Jacinda Ardern

Nearly one million New Zealanders have been infected with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, including the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's partner ...

In the past two weeks, South Africa's daily new cases have gone up sixfold to almost 10,000 a day, with one in every four tests coming back positive. The person travelled to New Zealand on April 26. Ardern broke the news of Gayford's positive test and her isolation in a social media post this morning. This means the country is now staring down the barrel of a fifth wave. "It can take weeks or months to assess the severity of each new variant or sub-variant, so the Ministry of Health will continue to monitor the emerging evidence closely." The UK Telegraph reports that South Africa's Covid cases are beginning to soar again because of BA.4 and BA.5, according to scientists. A person who travelled from South Africa to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the BA.5 variant of Omicron. The ministry says this the first known detection of the variant in the country. They said the detection of the variant highlights the importance of rapid antigen testing on arrival to New Zealand on days 0/1 and day 5/6. The MoH would continue to monitor the emergence of sub-variants closely, they said. This follows the detection of BA.4 in a person who also travelled from South Africa. The ministry says the arrival of BA.5 is not unexpected and no health setting changes would be required. The Ministry of Health also reported a further three Covid-related deaths.

New Zealand prime minister reveals Clarke Gayford's diagnosis in a Mother's Day post on Instagram. Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford.

“Otherwise, a happy Mother’s Day to everyone who plays mum in anyone’s life. (Who doesn’t love being compared to hot lava …).” Ardern announced her Covid isolation in a social media post wishing a happy Mother’s Day to her followers, after her fiance, Clarke Gayford, returned a positive Covid test on Sunday morning.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will spend the next seven days in home isolation after her partner Clarke Gayford caught Covid-19.

* Jacinda Ardern on Clarke Gayford going back to work: 'We're just making it work' * Leaders send well-wishes to Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford over engagement Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will spend the next seven days in home isolation after her partner Clarke Gayford caught Covid-19.

Jacinda Ardern has been forced into isolation for seven days after her fiance tested positive to Covid on the morning of Mother's Day.

'Otherwise, a happy Mother's Day to everyone who plays mum in anyone's life. 'Mum. Yay! It is Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day! I love fishy kisses. (Who doesn't love being compared to hot lava …). Jacinda Ardern has been forced into isolation for seven days after her fiance tested positive to Covid Jacinda Ardern has been forced into isolation for seven days after her fiancé tested positive to Covid. Jacinda Ardern is forced into isolation on Mother's Day after her fiancé tests positive to Covid

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will go into home isolation after partner Clarke Gayford tested positive to Covid-19. Ardern broke the news on social media.

PM in isolation after partner Clarke Gayford tests positive to Covid PM in isolation after partner Clarke Gayford tests positive to Covid Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will go into home isolation after partner Clarke Gayford tested positive to Covid-19.

Ardern shared the news on her social media account. Ardern said Gayford "woke up feeling a bit average and has tested positive ... so we have 7 days of family ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in home isolation after her partner Clarke Gayford tested positive to Covid-19. Jacinda Ardern in home isolation after Clarke Gayford tests positive to Covid-19 She is currently in Premier House in Wellington with Gayford and her daughter Neve.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will go into home isolation after partner Clarke Gayford tested positive to Covid-19. Ardern broke the news on social media ...

Neve's card read "Yay! It is Mother's Day. I love fishy kisses. She said she and daughter Neve are "fine". She said Gayford "woke up feeling a bit average and has tested positive ... so we have 7 days of family time ahead of us!"

Ardern broke the news on social media and will work remotely as she isolates for the next seven days. Meanwhile New Zealand also reported its first case of ...

The Prime Minister and her family were forced into isolation on Mother's Day after Gayford woke up "feeling a bit average" and later tested positive. Ardern ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she has no Covid symptoms after being forced to work from home due to partner Clarke Gayford's infection.

"We're fine, thanks. If Ardern manages to avoid the virus she will be out of isolation by next Sunday, in time for Budget Day on May 19. "We've managed to re-shape a lot of the work we do in Parliament so that we can do it remotely." Ardern acknowledged that what needed to be changed is the prevention work and rehabilitation work that we do, because those are the things that stop re-offending and stop people becoming victims. "We want to ultimately make meaningful change for particularly children who we are finding in our criminal justice system - which is a small number - and youth offending." Just the one patient in the household at the moment," she said, acknowledging that only Gayford is positive with Covid at this point.

The adorable moment happened when Ardern was answering a question about the Government's new plan to tackle crime.

The Prime Minister is in isolation after her fiancé tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.

I’m fine and so is Neve [the couple's daughter]". Ardern confirmed Gayford's positive result in a post on Instagram on Sunday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in isolation after her fiancé Clarke Gayford tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.

National police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says the new law and order funding would not solve bigger issues.

"Well, we need them to know that they are [going to get caught] - there are consequences. "When police officers are arresting juvenile offenders that have just committed a violent ram raid at 11pm and at 3am they're back out reoffending again. Most young people who are engaging in crime don't think they're going to get caught. "We need to stop the impact of gangs on our society, first off, the second thing we need to do is to stop people getting into gangs in the first place," she told Morning Report. "We need to fund more projects that stop the drivers of crime, the causation, and not wait until it's too late and then we weigh in with a crude expensive tool that achieves nothing but creates more damage to whānau and tamariki." The training of training of more police officers to Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) standard, announced in the government funding package, would result in a better trained service, with the skills required to deal with the most significant events, she said. "The police have got some things that they think might be [behind the increase] ... for instance particular senior members in criminal organisations who may be promoting or supporting the use of ram raids, targeting of particular goods ... the fact that it's becoming known and amplified a bit at the moment." "The police have been operating the Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities programme and now this funding supports the police to continue the rollout of that - same with the gang harm reduction programme they've been running." "The facts are that the penalties for these issues have not decreased, so this idea that there's been a problem with the deterrent factor is just wrong." "The police need to be supported by our criminal justice system, they need to have the powers that they can take guns out of criminals' hands, and they need to review their pursuit policy so we can try and halt the tsunami of juvenile offending." "Police are not being backed up by the youth justice system or the criminal justice system, and it's frustrating for them. The Government on Sunday announced a $600 million package including extra funding to boost the number of front line police officers and address gang violence.

The Prime Minister is defending the Government's response to crime after a recent poll found the majority of Kiwis think the Police Minister's approach is ...

So let me get this straight, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says we don't want a knee jerk reaction to crime and ram raids. The Police Minister says the acc.

Is it the welfare system that encourages laziness and entitlement? Is it the justice system that lets them down? Another group of which we are told are not remotely as bad as has been reported.