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Cabinet and the Epidemic Response Committee have been using Zoom for meetings during the lockdown - but now questions are being raised about the video conferencing platform's security. Photo / File

Why is PM using Zoom amid sharp questions about its security?

2 Apr, 2020 5:00am

8 minutes to read

Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran. Photo / File

Fran O'Sullivan: Survival and the question of staff

Standing down workers vital to rebuilding could ease the wage bill without losing talent.

Whanganui's Peter Aki with his mother Vaosa Telesia Aki Photo / Supplied

'Absolutely devastating' way to farewell mother

Peter Aki said watching mother's funeral via livestream was 'absolutely devastating."

With everyone stuck at home during the lockdown are women still doing the majority of housework? Photo / 123RF

Five of the best big reads: Why do women still do more housework?

Looking for some lockdown distraction? Here's a selection of big reads to get stuck into.

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Vicky Jones created Fleabag alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Photo / Getty Images

Vicky Jones on life after Fleabag and best friend Phoebe Waller‑Bridge

Times: "For a long time I was the one holding Phoebe's coat, and I was happy with that."

Looking for something to read this summer? Photo / 123RF

Lockdown entertainment: Best books to read

New York Times: Looking for a new book to read during this lockdown period?

Francesca Gee at a cafe in Paris where she used to go with Gabriel Matzneff decades ago. Photo / Andrea Mantovani, The New York Times

Long-silenced victim of a paedophile writer gets to tell her story

New York Times: For decades her account of events was rejected. Until now.

With everyone stuck at home during the lockdown are women still doing the majority of housework? Photo / 123RF

Five of the best big reads: Why do women still do more housework?

Looking for some lockdown distraction? Here's a selection of big reads to get stuck into.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump have enjoyed a lift in the polls. Photo /Getty Images

Pandemic boosts popularity of Johnson and Trump

Despite criticism of their performance, their approval ratings have risen.

Just ask Eva Kollisch, left, and Naomi Replansky about survival and resilience. Photo / Mary-Elizabeth Gifford via the New York Times

They survived the Spanish flu, the Depression and the Holocaust

New York Times: They lived through the worst of the 20th century. They have some advice.

Jennifer Lopez at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in February. When she posted a video of her family sheltering in the backyard of a vast Miami compound, the public snapped. Photo / AP

How coronavirus is dismantling the cult of celebrity

New York Times: The difference between us and them has never been more obvious.

Immigration officials tried to assist tourists on Monday in Phuket, Thailand, who were stranded and seeking to extend their visas. Photo / Adam Dean, The New York Times

Why Asia's new coronavirus controls should worry the world

New York Times: China, Hong Kong, Singapore and other places have imposed strict measures.

Bailey Miller dives off a research vessel to explore an ancient underwater cypress forest in the Gulf of Mexico off of Dauphin Island. Photo / Annie Flanagan, The New York Times

Creatures in this underwater forest could save your life one day

New York Times: Scientists raced to save sea life from 60,000-year-old submerged forest.

Business

Kikki.K has 65 stores worldwide and employs about 450 people. Photo / Google / Westfield

Troubled stationery chain Kikki.K moved into liquidation

Prior to liquidation, the retailer was placed into receivership last month.

Donald Trump signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office on Friday. Photo / AP

Banks stand to make billions from US small business rescue

Financial Times: Federal loans will be forgiven if used to cover payroll and other costs.

Banks have been told they can't pay a dividend to shareholders by the RBNZ. Photo / File

NZ banks blocked from paying dividends to shareholders

NZ banks have been told they can't pay dividends by the regulator.

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Politics

Cancer patient Tegan Hollier, 26, on lockdown in Auckland, is about to start a critical part of her cancer treatment even as the country tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Photo / Supplied

Virus threat: 'Madness' for cancer sufferer, and a plea to Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern is being asked to open access to drugs Pharmac won't pay for.

Otago University Professor and epidemiologist Sir David Skegg. Photo / Supplied

Comment: Just when you thought the Opposition had become irrelevant

The Opposition had disappeared into irrelevance. Until now.

Finance minister Grant Robertson speaks during COVID-19 financial response package announcement at Parliament on March 17. Photo / Getty Images.

Nation building should be the start of a move to unity

Robertson should start move towards unity by ceding infrastructure planning to National.

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Sport

Photo / Trish Dunell.

Analysis: Breaking down the news the racing industry didn't want to hear

There was something almost calming in the news the racing industry didn't want to hear.

Of course you needed to know which was the greatest NZ test century of the decade. Photos / Photosport

Dylan Cleaver: Every test century scored by NZ since 2010 - ranked

Of course you needed to know which was the greatest NZ test century of the decade.

Martin Devlin dishes out the cake for the 20th birthday of Radio Sport. 6 April 2018 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Michael Craig.

Dylan Cleaver: The brilliant voices of Radio Sport will be sorely missed

COMMENT: The voices on Radio Sport went quiet today. Sport is much poorer for it.

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The Big Read

Greg Foran started work at Air NZ on February 3. Photo / Phil Prenderville

Air NZ's Greg Foran: 'We're almost in hibernation'

How the calamity unfolded, the critical day, Air NZ's future and how his family is coping.

Bradley Garrett knows more than anyone in the world about bunkers. Photo / Supplied

Steve Braunias: Did the bunker crowd get it right?

Steve Braunias talks to the world's leading authority on Doomsday prepping.

China wants to re-create the internet, making it into a new infrastructure that could put power back in the hands of nation states, instead of individuals. Photo / 123RF

Inside China's controversial mission to reinvent the internet

Financial Times: Huawei is developing technology for a new network. What does this mean?

Thanks to Google Street View we're already travellers in virtual space. Illustration / Nathan Asplund, The New York Times

We're stuck at home, let the adventure begin

The New York Times: Looking for a travel fix online? We're virtually there already.

British gamekeeper Jacob 'Jake' Fiennes, brother of English actor, film producer and director Ralph Fiennes, on the Raveningham Hall Estate. Photo / Getty Images

Jake Fiennes on the future of farming after Brexit

Times: His brothers are household names, but Jake is an unlikely star of British farming.

Diane Keaton at Dolby Theatre in 2017. Photo / Getty Images

Diane Keaton opens up about troubled brother: 'I was a jerk'

Times: Keaton's relationship with her troubled, alcoholic brother has dominated her life.

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National

Whanganui's Peter Aki with his mother Vaosa Telesia Aki Photo / Supplied

'Absolutely devastating' way to farewell mother

Peter Aki said watching mother's funeral via livestream was 'absolutely devastating."

Queues of traffic outside a drive through Covid-19 testing centre set-up in the Waikato township of Matamata. Photo / Alan Gibson

Jake Bailey: We will be forever changed by the lessons we learn from Covid 19

COMMENT: Covid 19 will change us the way the war changed our grandparents.

The roads around Whangaparaoa seem as busy as ever, one reader says, but it seems not everyone's going to the local essential services. File photo / supplied

Letters: Lockdown activity, elderly, shopping and gratitude

Letters: Lockdown breaches, older residents, supermarkets, and reasons to be thankful.

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World

With everyone stuck at home during the lockdown are women still doing the majority of housework? Photo / 123RF

Five of the best big reads: Why do women still do more housework?

Looking for some lockdown distraction? Here's a selection of big reads to get stuck into.

Francesca Gee at a cafe in Paris where she used to go with Gabriel Matzneff decades ago. Photo / Andrea Mantovani, The New York Times

Long-silenced victim of a paedophile writer gets to tell her story

New York Times: For decades her account of events was rejected. Until now.

Just ask Eva Kollisch, left, and Naomi Replansky about survival and resilience. Photo / Mary-Elizabeth Gifford via the New York Times

They survived the Spanish flu, the Depression and the Holocaust

New York Times: They lived through the worst of the 20th century. They have some advice.

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Lifestyle

American publisher Hugh Hefner with an entourage of Playboy Bunnies in June 1966. Photo / Getty Images

I was an accidental Playboy pinup

New York Times: Playboy has announced the company will stop publishing a print edition.

Kids in the kitchen at the Purple Dragon in Chelsea, London. Photo / @prupledragonplay

Rich kids: Inside London's most fashionable family club

Times: From soft-play zones to celebrity parents - a day at the Purple Dragon.

Total social isolation is taking its toll on Lee Suckling. Photo / Getty Images

Man alone: 'Coronavirus isolation has put me on heat'

Remember when you could get on an app and find someone to have sex with?

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Entertainment

Let's face it, we need some smiles.

Sideswipe: Let's face it, we need some smiles

A daily column looking at some of the more humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

Vicky Jones created Fleabag alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Photo / Getty Images

Vicky Jones on life after Fleabag and best friend Phoebe Waller‑Bridge

Times: "For a long time I was the one holding Phoebe's coat, and I was happy with that."

Looking for something to read this summer? Photo / 123RF

Lockdown entertainment: Best books to read

New York Times: Looking for a new book to read during this lockdown period?

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Travel

Tea plantations in Kerala, India. Photo / Getty Images

Tim Roxborogh: The biggest travel bug is that we can't travel

It's time to quit complaining and start dreaming of holidays to come.

Right now we can only imagine what it's like to travel. Paul Theroux's novels and travel writing will help. Photo / Getty Images

Steve Braunias: Around the world with Paul Theroux

Steve Braunias on his favourite writer from the so-called "golden age" of travel writing.

Thanks to Google Street View we're already travellers in virtual space. Illustration / Nathan Asplund, The New York Times

We're stuck at home, let the adventure begin

The New York Times: Looking for a travel fix online? We're virtually there already.

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Crime

News coverage can make crime seem more prevalent than it is. Photo / File

Jarrod Gilbert: High-quality information has never been more important

COMMENT: Sticking with mainstream media sources should be a must for all people.

Ferro-James Tiopira Sio. Photo / Supplied

Suspected child homicide victim's memorial items missing

"When we thought we knew our grief, it was quickly amplified."

Police Senior Sergeant Paddy Hannon holds a Norinco semi-automatic rifle, which is one of the now illegal firearms. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Kiwis have no constitutional right to bear arms, Court of Appeal rules

Some firearms owners claimed a "constitutional right" to access semi-automatic weapons.

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Education

Marist College has the country's biggest cluster of infections so far. Photo / Michael Craig

Anatomy of a nightmare: Inside Marist College, the country's largest Covid-19 cluster

It's the largest cluster of Covid-19 cases in NZ. What happened at Marist College?

Luba el-Helw is one of six female lion tamers currently working in Egypt. Photo / Heba Khamis, The New York Time

Egypt's female lion tamers show the men how to do it

New York Times: Six women dominate the field of lion taming in Egypt.

A high school student was shocked to discover that her phone was used by teachers while it was confiscated.

School staff took photos on student's confiscated phone

A student has complained about the inappropriate use of their mobile phone by teachers.

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Health

Surfing for Farmers has been a popular activity organised by the Rural Support Trust. Photo / supplied

Regular breaks important for healthy lifestyle

Rural Support Trust recommends regular breaks for mental health.

Queues of traffic outside a drive through Covid-19 testing centre set-up in the Waikato township of Matamata. Photo / Alan Gibson

Jake Bailey: We will be forever changed by the lessons we learn from Covid 19

COMMENT: Covid 19 will change us the way the war changed our grandparents.

Marist College has the country's biggest cluster of infections so far. Photo / Michael Craig

Anatomy of a nightmare: Inside Marist College, the country's largest Covid-19 cluster

It's the largest cluster of Covid-19 cases in NZ. What happened at Marist College?

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Cartoons

April 2. Illustration / Rod Emmerson

Cartoons: Week of March 30 - April 5

March 28. Illustration / Rod Emmerson

Cartoons: Week of March 23 - 29

March 21. Illustration / Rod Emmerson

Cartoons: Week of March 16 - 22

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The Last Word

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson during the government's media update on Day 1 of the Covid-19 lockdown. Photo / NZ Herald

Pattrick Smellie: Grief, worry, bewilderment - now comes the hard part

29 Mar, 2020 9:34am

8 minutes to read

Fran O'Sullivan: Hard decisions at the big end of town

Time for a change: Paul Lewis' rugby wish list

Coronavirus: We will have to make it up to the young

Paul Little: I'm glad Jacinda's got our backs for the next wee while

Diana Clement: Income fears - finding work in a Covid 19 world

Lizzie Marvelly: Do the best you can working from home - and have fun

Still life with sunsets: Simon Wilson's Covid 19 pandemic diary

Mary Holm: Can we rely on our shares? On our banks?

Beauden Barrett. Photo / Photosport

Patrick McKendry: Kiwi rugby stars set perfect example with pay cut response

COMMENT: Leaders take note - clarity of thought can make tough measures easier to take.

Police question people who are on the streets of the Hamilton city centre during the lockdown. Photo / Mike Scott

David Cormack: So it seems we're a nation of narks during lockdown

30 Mar, 2020 11:00am

COMMENT: If there was an election tomorrow, Labour would sweep to power.

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