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Since going live over the weekend, the site has crashed at least once due to complaints over people playing rugby or frisbee and holding partiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSo many New Zealanders have reported their neigh…
Country of five million has 283 cases of coronavirus but Jacinda Ardern warns that may grow to thousands during month-long restrictionsThe sound of day one of New Zealand’s nationwide lockdown was birdcall. Wood pigeons, tui and saddleback woke to quie…
Panic buying of food – and guns – as Wednesday deadline for national shutdown approachesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJust over 24 hours before New Zealand is due to enter full lockdown, 40 new cases of coronavirus have be…
Panic buying of food – and guns – as Wednesday deadline for national shutdown approachesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJust over 24 hours before New Zealand is due to enter full lockdown, 40 new cases of coronavirus have be…
Jacinda Ardern brings in ‘the most significant restrictions on New Zealanders’ movements in modern history’ as cases rise past 100Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand is preparing to enter a month-long nationwide lock…
Jacinda Ardern says this ‘is about saving lives’ and asks over 70s or those with compromised immunity to stay home for foreseeable futureCoronavirus latest See all our coronavirus coveragePrime minister Jacinda Ardern has addressed the nation, asking K…
Cases are expected to grow as tens of thousands seek to return homeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has recorded its biggest single-day increase of Covid-19 cases, with 11 new positive tests, taking the country’s …
Jacinda Ardern says she recognises NZ ban starting on Thursday night is ‘extraordinary’, as Scott Morrison says Australia’s borders close on Friday Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAustralia and New Zealand’s borders will be …
New Zealand PM says young people need extra help to understand the pandemic, as country reports 28 cases Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s prime minister has held a special press conference just for children, say…
Two recent arrivals from south-east Asia face deportation after refusing to abide by the rules as officers carry out random compliance visitsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand police have been enlisted to check up o…
Man, whose identity is suppressed in New Zealand, will appeal against both his conviction and his life sentenceThe man found guilty of the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane will appeal his conviction and life sentence, lawyers said on Wednesda…
Rare discovery made of freshwater aquifer that could contain as much as 2,000 cubic kilometres of waterAn aquifer has been discovered under the Pacific ocean off New Zealand’s coast, with scientists saying some of the South Island could draw on it for …
Opposition claims not enough is being done to stimulate economy, despite Jacinda Ardern saying nation is in robust position to fight coronavirusThe New Zealand government’s economic response to coronavirus has been criticised as “startlingly flat-foote…
Owner of a home that measures just 8m by 3m wins high profile three-year legal battle with government over rates and regulationsYachts and caravans have all served as home for Alan Dall but it is his tiny house in Canterbury that has finally claimed hi…