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[ad_1] New Zealanders will begin to return to normal this week, as almost two months of strict blockade comes to an end after the country’s successful battle against Covid-19. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday that the country would lower restrictions from Level 3 to Level 2 on Thursday, allowing …

[ad_1] Fake images Westpac has had a widespread system failure that prevents some customers from making payments. Westpac said that “most” of card payments now worked, but that online banking services and its contact center were still not working as a result of a failure of “widespread” systems. The bank’s …

[ad_1] Within two days, more people will be able to use public transportation below alert level 2, but it doesn’t come without its limits. Metlink on Monday announced updated plans for physical distancing and impact on passenger capacity across the Wellington region network. It did not include permanence in services …

[ad_1] By RNZ A woman who tested positive for Covid-19 had been in an Auckland jail for 10 days after refusing to be examined when she arrived from the United States. The woman in her 20s agreed to take the test when she appeared in court last Friday. She was …

[ad_1] NZ coronavirus is a new daily podcast, hosted by Stuff‘s Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham, looking at the Covid-19 pandemic from a Kiwi perspective. In today’s episode: Dr Ayesha Verrall was the scientist called in to the Ministry of Health to make a critical audit of the country’s contact-tracing …

[ad_1] Michael Bradley / Things Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Center in Wiri, South Auckland. A woman returned a positive test for coronavirus just one day after her release from an Auckland prison. The woman received her positive Covid-19 result on Saturday after she was rescued on Friday and tested the …

[ad_1] Michael Bradley / Things Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Center in Wiri, South Auckland. A woman returned a positive test for coronavirus just one day after her release from an Auckland prison. The woman received her positive Covid-19 result on Saturday after she was rescued on Friday and tested the …

[ad_1] A $ 26 million project to replace the Auckland airport runway will begin in two weeks and create 150 jobs. The works were advanced after the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting reduction in flights created an opening. Earlier this year, the airport runway had to be closed for emergency …

[ad_1] Shopping malls, cafes and restaurants reopen from Thursday and schools resume next Monday, but bars must wait 10 days as the country goes to alert level 2 in 48 hours. On Thursday, retail stores, shopping malls, cafes, restaurants, movie theaters, and other public spaces may reopen. They all require …

[ad_1] Since Covid-19 hit the hospo industry hard, the tide has turned against Uber Eats. Jean Teng looks at why people are increasingly against the app and looks at some (hopefully) less troublesome alternatives to quenching level three hunger. Even before Covid-19, we thought food delivery was very good. For …