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Change WINZ rules to help people, CTU says
The Council of Trade Unions says with more unemployment looming, Work and Income rules on benefits for people in relationships need to be reviewed. Audio
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Covid-19: What happened on Wednesday
Today marked several milestones on the road to the new normal: more recoveries than active cases, school restarting, and top officials and ministers taking a pay cut.
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Media make the case for emergency help
News media representatives set out the crisis their industry faces to Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee on Wednesday before the government finalises a package of measures to help them survive… Audio
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Covid-19: Pay cut for PM, ministers and public service bosses
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and public service chief executives will take a 20 percent pay cut for the next six months. Video
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Simon Bridges wants to leave level 4, but safety first
New Zealand should move out of alert level 4 next week, but with a safety-first system, the National Party leader says.
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Simon Bridges wants to leave level 4, but safety first
New Zealand should move out of alert level 4 next week, but with a safety-first system, the National Party leader says. Audio
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Coronavirus: NZ won't go to Level 2 overnight, but should aim for it - Simon Bridges
Audio 15 Apr 2020The Government is due to make a decision on whether New Zealand can move out of Alert Level 4 next week, and the country will find out exactly what a drop to Level 3 that would entail soon.
But some… Audio
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'Level 4 is doing exactly what we wanted it to do' - Finance Minister
Grant Robertson says when deciding on moving to level 2 and 3, his focus has been on "what constitutes safe economic activity?".
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Coronavirus: Grant Robertson to face Epidemic Response Committee
More Government ministers will come under the scrutiny of Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee today where the Finance Minister will spell how just how badly Covid-19 has affected the economy.
As… Audio
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Assessing the economic impact of Covid-19 and preparing for alert level 3
New Zealanders will get a better picture today of the potential economic damage wrought by Covid-19, as the country prepares to move out of alert level 4.
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Mandatory quarantine for all arrivals into NZ: 'Our borders are our biggest risk'
The prime minister has announced that from midnight tonight every person arriving in New Zealand will have to go into compulsory quarantine. Video
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Media commentators plead for already-announced policy
Patrick Gower, the National Party, and several political commentators have spent the week calling for government to quarantine the border. The only issue: the government had already signalled the…
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Coronavirus: Mandatory supervised quarantine on the way
The Prime Minister will announce today that every person arriving in New Zealand will have to go into supervised quarantine.
Academics and opposition MPs have been demanding such action, saying… Audio
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Essential business hot topic at committee
Business leaders are scrutinising the government's decision to only let essential businesses and those with essential goods operate.
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Education Ministry reveals support plans for distance learning
Schools around the country will be given help to make sure students can still learn at home under lockdown, when term two officially starts.
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NZers breaching lockdown 'more likely to be flouting the rules' - police
Police have reported 76 new breaches of the lockdown rules in the past day, and say breachers are now more likely to be flouting the rules. Watch the latest all of government Covid-19 conference here.
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Epidemic Response Committee hears from industry leaders
The government has been urged to take measures to boost the cash flow of small businesses at today's hearing of the Epidemic Response Committee.
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Simon Bridges will continue commute to chair committee
The National Party leader says he intends to continue commuting between Tauranga and Wellington so he can do his job effectively in an unprecedented situation. Audio
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Coronavirus: Simon Bridges defends commute
Simon Bridges says there's no comparison between his weekly commute between Wellington and Tauranga, and the Health Minister's breach of lockdown rules.
David Clark has been demoted, and stripped of… Audio
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Top Stories for Wednesday 8 April 2020
Coronavirus: Marist cluster members initally refused tests; Coronavirus: Nurses union wants more PPE; Coronavirus: Holidaymakers sneaking out in darkness; Coronavirus: Simon Bridges defends commute… Audio
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PM on Clark - 'I expect better and so does NZ'
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reiterated that under normal circumstances she would have sacked Health Minister David Clark.
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Bridges commuting to Wellington for response committee
The opposition leader is defending his decision to commute between Wellington and his home in Tauranga during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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National Party supports discussions on lockdown exit plan
Simon Bridges supports the start of discussions about a possible exit plan from level-4 restrictions, as long as the government remains focused on enforcing an effective lockdown.
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Coronavirus: Exit plan shouldn't distract from testing, tracing - Bridges
The Leader of the Opposition says it's not too early to start talking about an exit plan, but the focus has to remain on heightened levels of testing and contact tracing, and tougher border… Audio
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Confusion around what returning travellers can and can't do in isolation
Questions are being raised about what people returning to New Zealand during the lockdown can and cannot do while in self-isolation.