Life returns to new 'normal' tonight at alert level 1
New Zealand will return to life as normal, but with its borders closed, from midnight tonight.
Is the art market covid-proof? Well, just maybe
Wellington art auction house Dunbar Sloane marked the end of an era this week, bringing the hammer down - or in this case, an HB pencil clasped in the left hand of veteran auctioneer Anthony Gallagher - on a stylised bronze coin by New Zealand sculptor Terry Stringer titled, fitt...
Trans-Tasman bubble details imminent - Canberra airport seeks attention
A detailed set of proposals for the creation of a trans-Tasman travel 'bubble' is due to be delivered to the New Zealand and Australian governments later today or tomorrow by the peak business body that has been working on the initiative. But just as the Australia-New Zealand...
Ardern defends Monday timing for level 1 call
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is sticking to next Monday, June 8, as the first date that the government will consider whether to remove remaining restrictions on public life to contain the spread of covid-19. Ardern is under intense pressure from business groups, her own coali...