[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern has offered the possibility of forming a coalition government despite achieving a historic electoral victory that will allow her Labor party to rule alone. New Zealanders expressed relief Sunday at his re-election, after a campaign that many felt long and tiring. Ardern’s party won the highest percentage …
Read More »Ship with close contacts of the new Covid-19 case anchored in Hawke Bay
[ad_1] The Ken Rei logging ship is anchored off Napier. Photo / Ian Cooper A ship carrying workers who have been in close contact with a new Covid-19 case in the New Zealand community will be greeted by health officials at Napier. The ship was anchored off the coast of …
Read More »Coronavirus: A new community case in Auckland, but change to alert level unlikely
[ad_1] The Prime Minister and the Director General of Health ruled out any immediate change in restriction levels after a man working on ships in Taranaki and Auckland was confirmed as the latest community case of coronavirus. In a rare Sunday news conference, Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield said there …
Read More »Coronavirus: A new community case in Auckland, but change to alert level unlikely
[ad_1] The Prime Minister and the Director General of Health ruled out any immediate change in restriction levels after a man working on ships in Taranaki and Auckland was confirmed as the latest community case of coronavirus. In a rare Sunday news conference, Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield said there …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: new community case – Ashley Bloomfield
[ad_1] There is a new community case of Covid-19, says Chief Health Officer Ashley Bloomfield. The man, an Auckland dockworker who went to New Plymouth for work this week, tested positive on October 16. The man requested a test the day he developed symptoms. The man has been transferred to …
Read More »Coronavirus: a new community case of Covid-19 in Auckland
[ad_1] There is a community case of coronavirus that has been detected on the first day after the 2020 general election. Katarina Williams / Things Dr. Ashley Bloomfield announces a new case of community transmission on Sunday. The Labor government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic was attributed, in part, by …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ashley Bloomfield Leading the Covid-19 Update
[ad_1] The Director General of Health is ready to announce how many cases of coronavirus have been detected on the first day after the 2020 general elections. The Labor government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic was attributed, in part, by political commentators to the Labor Party’s landslide victory in Saturday’s …
Read More »Nineteen pilot whales killed in Coromandel stranded
[ad_1] Halin Glynn / Supplied Nineteen pilot whales are dead after an overnight stranding near Coromandel’s Colville Bay. Nineteen pilot whales have died after a second stranded on a beach north of Coromandel overnight. A rescue mission was launched on Saturday after about 25 whales from a large pod were …
Read More »2020 Election: National’s Gerry Brownlee Resigns; endorse Collins to remain leader
[ad_1] National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee has supported Leader Judith Collins to remain in the top job. Photo / Mark Mitchell National’s campaign chairman and senior deputy, Gerry Brownlee, is leaving Parliament for good after losing his seat in Ilam last night. He has also endorsed frontman Judith Collins …
Read More »Penny Simmonds has yet to claim victory in Invercargill seat
[ad_1] Invercargill National Party candidate Penny Simmonds is “a little nervous” about calling her own victory in New Zealand’s southernmost city, having finished just 685 votes ahead of Labor candidate Liz Craig on the night of the elections. She will wait for the special votes to be counted in the …
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