Sorry parents - schools won't re-open as soon as lockdown lifts
Ministers of Social Development and Education front up to Parliament committee.
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Government quiet on contact tracing tech options
Big questions remain about how NZ is going to be able to stamp out flareups of Covid-19.
Peters pushing for election delay due to Covid-19
The deputy Prime Minister has been lobbying the PM to change the election date – reports.
Lockdown tensions: Winston Peters - health an imperative 'but not at all costs... we'll be broke'
Winston Peters says there are "huge tensions" balancing health and economic issues.
Where Jacinda Ardern's handling of crisis has been weak and how she's responded
Testing, the border and contact-tracing are all areas where the PM has moved with resolve.
National MP seeks crisis centre advice on apartment settlements
What's the fate of apartment buyer settlements during lockdown?
Govt promises 60,000 complete Covid-19 tests by week's end
There are now 120 Covid-19 testing stations across the country.
37,000 reports, 45 charged as police gear up for Easter
Eight police staff have been spat at - a crime punishable by 14 years in prison.
How PM responded to this Washington Post headline: 'NZ isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it'.
Washington Post on early lockdown success: 'Triumph of science and leadership'.
Tourism's 'deep slumber' - 100,000 jobs on the line, MPs told
Some businesses 'mortally' wounded, the Epidemic Response Committee has heard today.
Fifty new coronavirus cases - lowest daily number in two weeks
The total of confirmed and probable cases in New Zealand since the pandemic began is 1210.
Audrey Young: PM makes sound judgment on David Clark
COMMENT: Arrogance is not a word normally associated with the Health Minister.
54 new cases but 65 recoveries: Are we finally starting to get on top of this thing?
There have been more than 42,800 tests so far and almost 3000 yesterday.
Lockdown rules crackdown: Police can set up roadblocks, enter houses
Police can enter a home or office is they suspect an unsanctioned gathering.
Lockdown complicates Easter payments for workers
Determining if staff get paid public holidays should be based on Covid-19 patterns: MBIE.
Police urge people to stay home this Easter
Nearly 300 people have been caught breaking the rules since the lockdown began.
Covid-19: Ardern 'quietly confident and cautiously optimistic'
For the first time there have been more recoveries than new cases in a 24-hour period.
Eleven new Covid-19 cases related to Bluff wedding
Nearly 70 people linked to the wedding have now tested positive for Covid-19.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Expert professor says no blanket quarantine at border risks a longer lockdown
David Clark and Ashley Bloomfield have fronted to the Epidemic Response Committee.
1 million workers set to receive wage subsidy; PM signals border quarantine
Ardern: NZ needs to double down on compliance so the gains so far are not squandered.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Government announces $17m for Pacific communities to fight Covid-19
Funding will support disability services and public health messaging in Pacific languages
Covid-19 coronavirus: Public asked to help fund 2000 lunches for struggling families after silence from Govt
Eat My Lunch asked the Govt for money but heard nothing. Now it has a Givealittle page.
Cabinet's 3 key indicators - can lockdown end in 16 days?
PM says NZ seems to have avoided the exponential growth of Covid-19 infections.
Day 12: Will lockdown be extended?
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives the latest on the Covid-19 lockdown.
Revealed: The meals being served to people in quarantine
Kiwis in hotels during the Covid-19 lockdown have shown what they're being fed.
PM hits back at Australian Govt suggestion Kiwis go home
'I would have thought they wouldn't want to be so quick to lose them': PM.
Virus could force 100,000 Kiwis to join benefit queue, many for the first time
"Nobody is going to come out the other side without needing some support."
89 new cases, total 1039; PM on lockdown - 'some I would charitably describe as idiots'
The new cases are made up of 48 confirmed cases and 41 probable cases.
Keeping pace: 700 close contact traces a day but still no Bluetooth tracking
Ministry's contact-tracing has been under scrutiny with experts saying more is needed.
Lockdown bans: Seven new rules; NZ cases set to hit 1000 as UK, US tolls soar
Director-General of Health says Covid-19 cases 'may well' be peaking.
Toughen lockdown, says NZ family evacuated from Wuhan
Kiwi family evacuated from Wuhan says Kiwi Covid19 lockdown should be tougher
Coronavirus: Kiwi med students 'forgotten and alone' in Peru
Shamus Moffatt and Connie Wan have had no clear answer on what will happen to them.
WHO to advise NZ officials on new face mask measures
WHO will advise whether Kiwis should be wearing face masks outdoors at all times.
Has it peaked? NZ has 82 new Covid-19 cases as lockdown decision looms
Top public health officials are set to brief media on the latest Covid-19 developments.