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Covid-19 coronavirus: Auckland economy braces for more pain from another lockdown
Auckland, which responsible for about 40 per cent of the country’s GDP, is bracing for the economic effects of the latest alert level 3 Covid-19…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland Airport MPI staff ‘fuming’ after being left behind in vaccine rollout
Ministry for Primary Industries staff at the country’s biggest airports have been left frustrated as they’re put to the back of the vaccine rollout queue.…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland lockdown was ‘frustrating’ but justified, says expert
Auckland’s latest Covid-19 episode will have proven “frustrating” to many – but the snap lockdown was nonetheless ultimately justified, an expert says. Scientists today welcomed…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland back to alert level 1 from midnight – facemasks on public transport still mandatory throughout country
Auckland will move to alert level 1 at midnight tonight. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just made the announcement. Masks will continue to be mandatory…
Auckland water crisis: February-worth of rainfall in days, yet dams barely budge
Auckland got more than its average February rainfall in just a few days this week yet it barely caused a ripple in the region’s still-dwindling…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland out of lockdown – Jacinda Ardern sounds warning, Professor Des Gorman criticises alert-level response
VIRUS LATEST* Revealed: New locations of interest as community cases grow to six* Covid-19: Shift to Level 2 ‘not cautious enough’ – expert* LSG Sky…
Covid-19 coronavirus: Auckland to level 3 tonight; rest of country at level 2
Auckland will move to Covid-19 alert level 3 from 11.59 tonight for three days. The rest of New Zealand will be at level 2, Prime…
Auckland port jam sees giant Maersk removing half its normal container ship calls
Maersk, the world’s biggest container shipping line, says it has dropped 50 per cent of its normal ship calls to the Ports of Auckland and…
Urgent repairs needed at Auckland Art Gallery before falling slate tiles pose danger to pedestrians
The 1887 French renaissance-style building at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki requires urgent repairs costing millions of dollars. Without the work, the category 1…