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Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy
Steve Braunias discovers while the country is in lockdown the Easter Bunny is busy.
From the Warehouse to Destiny Church - the Kiwi businesses taking up Govt's wage subsidy scheme
The Warehouse has been paid $52 million through the wage subsidy scheme.
Police case: MBIE staff become online targets of some stressed business owners
Frustrated businesses get personal with their frustration, one instance referred to cops.
Lockdown D-Day: 10-day wait to see if restrictions will be lifted
PM announces blanket quarantine policy at the border, which will be in place indefinitely.
PM sticking with planned election date despite Peters' lobbying
Jacinda Ardern says Government is sticking with its plan to hold election on September 19.
29 new coronavirus cases, PM reveals tough new quarantine - and D-Day for lockdown
The PM says fight against Covid-19 will be a 'marathon'.
Sorry parents - schools won't re-open as soon as lockdown lifts
Ministers of Social Development and Education front up to Parliament committee.
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
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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
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Washington Post on early lockdown success: 'Triumph of science and leadership'.
Tourism's 'deep slumber' - 100,000 jobs on the line, MPs told
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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.