Troubling our health officials is a potential for masks to make matters worse.

We say: War rhetoric has been used both to inspire unity but also in an ominous way.

EDITORIAL: To envious overseas eyes, we have been a smooth success story.

Editorial: Post Covid-19, we have much to offer Australia, and they have much to offer us.

We say: Level 2 offers a giant leap from level 3, but it may be smaller steps for some.

Editorial: Auckland's water supply drops below 50 per cent while bureaucracy stagnates.

Editorial: In some cases keeping the wage subsidy could prove costly.

We say: Calls to ease restrictions are understandable but we must stick to the script.

We say: Mutual success in combating Covid 19 has raised hopes for a trans-Tasman bubble.

We say: What value complete eradication when it would leave NZ entirely alone?

Editorial: More than 100 potential keys are being fashioned in labs around the world.

We say: This year has got the new decade off to a very rocky start.

We say: The Government's call to "go hard and go early" appears to have paid off.

WE SAY: It is a big deal to start relaxing our mental programming of the past month.

We say: Economic stimulus packages will likely see emissions will rise again.

Mistakes on handling the pandemic have not been confined to China.

EDITORIAL: The challenge is for the authorities to manage the risk as well as possible.

WE SAY: Media outlets fighting for their survival but remain committed to their purpose.

We say: Leaders struggle with dilemmas of all kinds simultaneously in coronavirus fight.

We say: The jaws of the lockdown are tightening on the New Zealand economy.

We say: What happens next will be an open-ended step into the unknown.

WE SAY: Duelling daily coronavirus news briefings are competing for our attention.

Editorial: Stay the course, New Zealand, show the world how Covid-19 is beaten.

We say: Lockdown rules mean this Easter is no picnic, but neither's the alternative.

We say: Winter is coming, not just weather-wise, and farmers are feeling it too.

We say: Health Minister's behaviour not so much an error of judgement but a complete loss.

We say: Being the incumbent is usually an advantage, but this is the biggest of big asks.

EDITORIAL: It's not just pandemics we have to worry about.

Editorial: Kiwis in lockdown have been back in the kitchen, rattling the pots and pans.

We say:Supermarkets are weathering the storm and staff deserve all the thanks we can give.