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Update20 Oct, 2020
Paulin said any additional costs such as healthcare or longer stays would be looked after by the fishing companies.
A total 237 Russian and Ukrainian fishermen arrived in Christchurch on Friday - to work for Sealord, IFL and Maruha - with 69 of those from Sealord. Paulin said all the workers came in on a private charter flight from Russia and only fishers and air crew would have been on the plane.
Update13 Oct, 2020
If a vaccine is going to be available by early next year, the next big question is who will get it?
Whatever it decides, the government has put aside over $66 million to ensure it’s able to launch an immunisation programme as soon as a vaccine is available. Now we just need to cross our fingers and wait for the trial results.
Update05 Oct, 2020
The Govt introduced the payment scheme to temper criticism that taxpayers were footing the bill for returning Kiwis
Just 23 individuals or families have paid for their stays in managed isolation and quarantine facilities since a new payment system was introduced two months ago, recouping just $72,250, according to new data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
Update27 Sep, 2020
Women are more likely to have lost work due to COVID-19 but the COVID response is not targeted to meet their needs
The Green Party is calling for a review into the gender split of training programmes offered by government to help New Zealanders retrain following COVID-19 job losses.
Update23 Sep, 2020
A historical coronavirus diagnosis has uncovered what's believed to be the true first Covid-19 case in New Zealand
The case came about after a person returned from Italy, before the country was identified as a coronavirus hotspot. "This infection occurred in late February following exposure to an infected person from Italy," the Ministry of Health said. "At the...
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Update18 Sep, 2020
Education Ministry figures showed average daily attendance in the region last week was just over 86 per cent.
"There's a whole lot of reasons around it. Our parents up there, they're financially and socially in a bad way, they're losing jobs and they're losing where they're living and all the rest of it, so kids are getting shifted all around the north to...
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Update14 Sep, 2020
Why the alert levels have been extended
Ardern said modelling for the Ministry of Health suggests there's a 25 percent chance cases could move outside of the Auckland region. So even while cases are contained in the city, inter-regional travel poses a risk of spreading the virus throughout the rest of the country.
Update13 Sep, 2020
There was little social distancing and few people in the crowd wore masks
A number of police were present at the rally but they refused to comment when RNZ asked whether there were any concerns about social distancing given the size of the crowd. Minister of Health Chris Hipkins recently issued a strong warning that "fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories are threatening to derail" the country's Covid-19 response and impede progress to alert level 1.
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