Air New Zealand is grounding passenger flights on its Boeing 777 flights until April next year, as it plans for a slow gradual entry back into international travel. Chief revenue officer Cam Wallace told Executive Traveller that use of the 777 fleet would depend how quickly borders reopen. The websi

A group of high school students have created a low-cost ventilator using pieces of wood, lego and a power drill. The eight students from St John’s College in Hastings took three weeks during lockdown to work on ‘Project Pear’, coming up with a $40 prototype which connects to a bag valve mask. Lead i

Civil Defence director Sarah Stuart-Black and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster are giving the latest update on the response during the Covid-19 lockdown. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says there have been 4452 breaches of the Health Act since lockdown began, with 477 prosecutions. Police will c

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide two updates today: one at 1.00 pm, and a second update at 3.00 pm. Speakers: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health. Today we have two new confirmed cases and one new probable cases of Covid-19, sai

Hiya team….Level 4 lock down soon to travel to Level 3. It’ll all be over soon, hopefully soon. Have faith. Anyway as we said at the start of the month, we’ll put up a couple of tracks from artists doing what they do best, that is perform in front of an audience. Here’s a couple […]

Business and the economy will be the main focus of today’s Epidemic Response Committee meeting. Infectious diseases expert Dr Ayesha Verrall, Xero’s founder Rod Drury, KPMG global head of agribusiness Ian Proudfoot, Agribusiness leader Traci Houpapa, researcher and writer Max Rashbrooke and NZ Initi

The race for fast food and delivery chains to get ready in time for Tuesday’s rush is on – each store putting the work in to get their fridges fully stocked, their workspaces safe, and their deliveries up and running. With such anticipation building up, people are being told to be prepared that thei

UPDATE: 12 noon, Very sad to report the Invercargill woman Jocelyn Finlayson died overnight in the ICU unit Dunedin Hospital after battling Covid-19, our thoughts are with her family and friends at this sad time. An Invercargill woman fighting for her life – and five of her family members – still do