投稿者: Eva Corlett in Wellington
As Auckland grapples with Delta outbreak, opposition leaders dare to break with Jacinda Ardern on pandemic plan“Things have changed,” Judith Collins declares, sitting in her Beehive government office. New Zealand’s National party leader is fresh off la…
Some have spent $40,000 arranging their own passage home after suspension of quarantine-free flights left them stuckAustralians desperate to get home from New Zealand are going to extreme lengths to do so, forking out tens of thousands of dollars to ch…
News that jabs may soon be approved for children could allow New Zealand to achieve milestone, experts say, but equality in access must be improvedSee all our coronavirus coverageJacinda Ardern wants to make New Zealand a world leader in Covid vaccinat…
A group of about 20 former interpreters who worked for New Zealand have been gathering outside parliament in a bid to talk to the PMA group of former Afghan interpreters are frustrated and disappointed their requests to New Zealand’s government to rese…
Restrictions will be eased from midnight on Tuesday with more businesses allowed to provide click-and-collect services, PM saysAfter nearly five weeks in lockdown Auckland will move out of the highest setting, New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Arde…
Despite some pushback, the use of the country’s indigenous tongue te reo is now becoming common in mainstream mediaEarly this week, Māni Dunlop, presenter of RNZ’s Midday Report Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga, sent out an astonished tweet: “It’s a record w…
Government says it’s ‘working hard’ to ease restrictions next week as country’s case numbers trend steadily downSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand will delay the reopening of its trans-Tasman travel bubble, as case numbers in Australia rise an…
New Zealand prime minister’s face shows full range of emotions after being asked about Auckland patient’s liaison that health chief called a ‘high-risk activity’See all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern may have kept h…
New Delta cases below 21 for sixth consecutive day, as Jacinda Ardern announces vaccine purchase from SpainSee all our coronavirus coverageDaily cases in New Zealand’s coronavirus outbreak have continued to fall, with just 13 new infections recorded on…
Experts say Covid-19 infection total is encouraging sign ‘we are heading in the right direction’See all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s regions outside of Auckland will move down lockdown settings to level 2, from midnight Tuesday, prime minister…
Māori liken their trademark application to France’s effort to protect the term champagne, while Australia says you can’t claim a plantLong before the name Mānuka became synonymous with a booming honey industry, celebrity endorsements and protracted glo…
Social media delights in the gaffe of a Movie Max employee at Timaru as a tonic during Covid lockdownAn expletive-ridden voicemail recording, accidentally uploaded by a New Zealand cinema, is giving the nation a dose of cheer as it races to stamp out a…
Numbers are ‘encouraging’ but New Zealanders ‘must continue to be vigilant’, Grant Robertson saysNew Zealand has reported 28 new cases of coronavirus in the community, a drop of 21 compared with the previous day in an “encouraging” sign that the countr…
Man’s mother said she had called police on her son when he left home in Auckland after receiving his positive test resultA man who tested positive for Covid-19 before absconding from a quarantine facility in Auckland on Thursday had attempted to escape…
Experts say this week is ‘crunch’ time as country waits to see whether numbers will continue to fallAuckland will remain in full lockdown for another two weeks despite a drop in community cases of Covid-19.New Zealand reported 53 new cases in the commu…