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PM says much more testing is needed to gauge how widespread virus is.
Focus Live: PM Ardern defends wage subsidy scheme
Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern remains confident in the wage subsidy scheme saying that $4.1 billion has already been paid out to New Zealanders.
Businesses want minimum wage increase postponed
Businesses are asking the govt to defer the minimum wage rise - but workers do not agree.
Comment: PM Jacinda Ardern gets blood out of stone from Oz
Australia's nod to the NZers among them a case of asking for a mile and getting an inch.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson talks about economic recovery on the Mike Hosking Breakfast
Mike Hosking talks to Finance Minister Grant Robertson about 'shovel-ready' projects and economic recovery after COVID-19 - 31st March.
What will New Zealand life look like post-lockdown?
New normal: Shut borders, no overseas tourists, and communities ready to go into lockdown.
Reserve Bank's latest emergency move ... and what comes next
New Zealand's Reserve Bank has made another unorthodox policy move.
A week like no other: Inside Jacinda Ardern's pandemic war room
In one week, the PM took New Zealand from level 2 to lockdown. This is how it rolled out.
UK businesses told to close indefinitely
UK businesses will shut their doors tonight as the PM unveiled a package of measures.
Focus: Kiwibank economist weighs in on the economic fallout of coronavirus
Focus: Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr weighs in on the economic crisis caused by coronavirus.
Can Fonterra and our dairy farmers save the economy?
Fonterra must keep winning in the economic battle against Covid-19.
Focus Live: Ministers confident ‘heavily impacted’ Queenstown will get appropriate Govt. funding
Focus Live: Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult believes that Queenstown will be the hardest hit with the economic fallout of coronavirus, but ministers assure that the $12.1b government support package will provide relief to the tourism industry. Video / James Allan
Fonterra FY20 interim results media conference
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Avoiding Italy's fate - and how we cope when the virus hits NZ
Can we stop coronavirus? What happens if it gets through anyway? David Fisher reports.
Perspective: with Heather du Plessis-Allan - Don't forget the farmers
Perspective: with Heather du Plessis-Allan - Don't forget the farmers.
St John: Ambulance number boost planned to meet outbreak
St John is preparing for a wider spread of coronavirus.
Subsidy news brings relief to restaurateurs
Small Chinese businesses in Auckland are welcoming the government's wage subsidy scheme
'There will inevitably be more cases': Govt may fast-track Budget to tackle coronavirus
Grant Robertson joins Mike Hosking on the coronavirus rescue package.
Liam Dann: Banks have assured us of their value for years. Now's their chance to show us
Banks have long argued their strength is vital to society. Now's their time to prove it.
In Full: PM Ardern and Winston Peters respond to coronavirus financial package
Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters’ full response to the coronavirus financial package. Video / Mark Mitchell
Coronavirus: What are Kiwis searching on Google?
What are Kiwis searching amidst the coronavirus pandemic?
Golden Princess passenger tests negative for virus
The cruise ship ban was an 'unprecedented event'.
Focus Live: NZ's official cash rate cut to 0.25 per cent
Focus Live: In a surprise move earlier today the central bank cut New Zealand's official cash rate (OCR) to 0.25 per cent - an all-time low – will be in place for the next 12 months.
NZ port to lose 15 cruise ship visits with ban
Port of Tauranga to lose 15 scheduled cruise ship visits with ban.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Coronavirus is Grant Robertson's biggest test
COMMENT: The Finance Minister has been handed an absolute shemozzle in an election year.
Market turmoil: Mark Lister on plunging global stocks
Market turmoil: Mark Lister on plunging global stocks
Why the outlook for the economy just got worse
New York Times: A recession will leave scars on the economy for years to come.
Finance Minister says he's received no advice to suggest a recession
BNZ says New Zealand will 'probably' go into recession as a result of coronavirus.
Focus: Grant Robertson announces Business Continuity Package to combat coronavirus fallout
Focus: Finance Minister Grant Robertson outlining the Government's Business Continuity Package to help support the economy affected by COVID-19. Video / Mark Mitchell
Coronavirus could halt the world's emissions growth
Greenhouse gas emissions in China, the world's largest emitter, down 25% in recent weeks.
Special report: Supply crunch makes coronavirus slump unprecedented
Crunch time for many businesses may be only weeks away.
Letters: Recycling cost spurs poor choices
If it's difficult or costly to recycle or dump, poorer people will make poor choices.