Coronavirus

COVID-19 bringing mixed bag for courier companies

The country's largest courier company expects revenues to be down 30 per cent when New Zealand moves into lockdown level 3 next week. That's despite... Read More

COVID-19: Most kids to continue distance learning

Minister of Education Chris Hipkins says most children will continue distance learning under alert level 3. New Zealand will move to the lower alert level after... Read More

COIVD-19: Five new cases, one additional death

UPDATE: While there are only five new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand today, the Director-General of Health is reporting an additional death. Ashley Bloomfield... Read More

Concerns over power bill rises during lockdown

People faced with higher power bills during the lockdown need to approach their power companies to discuss payment options, says Consumer NZ. With so many... Read More

Aus govt tells Facebook and Google to pay for news

The Australian government has ordered the competition watchdog to develop a mandatory code of conduct to govern commercial dealings between tech giants and news... Read More

Telling the stories of essential workers

Essential workers in the public sector are on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19, and their efforts keep us all safe. Thousands of members of the Public... Read More

Firefighters‘ plea “wait until it’s safe”

With the announcement that New Zealand will remain in Alert Level 4 until 11.59pm Monday, April 27, New Zealanders can rest assured that Fire and Emergency will... Read More

Two weeks in prison for spitting on police

A 42-year-old man has today been sentenced to 14 days in prison after spitting at a Rotorua Police Officer. The incident occurred during a routine traffic stop... Read More

$55m investment in contact tracing

The Government has announced a major investment in the country's contact tracing system to ensure they have a 'gold standard response” to any future surge... Read More

Gumboot Friday heavily impacted by COVID-19

Gumboot Friday, the day when New Zealand rallies together to support each other, suffered a major blow when fundraising events were forced to cancel due to the COVID-19... Read More

BOPDHB staff & patient test positive for COVID-19

Two Bay of Plenty District Health Board employees and one patient have tested positive for COVID-19 during the weekend. One of the staff members who tested positive... Read More

Level 4 lockdown to end on April 27

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will move from COVID-19 alert level 4 to alert level 3 at 11.59pm on Monday April 27. The country will... Read More