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Invercargill’s deputy mayor has taken the reins as the city’s council takes a novel approach to keep business ticking during the Covid-19 outbreak. Invercargill mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt is 73 and the majority of the city’s 12 councillors are also over 70 or immuno-compromised. As a result, deputy mayo

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she has one simple message for New Zealanders on the eve of an unprecedented lockdown – ‘stay home’. “It will break the chain of transmission and it will save lives,” she said. “You are not alone, you will hear us and see us daily, as we guide New Zealand through [

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she has one simple message for New Zealanders on the eve of an unprecedented lockdown – ‘stay home’. “It will break the chain of transmission and it will save lives,” she said. “You are not alone, you will hear us and see us daily, as we guide New Zealand through [

Government officials are giving an update on the the Covid-19 national response, the latest health update, border issues and an essential services update. The country is preparing to go into a full lockdown for alert level 4 from 11.59pm tonight, for a minimum of four weeks. Speakers at today’s medi

Two-thirds of New Zealand’s Covid-19 cases so far are in older people but the patterns are still too “idiosyncratic” to draw any strong predictions from, a researcher modelling the virus says. New Zealand has 155 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and the Ministry of Health has released age, gender

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The Olympic Symbol is pictured at the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo on March 24,

The government has provided more clarity about what constitutes essential services once the country is in lockdown. MBIE deputy chief executive Paul Stocks said the purpose of escalating New Zealand’s Covid-19 alert level to 4 was to stop the virus in its tracks and reduce contact between people. “T

Retail banks have agreed to a mortgage holiday repayment scheme for those affected by Covid-19, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has announced. The six-month principal and interest payment holiday for mortgage holders and small business customers whose incomes have been affected by the economic d