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New Zealand records first coronavirus-related death, Jacinda Ardern urges people to practise social distancing

29 March 2020

A 75-year-old woman from New Zealand's West Coast region becomes the country's first death related to COVID-19.

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Waikato residents are being reminded to head to their closest drive-thru testing centre if they're showing symptoms of COVID-19
	29 Mar: Waikato residents are being reminded to head to their closest drive-thru testing centre if they're showing symptoms of COVID-19... more

A Wellington gym-goer has tested positive for COVID-19
	29 Mar: A Wellington gym-goer has tested positive for COVID-19... more

A severe weather warning has been issued for the Kaikoura Coast and Canterbury Plains
	29 Mar: A severe weather warning has been issued for the Kaikoura Coast and Canterbury Plains... more

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the top of the South Island this morning
	29 Mar: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the top of the South Island this morning... more

Fire crews in Wellington are working to put out a small fire at a primary school
	28 Mar: Fire crews in Wellington are working to put out a small fire at a primary school... more

Reports out of Australia suggest one of the Wellington Phoenix coaches has tested positive for Covid-19
	28 Mar: Reports out of Australia suggest one of the Wellington Phoenix coaches has tested positive for Covid-19... more

The tally of covid-19 cases at Auckland's Marist College is continuing to rise
	27 Mar: The tally of covid-19 cases at Auckland's Marist College is continuing to rise... more

A trans-Tasman exchange for Australian Brenton Tarrant, who's pleaded guilty to last year's Christchurch mosque attacks remains a possibility
	27 Mar: A trans-Tasman exchange for Australian Brenton Tarrant, who's pleaded guilty to last year's Christchurch mosque attacks remains a possibility... more

Contract negotiations at the Wellington Phoenix have been put on hold
	27 Mar: Contract negotiations at the Wellington Phoenix have been put on hold... more

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