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The government has announced more border exemptions and visa changes to help get specialised workers in the country and fill labour shortages in key sectors. Class exceptions have been established for border entry for a limited number of veterinarians, deep sea fishing crew, as well as agricultural

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. Three people are in hospital with Covid-19, one each in Middle, North Shore and Auckland City hospitals. The total number of active cases is 61, 32 of those are community cases. That brings the total numbe

Cabinet has agreed to a change in Covid-19 alert levels for both Auckland, the centre of the current Covid-19 outbreak, and the rest of New Zealand this week. The alert levels were reviewed by Cabinet today, and no new cases of Covid-19 were reported in New Zealand. Here’s what you need to know abou

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is announcing whether alert levels will change after Cabinet reviewed them today, and is joined by Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield. Watch the announcement by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield from around 1pm:

Cameron McIntosh is the new Southland District Council chief executive. Southland District Mayor Gary Tong said he was extremely pleased to announce Mr McIntosh’s appointment. “Cameron stood out because of his knowledge of local government, his commitment to people, including our staff and our commu

Police are providing few details about the incident other than revealing charges have been brought over production of the class B substance. Emergency services were called to the Rothesay Place house in the suburb of Rockdale shortly before 1.30pm last Wednesday following reports of an explosion. Fi

There are seven new cases of Covid-19 today, all in managed isolation facilities. In a statement this afternoon, the Ministry of Health says there are no new community cases. It says with the exception of one arrival from Uzbekistan, all new cases were detected as a result of day 3 testing and are n

The economy has shrunk by a record amount and fell into its first recession in a decade as it was battered by the government’s moves to eliminate Covid-19, but it will already be on the road to recovery. Official numbers show gross domestic product (GDP) fell a seasonally adjusted 12.2 percent for t