投稿者: Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin
Regional travel will be allowed under level 2 restrictions but the nation’s borders will remain closed for a ‘long time’, PM warnsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealanders will begin easing back to normality this week a…
David Benson-Pope caused a stir when he mistakenly appeared in a suit jacket and apparently little else during a virtual council meetingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA New Zealand councillor has been caught with his pants …
Move to level 3 measures comes as PM says efforts continue towards eliminating Covid-19Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has started to relax its strict lockdown, with residents able to travel to work, spend more t…
Finance minister says NZ$17m has been paid back by firms not entitled to subsidyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEmployers who were not entitled to New Zealand’s coronavirus wage subsidy scheme have paid back NZ$17m ( £8.3m) …
The pair’s blog about their enforced stay at an Auckland hotel, featuring high-class food and a mini-fridge full of treats, has caused envy worldwideCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA couple in government-enforced quarantine …
Thousands of overseas workers are marooned by the country’s strict curbs without pay amid warning of ‘unprecedented welfare crisis’Coronavirus updatesThousands of migrants are stranded in the resort capital of Queenstown, unable to get home and unable …
Jacinda Ardern says: ‘We have done what very few countries have been able to do. We have stopped a wave of devastation’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealanders will remain in total lockdown for another week, prime mini…
Laura Daniel experimented with baking during the national lockdown, and regretted itA tribute to the prime minister of New Zealand has gone horribly wrong, after a television presenter attempted to render Jacinda Ardern in cake form, and failed spectac…
New Zealand PM says: ‘If there was ever a time to close the gap between groups of people across New Zealand in different positions, it is now’New Zealand’s prime minister has said she and other ministers will take a 20% pay cut lasting six months to sh…
Melanie Bracewell decided to experiment after repeated comments about her likeness to the prime ministerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJacinda Ardern has expressed her admiration for the skills of a New Zealand comedian who…
Just 29 new cases recorded as deputy prime minister calls on Ardern to move election from September to NovemberJacinda Ardern has refused to postpone New Zealand’s September elections over the coronavirus pandemic, despite calls for a delay from her de…
David Clark called himself an ‘idiot’ for driving his family 20km to the beach on the first weekend of the national stay-at-home measures Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s health minister has been demoted after h…
Jacinda Ardern won’t rule out pay cuts for ministers when recovery starts as stay-at-home measures deliver some successCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand appears to have dodged an “exponential” rise in coronavirus c…
Rhinos keep turning up for their belly rubs, and giraffes have been keeping their appointments, but there is no one to watch themCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhile humans have been using Netflix and Zoom to quell the coro…
Teddies appear in windows across the country – and the world – in a bid to entertain isolated childrenCoronavirus – latest updatesTougher New Zealand rules on Covid-19 could set it apart as ‘normal’ nation after lockdownSee all our coronavirus coverage…