NZ Politics Daily - 20 March 2020
20 March 2020
Today's content
Coronavirus - public health strategy
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Grim period of isolating ourselves may lie ahead
RNZ: Professor Shaun Hendy - Control measures for Covid-19 needed 'until we've got a vaccine'
Jamie Morton (Herald): How a new playbook changed NZ's response
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): NZ’s new Covid-19 strategy explained
Michael Baker and Nick Wilson (The Conversation): Why New Zealand needs to continue decisive action to contain coronavirus
Philip Hill and James Ussher (Stuff): Coronavirus has an Achilles heel, and we can exploit it
Andy Fyers (Stuff): Here's how quickly the number of cases can escalate
Coronavirus - economy, relief package
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): The neutron bomb wrecking the global economy
Gordon Campbell: On the sudden clamour for government bailouts
Gordon Campbell: On the economic stimulus package
Luke Malpass (Stuff):The biggest shock since World War II or the Great Depression
1News: Global economy suffering a 'cardiac arrest' due to coronavirus
Chris Trotter: Nobody Left Behind
Rob Stock (Stuff): The coronavirus economic crisis shows why wealth matters
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): NZ's already tepid economic growth heading for a nose dive
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): New Zealand has enough cash for any circumstance, RB says
Brian Fallow (Herald): Reserve Bank, Government coronavirus moves will ease the plunge (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Banks have assured us of their value for years. Now's their chance to show us (paywalled)
1News: Over 16,000 Kiwis apply for coronavirus wage subsidy in first day of applications
Dileepa Fonseka (Newsroom): The uncertain world of Covid-19 tax relief
Matthew McKew (ODT): Disappointment at no GST relief
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Māori welcome government support as step in right direction
Coronavirus - political management, parliament
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Coronavirus crisis - Jacinda Ardern rises to the challenge (paywalled)
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Only Way Through This Crisis Is Together
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): From a private plane to Rotorua to shutting NZ's borders: Jacinda Ardern's whirlwind day responding to COVID-19
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tells Kiwis to prepare to work from home, prepare to stop non-essential travel
RNZ: 'New Zealanders must prepare, but do not panic' - Prime Minister
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Collette Devlin (Stuff): Parliament changing rules to run on skeleton numbers if needed
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Parliament by remote control the prospect facing politicians
RNZ: Parliament discusses measures if politicians can't attend
Derek Cheng (Herald): Tracey Martin on handling self-isolation and whether to buy toilet paper
Chlöe Swarbrick (Guardian): As an MP in self-isolation, I've seen New Zealand's collective power to respond to a crisis
Newshub: National not being included in Govt's coronavirus discussions, Paula Bennett claims
Coronavirus - border
Richard Harman (Politik): Why Ardern got tough on the border
Kim Moodie (Herald): Who can still come in to New Zealand?
Jason Walls (Herald): Borders closed as NZ goes into coronavirus lockdown
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government shutting borders to all but citizens and residents
Anna Whyte (1News): PM places border ban on all non-residents and permanent residents entering NZ
RNZ: NZ to close its borders to anyone not a citizen or permanent resident, PM confirms
Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): Govt closes border to tourists, temporary workers
RNZ: Pacific to suffer under NZ's border ban - academic
James Fyfe and Perry Wilton (Newshub): Tourism industry 'moving towards complete devastation' after border closure
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Isaac Davison (Herald): Close New Zealand borders now, urgent care doctor says
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Simon Bridges calls for complete border shutdown for all non-residents
1News: Customs updates its passenger arrival card to include health questions about coronavirus
Mike Hosking (Newshub): Why hasn't the Government closed the borders?
Coronavirus - NZers told do not travel overseas, come home
Zane Small (Newshub): Government planning 'mercy flights' to extract Kiwis stuck overseas amid coronavirus pandemic
1News: Government undertakes largest consular response ever, to bring stranded Kiwis home
Derek Cheng (Herald): 'Do not travel': Coronavirus sparks highest ever travel alert for New Zealand
Collette Devlin (Stuff): New Zealand government raises travel advice to highest level - 'do not travel'
1News: Travel advice raised to highest level amid coronavirus pandemic - 'do not travel'
Zane Small (Newshub):New Zealand's overseas travel advice being rasied to 'highest level' amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Lorna Thornber and Alan Granville (Stuff): 'I just want to be home': Kiwis stranded overseas amid coronavirus chaos
Lana Andelane (Newshub): New Zealander fears she will be stranded in Finland amid travel uncertainty
RNZ: Kiwi travellers told to fly home
Coronavirus - gatherings, social distancing
Zane Small (Newshub): The huge fine Kiwis face for breaching mass gathering rules during coronavirus pandemic
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Govt cancels events with more than 100 people. Here is what you need to know
Yvette McCullough (RNZ): No indoor gatherings of 100+ people - govt
Jason Walls (Herald): Gatherings of more than 100 people banned to stop coronavirus spread
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Indoor gatherings of more than 100 people called off
Anna Whyte (1News): Government limits mass indoor gatherings to 100 people, excluding schools and workplaces
Zane Small (Newshub): Government bans gatherings of 100 people or more amid coronavirus pandemic
John Lewis (ODT): Funeral directors turn to live streaming
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): Pubs 'won’t be the same' as govt restricts indoor gatherings (paywalled)
Zoë George (Stuff): Cinemas still open after new mass gathering rules
Todd Niall (Stuff): Lower gathering limits would hit public facilities and council cash flow
RNZ: Social distancing: A way to be everybody's friend
Coronavirus - self isolation
1News: Exposing breaches of self-isolation shouldn't be for 'public shaming' says Privacy Commissioner
1News: NZ public tipping off police about those thought to not be self-isolating when they should be
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Director-General of Health responds to claims of poor self-isolation border information
Coronavirus - testing, contact tracing
Belinda Feek (Stuff): DHBs set up community clinics to test for Covid-19 cases
RNZ: Ministry of Health to set up contact tracing centre - Bloomfield
Coronavirus - lockdown rumours
Benn Bathgate and Collette Devlin (Stuff): Countrywide lockdown speculation dismissed by Prime Minister
Lana Andelane (Newshub): Fake 'nationwide lockdown' message circulates on social media
Zane Small (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern dismisses rumours being spread on social media about COVID-19
Coronavirus - health system
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): DHBs postponing elective surgeries
Henry Cooke (Stuff): The simple number the Government can't seem to find
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): ICU expert says NZ could double bed numbers in 'exceptional circumstances'
David Farrar: NZ ICU capacity
Florence Kerr (Stuff): What is New Zealand's plan if mass deaths occur?
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Patients turning up at medical centres unannounced seeking tests
Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): Wellington Hospital staff waiting in full protective gear
Louisa Steyl and Rachael Kelly (Stuff): Southern District Health Board releases preliminary Covid-19 plans
Emma Perry (ODT): Restrictions on hospital visiting hours signalled
Emma Perry (ODT): Pandemic never expected
Jame Fyfe (Newshub): Kiwi doctors seek way to minimise risk while also helping others
RNZ: Lack of masks risks dentist clinics closures within weeks
RNZ: Calls for Whānau Ora money to be used for Covid-19 hygiene and sanitation packs
Kristin Hall (1News): Calls to mental health helplines surge in wake of coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus - education
Simon Collins (Herald): Government plan to provide internet and devices to 70,000 children if Covid-19 forces mass school closures
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Director-General Dr Ashley Bloomfield reveals what'd prompt school closures
Luke Kirkness (Herald):New Zealand schools put on notice following positive cases and pending tests
Lee Kenny (Stuff): Online learning not possible for 100,000 kids who don't have home internet
1News: Low decile schools 'worried' about impact school closures could have
Herald: Wellington College to trial students studying from home
ODT School contacts test negative
Zoë George (Stuff): Students around New Zealand being kept at home
Simon Collins (Herald): Holiday programmes geared up to start early if schools close due to coronavirus
Kim Moodie (Herald): Massey University limits face-to-face teaching to prevent spread of virus
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Large parties over for Otago students
Mike Bedford (Spinoff): An urgent need to enable voluntary absence from ECE
Coronavirus - aviation bailout, airlines
John Anthony (Stuff): Air New Zealand bailout will be a loan that needs to be repaid, CEO says
Grant Bradley (Herald): How the shockwaves spread through aviation's ecosystem (paywalled)
Jason Walls (Herald): Government unveils details of $600 million aviation spending package
Anna Whyte (1News): Details of $600 million aviation relief package revealed as sector 'hit hard' by coronavirus
Dileepa Fonseka (Newsroom): $600m to keep aviation afloat
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Relief package eases pressure on airports, Airways
RNZ: Government announces details of funding for aviation industry
Liz McDonald (Stuff): Pandemic aid for New Zealand aviation
John Anthony (Stuff): Air New Zealand abruptly closes London base, 130 crew affected, Buenos Aires route suspended immediately
1News: Air NZ fast tracks closure of London base that 130 flight attendants operate out of
John Anthony (Stuff): All Qantas and Jetstar international flights suspended from late March
1News: Queenstown Airport to suspend all international services from the end of March due to coronavirus
Coronavirus - Pacific
1News: Fiji confirms first coronavirus case - a flight attendant who briefly passed through Auckland
RNZ: Fiji restricts travel from US, UK and Europe
RNZ: Cook Islands govt restricts domestic travel to outer islands or Pa Enua
RNZ: Samoa's COVID-19 results expected sooner than first announced
Coronavirus - local government
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Auckland prepares for lockdown scenario
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Palmerston North City Council cans public meetings on Annual Plan
Coronavirus - housing
Tony Alexander (Stuff): Time for landlords to make a sacrifice
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Landlords not planning any rent freeze as coronavirus recession looms
Coronavirus - public transport
RNZ: Public transport providers feeling vulnerable - union
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Auckland bus operators to stop accepting cash fares
Coronavirus - supermarkets
1News: Panic buying is making Kiwis shop like there is 'seven million of us' - Countdown
1News: Shoppers queue as Auckland supermarket takes action against coronavirus panic buying
Coronavirus - Anzac Day
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): Anzac Day services cancelled
Herald: Anzac Day services cancelled, Poppy Day appeal postponed
Coronavirus - Other
Susan Strongman (RNZ): Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline
Damien Venuto (Herald): With all eyes on coronavirus, what have we missed? (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Isolation for community
Gill Bonnett (Herald): Employers ask Immigration NZ to relax visa rules
Matt Burrows (Newshub): All the ways coronavirus is stopping climate change in its tracks
Susan Strongman (RNZ): Work from home: NZ may escape China's slow internet frustrations
Helen Harvey (Stuff): Taranaki iwi calling on government for coordinated Māori response
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Food banks expect sharp rise in calls for help
Matthew Tso (Stuff): Virus puts squeeze on charities' fundraising drives
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Visits to elderly suspended
Cat MacLennan (RNZ): We must care for animals despite covid-19 pressures
Denise Piper (Stuff): Rush on vegetable seedlings as families grow their own
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Garden centres selling out of seedlings as supermarket shelves stand empty
RNZ: Womad seeks to calm festival-goers' anxiety
Stephen Forbes (Stuff): Ports of Auckland reassures public over docked cruise ships
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Can I wear a face mask into the bank?
RNZ: NZ courts to suspend 238 district and high court trials