23 March 2020

‘To be absolutely clear – we are asking all New Zealanders who are outside essential services to stay at home,' Ardern said.

— Jason Walls (@Jasonwalls92) March 23, 2020

‘We will get through this together, but only if we stick together,’ - PM Jacinda Ardern said

— Jason Walls (@Jasonwalls92) March 23, 2020

These measures will need to be in place for four weeks, Ardern confirms.

— Jason Walls (@Jasonwalls92) March 23, 2020

Cabinet has agreed to remove the $150,000 cap on the wage subsidy scheme, announced last week. Finance Minister Grant Robertson says now all New Zealand business will be able to apply for the scheme. This will cost $9.3 billion – up from $5.1b.

— Jason Walls (@Jasonwalls92) March 23, 2020

What are the chances of this working as the kids get ready for school and I'm #BroadcastingFromHome for @NZMorningReport? https://t.co/Jp7H3hI2sd

— Susie Ferguson (@SusieFergusonNZ) March 22, 2020

#BREAKING The Manager of Corporate Affairs for Woolworths and Countdown supermarkets, Kiri Hannafin, say the panic buying that's going on now is disastrous and she is begging for people to stop. She says their supermarkets have plenty of food. https://t.co/HuRpDmfTBY

— RNZ (@radionz) March 23, 2020

There are heaps of amazing bookstores in NZ that have online stores. I'm gonna share a bunch here in a thread. Some are doing delivery deals at the moment but also I think you should support them even if they're not as it's a big cost for some very small businesses right now.

— eamonn marra (@eamonnmarra) March 22, 2020