In an embarrassing series of on-air gaffes, senior cabinet minister Christopher Pyne has misnamed the New Zealand Prime Minister as he called for faith to be restored in politicians. New Zealand's largest city will re-enter stage three lockdown restrictions after the country identified its first coronavirus cases in more than 100 days.
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Two minute round of applause held at Nottingham rugby club. Cabinet also committed to invest $27 million in Covid-19 vaccine development through the global COVAX Facility, with the money coming from the Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund.
NZ PM Jacinda Ardern floated the “trans-Tasman bubble” but this idea could leave us jealously watching our Kiwi cousins from afar. Bad news, Australia. The rest of New Zealand will move to alert level 1 at 11.59pm tonight. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist, is widely considered by bookmakers to be the favourite to win the 100th Nobel Peace Prize. In Auckland, face coverings will still be required on public transport and on planes to, from or through Auckland. Tests proved the virus hasn't spread beyond Auckland and Ardern said that proved the Government's approach "was the right one". Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has refused to comment on New Zealand's gun laws in the wake of yesterday's terror attack in Christchurch.
The two leaders are meeting today for the first time since the Christchurch massacre, but it's another topic at the top of the agenda. Meanwhile, the Cook Islands was waiting for New Zealand to be in a "good place", said Ardern.
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