News at a glance

Level 2 will see return of friends, restaurants, friends, and travel - but with strict rules. Keep Reading

The onset of the Covid-19 crisis has sent expectations of inflation over the next two years plummeting to new lows in a new influential RBNZ survey; house price drop of nearly 5.5% seen in next year Keep Reading

Infometrics says we should look to the 1930s for a solution to help the economy recover from a COVID-19 recession by building more state houses Keep Reading

Professional sport has been given the go ahead to resume under Alert Level Two. Keep Reading

Cabinet will decide on May 11 if we're ready to come out of alert level 3. Keep Reading

"It should be mandatory in all of these venues where people have close contact." Keep Reading

As countries around the world roll out apps to help trace the contacts of Covid-19 cases, New Zealand may be going its own way. Keep Reading

How is Covid-19 spreading within the country? Newsroom is collating information as it's available to paint a picture of what's happening. Keep Reading

He said more needs to be done to get "New Zealand working again". Keep Reading

Restaurants and bars are gearing up with the tech industry to use a range of Covid-19 contact tracing apps in alert level 2. Keep Reading

The leaders of New Zealand and Australia have agreed to ease travel restrictions between the two countries as soon as it is safe to do so. Keep Reading

Hospitality, tourism and retail are crying out for more wage subsidies and financial support as they prepare to pull trigger on job cuts. Keep Reading

Banks won't reveal how many Govt-backed loans they've approved. Keep Reading

Epidemiologist Michael Baker says a zero Covid-19 case day is a great symbolic milestone, but in his job, one day doesn't count for much. Keep Reading

It comes as today's Covid-19 case count sat at zero. Keep Reading

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will join Australia's Cabinet meeting tomorrow via video link to discuss the possibility of a trans-Tasman bubble. Keep Reading

More than 700 citizens and permanent residents returned home on three flights from India last week, but many people remain overseas. Keep Reading

Warm weather and relaxed attitudes to the rules risk lengthening Alert Level 3. Keep Reading

Our sense of collective purpose - rarely seen outside wartime - could be tested as anger, frustration, depression and anxiety spike. Keep Reading

Auckland Council is negotiating with credit agencies to raise its debt ceiling so that it can weather the "mother of all recessions". Keep Reading

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 three – read The Spinoff’s giant explainer about what that means here. For official government advice, see here. The Spinoff’s coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak is Keep Reading

Police are sending a blunt message to people who have chosen to break their bubbles over the weekend - no parties, no excuses. Keep Reading

Cabinet has approved the fast tracking of large shovel ready projects, largely by-passing the Resource Management Act. Keep Reading

How is Covid-19 spreading within the country? Newsroom is collating information as it's available to paint a picture of what's happening. Keep Reading

There are six new cases of Covid-19 today and the Ministry of Health reports that another person has died of coronavirus. George Hollings, a... Keep Reading