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The Ministry of Health announced one new COVID-19 case in the Southern region today, bringing the region’s total to 210. Confirmed and probable cases are combined for this and future totals, to match Ministry case reporting. 109 people in our district are now classified as recovered. The total cases

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NZME is losing about 15 percent of its workforce and asking staff to take pay cuts, as its advertising income looks to have been halved. The media company, which owns the New Zealand Herald, regional papers, and radio stations including Newstalk ZB, said it was axing up to 200 jobs. “[We have] imple

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speaker: Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield is giving the latest update on Covid-19 cases in New Zealand and the government’s response. Live update: Th

Consumers dramatically changed their spending patterns last month because of Covid-19 and the government ordered lockdown. Official numbers show overall retail spending using electronic cards fell a record seasonally adjusted 3.9 percent on the previous month. Stats NZ senior manager Sue Chapman sai

Previously only transactions of $80 or less were able to be completed without a PIN using a contactless card. However, ASB and TSB customers will not benefit (unless they get new cards) as those banks “hardwired” the $80 limit into their cards, Newsroom reported. After a pilot, Payments NZ will prog

Two great personalities  from very different worlds have gone. This with the news that Tim Brooke-Taylor and Sir Stirling Moss have both passed away. Many of us remember Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE from The Goodies TV show in the 70’s and currently on re-run here. He has featured in many other shows and p

Today the Ministry can report 19 new cases of COVID-19, made up of 15 new confirmed cases and four new probable cases. There are now 546 reported cases of COVID-19 infection which we can confirm have recovered – an increase of 75 on yesterday. We continue to report more people recovered than new cas