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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the man was in his 50s and passed away yesterday afternoon. “His whānau have asked us to tell New Zealand coronavirus is ‘so real’ and to be vigilant and cautious. “They have issued a plea to all New Zealanders that if you are sick and have sympto

The ball is back in Rugby Australia’s court as the wrangling over looming Bledisloe Cup matches reaches the most powerful people on the either side of the Tasman. After calling Australian leader Scott Morrison on Monday night to clear the air, on Tuesday morning New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ar

The government’s decision to relax physical distancing rules on public transport has seen airlines promise to increase flights and release hundreds of thousands of cheap airfares to encourage domestic travel. As soon as the announcement was made that distancing would no longer be required on planes,

Stewart Island photographer Laire Purik is about to become even more famous. Only a month after her Pledgeme campaign to raise $12,000 started, Laire has already exceeded her target, but on Saturday she is on another mission. Her ‘Copeisolation’ book of residents photographed on the island during lo

Cabinet will meet again on Monday 21st September to decide if gatherings in Auckland can be increased and whether or not the rest of the country can move to alert level 1. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet has decided to extend the current alert levels. “On the advice of the director-genera

There is one new community case of Covid-19 reported today, of a girl linked to the Auckland cluster. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the child had been in isolation since 30 August due to being a household contact of a confirmed case. The case is linked to the Botany sub-cluster which h

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has staged another audacious recovery of a piece of New Zealand railways history. Yesterday a team of contractors rescued an 1883 wooden passenger carriage which had been sitting on a farm at Wairio, in western Southland, since 1952, and transported it 64km to Lumsden, its

There have been two new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, both linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship bereavement group. Covid-19 coronavirus particles, illustration.Photo: AFP There was no media conference today. In a statement, the Health Ministry said both of today’s new c