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The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, will provide a COVID-19 update at 1.00 pm today. Dr Ashley Bloomfield says there are 3 new cases of Covid-19; 1129 confirmed cases, 347 probable cases, 1476 cases in total. There are seven people in hospital. No

The Epidemic Response Committee is holding its final meeting of the week. Speaking at today’s meeting will be the prime minister’s former chief science adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, Auckland City Missioner Chris Farrelly, Women’s Refuge New Zealand chief executive Dr Ang Jury, Wise Group joint chief

Updated: Police received a report of a car that had crashed and then the engine caught fire on Rimu Road at around 8pm. The vehicle had gone off the road and into a paddock. The driver was the only person in the vehicle and was reported to be status 3. Our last update was that the […]

New Zealand venison farmers are being caught out by the Chinese government’s moves to clamp down on the trade of wild meat. The confusion has prompted some processors here to hold off shipping venison to the country. China has been tightening its rules on the trade of wild meat in the wake of the Co

Prime Minister Jacinda Arden and Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health We’ll have a live stream of the media conference here. Watch the daily media conference with government officials and ministers. Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern are giv

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide updates at 1.00 pm and 1.30 pm today. The level 4 lockdown has ended and New Zealand is now in alert level 3. The country will be in alert level 3 for at least two weeks and Cabinet will reveal what happens next on 11 May. […]

A Bluff restaurant which was at the centre of the country’s largest Covid-19 outbreak is reopening today, as it prepares to move on. A wedding at the Southland town’s Oyster Cove Restaurant has been linked to 98 cases of the virus. From that cluster, 68 people have recovered so far. Oyster Cove dire

While level 3 allows a bit more movement for people, those anticipating a sojourn too far from their neighbourhood still need a very good reason to travel. Here’s the answers to some of your questions: Who is allowed to travel further afield? It’s only a small, elite group. This includes those trave