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Ashley Bloomfield said the ministry was trying to be as open with information about Covid clusters as possible. Photo / Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Two mystery Covid-19 clusters in Auckland: Ministry says more details coming

8 Apr, 2020 3:32pm

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An Auckland landlord has been fined for entering a property unannounced while a woman was home alone in the shower. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Landlord fined after walking into house unannounced, scaring woman

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8 Apr, 2020 3:13pm
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An Auckland landlord has been fined after entering a property unannounced.

NEW ZEALAND

Landlord fined after walking into house unannounced, scaring woman

updated

8 Apr, 2020 3:13pm
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An Auckland landlord has been fined after entering a property unannounced.

Golf courses are not allowed to have a single maintenance worker tending to the course during the lockdown. Above, the Wainui golf course. Photo / Wynne Gray

NEW ZEALAND

Golf courses call to be essential or face $10m 'catastrophic turf death'

8 Apr, 2020 3:04pm
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National urges Government to move on this issue.

Everything has changed for the housing market. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Should you still buy a house in a post-Covid 19 world?

8 Apr, 2020 3:00pm
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You need to know the reality of the situation before you can adapt to it.

NEW ZEALAND

Herald afternoon quiz: April 8

8 Apr, 2020 3:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand's internet holding up well despite huge demand

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm
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Focus Live: Education Minister Chris Hipkins announces Suzy Cato's return and education packs

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

SPORT

Focus Sport: Kiwi sailor sees positive in Olympic postponement

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

MetService Weather National: 8th - 10th April

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

Education TV channels and free computers to boost home learning

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

MetService Weather Christchurch: 9th April

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

SPORT

Focus Sport: NZRL focused on grass roots

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

MetService Weather Wellington: 9th April

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

MetService Weather Auckland: 9th April

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

Day one of the coronavirus covid-19 lockdown in Whanganui because of lockdown and the Covid-19 coronavirus. Thursday, March 26, 2020 Whanganui Chronicle photograph by Bevan Conley.

Whanganui EOC meeting

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

Focus Live: Coronavirus - 50 new cases, 12 are in hospital, 282 have recovered, 1210 in total

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

Empty Holiday park. Mount Maunganui Holiday Park owner Mark Hales. 08 April 2020 Bay of Plenty Times- Photograph by George Novak

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Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

Harjinder Chander gives a run-through of his around the home lap

8 Apr, 2020 2:37pm

NEW ZEALAND

How PM responded to this Washington Post headline: 'NZ isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it'.

8 Apr, 2020 1:55pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Whakatu: Lockdown brings out the town's spirit

8 Apr, 2020 1:53pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Tourism's 'deep slumber' - 100,000 jobs on the line, MPs told

8 Apr, 2020 1:47pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Two TV channels, 17,000 computers for school kids in lockdown

8 Apr, 2020 1:45pm
4 minutes to read

NEW ZEALAND

Chief science adviser: How and when we exit alert level 4

8 Apr, 2020 1:34pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Covid 19: Alastair Campbell lauds Ardern's leadership

8 Apr, 2020 1:29pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Fifty new coronavirus cases - lowest daily number in 2 weeks

8 Apr, 2020 12:52pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Police investigate sudden death at West Auckland apartment

8 Apr, 2020 12:49pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Lockdown silence allows detection of smaller earthquakes

8 Apr, 2020 12:39pm
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NZ Herald Focus

NEW ZEALAND

Lockdown tips: Bubble of one enough to make you scream

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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Let's get through this together.

Surfers are spoken to and issued tickets by the police at Piha beach this morning after they breached the lockdown rules. Photo / Alex Burton

NEW ZEALAND

What ban? Surfers ignore lockdown rules, take to waves

5 Apr, 2020 4:48pm
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'It's time for people to grow up a little bit', Muriwai resident says.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was

NEW ZEALAND

PM criticises Bauer Media for refusing Government support

2 Apr, 2020 4:40pm
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PM gutted at loss of magazine titles: 'They should have kept going'.

Friends wave hello from a safe social distance at Mission Bay. Photo / Michael Craig

LIFESTYLE

Grumpy, trapped or alone: Solutions to your lockdown fears and worries

2 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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Let's get through this together.

NEW ZEALAND

South Auckland clinic hit by theft - then mystery package turns up

30 Mar, 2020 11:53am
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LIFESTYLE

How to cope with the people in your lockdown bubble

30 Mar, 2020 4:35am
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South Island news

Harjinder Chander ran around his home 400 times in 16 hours and 50 minutes. Photo / Supplied

south island

'Better than sitting on the couch': Farmer runs 64km around home during lockdown

8 Apr, 2020 1:57pm
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He even managed to milk the cows twice while completing the gigantic run.

south island

Gun City director Betsy Tipple dies of an aneurysm

7 Apr, 2020 7:10pm
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"We were just crazy head over heels in love with each other."

Police executed search warrants in Queenstown and Christchurch. Photo / NZ Police

south island

Three arrests in Queenstown drug op as cash, Audi and meth seized

7 Apr, 2020 5:47pm
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Police say they are determined to identify and prosecute those who supply illicit drugs.

Light rail is front and centre of the latest proposal for a second harbour crossing - but construction won't begin until the late 2030s.

NEW ZEALAND

What happens when Auckland's motorways are built?

3 Jan, 2020 5:00am

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North Island news

Waikato University Esports coordinator Tom Featonby has created an environment for gamers to be a part of a community. Photo / Tom Rowland

north island

Esports should be go-to activities for Kiwis

8 Apr, 2020 12:38pm
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Gaming should be used as a platform to organise and facilitate opportunities

Whanganui is being urged to stay home. Photo / Lewis Gardner

north island

Whanganui region support for restrictions encouraging

5 Apr, 2020 1:02pm
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Whanganui DHB urges the community to stay at home.

Nearly 40 per cent said they'd never close their business in the current situation. Photo / File

north island

Business survey shows 'sentiment of fear'

8 Apr, 2020 12:03pm
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Chamber of commerce will push hard to ensure best-case scenario happens for the Waikato.

NEW ZEALAND

Traveller says controls weak after experience at Auckland Airport

8 Apr, 2020 12:30pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Two new Covid-19 cases in Hawke's Bay, total now 35

8 Apr, 2020 12:19pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Rent relief urgently needed or Auckland businesses will fail: Business Chamber

8 Apr, 2020 12:15pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Over the moon at magic photo

8 Apr, 2020 12:03pm
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Shop-spitter arrested in Dunedin

8 Apr, 2020 11:57am
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NEW ZEALAND

Expert warns two metres 'not the magic number'

8 Apr, 2020 11:44am
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NEW ZEALAND

'No one is staying home, no one is listening': Iwi latest to restrict access to area

8 Apr, 2020 11:40am
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NEW ZEALAND

Ironman during lockdown: 90km bike of local streets, 45 laps of the block

8 Apr, 2020 11:35am
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NEW ZEALAND

'It seems crazy': Kiwis stuck in Germany refused access to Air NZ flights

8 Apr, 2020 11:35am
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Farmers: "cool" not to be unique

When they started farm environmental improvements, couple were unique - but not any more.

'Vulnerable' bird numbers rise

Water quality work by dairy farming couple does more than help clean wetlands.

NZ's new plan for clean water

As climate change hits, high-tech research project is to look at how much rainfall...

Gulls targeted in five-year project

Black-backed gulls are being culled because of water quality and native birds in..

The heart of a community: school kids swim in the Lower Waiau during summer months. Photo / Supplied

Trickle needed to bring mighty flow

River group wants 3 per cent more water from Manapouri power scheme to restore Waiau river

Company goes "above & beyond"

Stormwater upgrade wins agriscience company praise - and an award.

Winds of change blow strong

Farm wetland restoration and environmental thinking taken up by second generation.

How to rescue a waterfall

Work has started on improving the water quality of a Bay of Plenty gem - Kaiate Falls.

Spending $2.8m on environment

Waikato family have really put their money where their mouth is on sustainable farming.

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Should you still buy a house in a post-Covid 19 world?

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NEW ZEALAND

Covid 19: Alastair Campbell lauds Ardern's leadership

LIFESTYLE

Nicola Alpe: How grim is the soundtrack to your life right now?

By: Nicola Alpe
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NEW ZEALAND

15m below ground: City Rail Link workers' historic find

8 Apr, 2020 11:07am
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NEW ZEALAND

Hot stuff! Kiwi family's hilarious Covid-19 music video

8 Apr, 2020 11:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Labour Party summer camp case: High Court dismisses suppression bid

8 Apr, 2020 11:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Tracking number of docs, nurses with Covid-19 'critical'

8 Apr, 2020 10:56am
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NEW ZEALAND

Roads nearly empty as lockdown continues

8 Apr, 2020 10:47am
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NEW ZEALAND

How coronavirus lockdown could end: Is 4 weeks long enough?

8 Apr, 2020 10:36am
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NEW ZEALAND

Why Whanganui iwi want online alcohol sales banned

8 Apr, 2020 10:30am
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NEW ZEALAND

'Community idiots': Trail bikers snapped hooning in lockdown

8 Apr, 2020 10:11am
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NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi aid worker in world's largest refugee camp braces for outbreak

8 Apr, 2020 9:56am
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Two TV channels, 17,000 computers for school kids in lockdown

8 Apr, 2020 1:45pm

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NEW ZEALAND

'Emergency' clause helps tenants, landlords

8 Apr, 2020 9:37am
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NEW ZEALAND

Missing Northland diver's body recovered after 10 days

8 Apr, 2020 9:30am
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NEW ZEALAND

NZ prisoners kept in solitary confinement during outbreak

8 Apr, 2020 9:24am
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NEW ZEALAND

Crisis warning for migrant workers in Queenstown

8 Apr, 2020 8:59am
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NEW ZEALAND

Coronavirus: Countdown relaxes some product limits

8 Apr, 2020 8:56am
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NEW ZEALAND

Judge's warning to lockdown flouter

8 Apr, 2020 8:55am
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NEW ZEALAND

Horticulture gains workers as urban jobs dry up

8 Apr, 2020 8:40am
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NEW ZEALAND

Dunedin sex offender claims no memories of decades of abuse

8 Apr, 2020 8:31am
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Auckland woman in NZ's biggest Covid-19 cluster but faced nine-day wait for test

8 Apr, 2020 8:12am
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