been considered an essential service, meaning golf courses and other sports turfs have been abandoned during lockdown. Golfing bodies had raised concern this could lead to long term da

Today there are 29 new cases of COVID-19 to report – made up of 23 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6 new probable cases.  None of these in the Clutha/Southland region. There are no additional deaths to report. There are now 317 reported cases of COVID-19 which we can confirm have recovered – an

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today, 9 April 2020. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will provide an update on the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic shortly. Latest update from Director-

NZ Covid-19 Alert Level ChartNZ Covid-19 Alert Level ChartAt her media conference, the Prime Minister’s mentioned the Covid-19 Alert levels chart.New Zealand is currently on level 2, no non-essential travel. Here is a simple table that explains the alert levels COVID_Alert-levels_v2 PDF or read it a

New Zealand’s network is holding up well despite a 75 percent increase in demand during the day, Chorus’ CEO JB Rousselot told Nine to Noon. On Monday night the evening peak was at 2.57 terabytes per second, and Tuesday’s midday traffic was about 1.7Tbps. “We’ve seen a 75 percent increase compared w

The government has announced plans to transform tourism and how it is governed in the wake of the pandemic. The industry has been one of the hardest hit, haemorrhaging staff and money as visitors dried up and the lockdown started. Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis said the industry needed to be rebooted