Watch: PM dismisses nationwide lockdown speculation
"New Zealanders must prepare, but do not panic," Jacinda Ardern said.
"New Zealanders must prepare, but do not panic," Jacinda Ardern said.
The Government has advised New Zealanders against travelling anywhere overseas.
Airlines won't have to pay $162m in passenger-based charges.
Tracey Martin: "It could easily move into a place where they become the Forgotten People."
The government is being challenged about its travel restrictions on China and Iran.
Jacinda Ardern says it is a time to prepare as coronavirus cases rise.
The Transport Minister is set to sign off a 10-year $48b transport spending package
An overseas visitor to NZ can now only get a visitor visa if they agree to self-isolate
The new cases are in Christchurch, Waikato, Invercargill and Auckland.
Small Chinese businesses in Auckland are welcoming the government's wage subsidy scheme
No decisions have been made yet on domestic Anzac commemorations
This year's vaccine campaign has been brought forward.
More than $5 billion made available in a wage subsidy scheme for Covid-19 hit workers.
Tauranga tourism company will lose about $150,000 in one month.
Simon Bridges struggled to find the right words or tone to greet the package.
Seymour says a pay cut over three months would show leadership to the private sector.
She speaks to Heather Du Plessis-Allan on the heels of a $12.1bn financial package.
All eligible Covid-19 impacted workers can claim up to $585 a week from the Govt.
What the emergency package does for jobs, health, and the economy.
Goal of package to minimise job losses and keep the health sector from being overwhelmed.
The Finance Minister will unveil a "significant" economic spending package this afternoon.
'We have a simple message for all countries: Test test test.' - World Health Organisation
COMMENT: It's a bit late, and should have been at least a week ago.
Paul Goldsmith: "What we need is cash in the hands of businesses right now."
RBNZ governor Adrian Orr on how the economy will withstand the coronavirus impact.
"You should leave before you are deported," Ardern told reporters yesterday.
'What we're really facing here is quite unprecedented,' says public health lawyer.
Gatherings of more than 500 people cancelled to help stop spread of coronavirus.
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads, Parliamentary Services are banning all tour groups.