Wellington, March 23, 2020 Police will patrol supermarkets and step up their presence at public places if necessary as tighter Covid-19 restrictions come into place, Police Commissioner Mike Bush has said. Bush told ‘Morning Report’ (of RNZ) Police would become more visible in public places. “There will be powers of course, we don’t want to use our authority in this. But people…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, March 23, 2020 A South Auckland based legal firm has launched all its legal and other services online. Legal Associates Barristers & Solicitors, which has a team of 21 Barristers and Solicitors, expert and administrative staff, has said that it is business as usual with a marked difference. Principal Barrister & Solicitor Raj Pardeep Singh said that…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, March 22, 2020 Traders who misuse the fear of Covid-19 spreading to increase prices of the goods they sell can come to grief as the New Zealand government moves to prevent such practices. Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi said that the government will not tolerate unscrupulous businesses using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to…
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Cherine Fahd and Sara Oscar Sydney, Australia, March 22, 2020 Over the last few weeks, photographs in the news and on social media have documented our behaviour in response to COVID-19. Panic buying of pasta, rice and, surprisingly, toilet paper is represented in empty shelf after empty shelf. That’s not all that is empty. Images of empty public spaces – from…
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