Jacinda Ardern won’t rule out pay cuts for ministers when recovery starts as stay-at-home measures deliver some success
New Zealand appears to have dodged an “exponential” rise in coronavirus cases, the country’s director-general of health has said, saying he feels “encouraged” that strict, nationwide lockdown measures are beginning to take effect.
New Zealand’s 5 million people have been in total lockdown for nearly two weeks, with no-one allowed to leave their home unless fetching essential supplies, or taking exercise.
