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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

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is speaking this afternoon after putting the country on alert yesterday for a lockdown to combat the spread of Covid-19. During a media conference this afternoon. The Ministry of Business and Innovation could not confirm if businesses such as The Warehouse could claim t

The Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed there are 40 new cases of Covid-19 and 3 new probable cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. As Covid-19 spreads around the world, it can be daunting keeping up with the information. For RNZ and what’s on Invers our responsibility is to give