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Health Minister David Clark is demoted after further breaches of the level four lockdown and a new Covid-19 cluster emerges in a Christchurch rest home.
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While Cabinet is discussing what's needed for NZ to return to alert level three, the PM's made it clear lockdown will run until 22 April.
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The Health Minister reveals he took a trip to the beach during lockdown and has offered to resign.
Otago alumna and clinical psychologist Dr Desiree Dickerson specialises in mental health and well-being for academics, and has just had an article published in Nature, entitled “Seven tips to manage your mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 outbreak”. She shares her story and tips from lockdown in Spain.
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The PM does not want NZ to be at level four for "a minute longer than needed", but says there is no plan to lift it earlier than the planned four weeks. Watch the latest media conference here.
Newsroom
The daily growth in Covid-19 cases in New Zealand continues to slump as the number of tests carried out yesterday reached a record high.
RNZ
The government will charter a flight to get New Zealanders stranded in Peru home. Follow our blog for the latest news.
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Cabinet ministers and senior officials will plan a possible exit from the pandemic lockdown but are warning the fight against Covid-19 is far from over.
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Vote in The AM Show poll.
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It's potentially allowed under the state of emergency declared last month.
The Spinoff
For all The Spinoff’s latest coverage of Covid-19 see here. Read Siouxsie Wiles’s work here. New Zealand is currently in alert level four. The country is shut down, apart from essential services. For updated official government advice, see here. The Spinoff’s coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak is
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says businesses should plan now for how they will operate in a post-Covid environment.
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Midwives want better access to PPE and believe they should have targeted Government support.
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it's too early to claim success against the spread of Covid-19 but 11 days into lockdown, New Zealand has made a good start.
Stuff
Over 200,000 Air New Zealand passengers have so far received credit for tickets they had to cancel.
RNZ
A Nelson company that makes products for the fishing and farming industries has saved its workforce by switching to making re-usable PVC face shields.
RNZ
Today's coverage of Covid-19 from New Zealand and around the world.
The Spinoff
For all The Spinoff’s latest coverage of Covid-19 see here. Read Siouxsie Wiles’s work here. New Zealand is currently in alert level four. The country is shut down, apart from essential services. For updated official government advice, see here. The Spinoff’s coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak is
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Kiwi vaccinologist, Helen Petousis-Harris says she has been impressed with the work labs are doing.
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It comes after confusion among Kiwis about some of the expectations.
Newsroom
How is Covid-19 spreading within the country? Newsroom is collating information as it's available to paint a picture of what's happening.
New Zealanders are mostly staying at home during lockdown, with trips to the supermarket down by 54 percent and transport hubs by 84 percent,...
Māori Television
Ngāpuhi has opened its first Covid-19 testing clinic today in Northland, after lobbying for adequate resources to address the inequalities in the health...
The Spinoff
Medical centres across the country are condensing services, moving online and ushering in pandemic plans. Josie Adams assesses what it’s like to access and provide essential medical care under alert level four. On Monday, Sandra Russell woke up before dawn and drove to Milford to get her blood te
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Phone tracking data shows who's isolating and who isn't.
