As Kiwis deal with the Covid-19 crisis, one person has earned the public's admiration for keeping New Zealanders informed — and that is Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Many have petitioned for Bloomfield, who has been branded a "competent, calm, factual and reassuring man", to be New Zealander of the Year 2021.

"Dr Ashley Bloomfield may just be doing his job but he, I believe, is exceeding it and what is expected of him in his role," the Change.org petition reads.