Articles by Derek Cheng, NZ Herald

• National

  

  Travel bubble from all of Australia stopped from midnight tonight

  Friday, 23 July 2021, 12:57PM

  The Government has shut the transtasman travel bubble for at least the next eight weeks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acknowledged...

• Politics

  

  Full pause of transtasman travel bubble being considered by Cabinet

  Thursday, 22 July 2021, 3:24PM

  Cabinet Ministers are meeting virtually at 3pm today to discuss the transtasman bubble - with a full pause likely to be discussed. A...

• Audio

  

  David Seymour: Act wants checks on gang members' benefits

  Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 7:19AM

  The Act party wants electronic income checks for gang members to prevent them from spending any welfare money on alcohol,...

• National

  

  How much has Jacinda Ardern lobbied Pfizer over vaccine supply?

  Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 10:39AM

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken with Pfizer boss Dr Albert Bourla twice this year, including once last week following...

• Audio

  

  Covid-19: Securing the weakness at the border ... by October

  Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 7:24AM

  Getting vaccine doses into the arms of 1800-odd unvaccinated border workers is a top priority and should be done as quickly...

• National

  

  Covid-19: Queensland travel bubble to resume, ship with infected mariners docks in Wellington

  Monday, 12 July 2021, 12:53PM

  The Viking Bay, a deep-sea fishing vessel carrying two Covid-infected mariners, has docked at Queens Wharf in Wellington. Crew...

• National

  

  Covid-19: Review of February cluster review finds Govt failed to learn lessons

  Thursday, 8 July 2021, 1:46PM

  A review of the February Covid outbreak found a lack of coherency among central agencies, conflicting messaging that could...

• Lower South Island

  

  Kiwi town's vaccine 'shortage' frustrations: 'We've all sort of sworn a little bit - or a lot'

  Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 3:00PM

  Vulnerable people in the Bluff community have been told they will have to wait until the end of July to get vaccinated against...

• Business

  

  Big Tobacco behind dairy owners' Parliament postcard protest

  Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 1:24PM

  Postcards from dairy owners protesting against restrictions on selling cigarettes appear to have been supplied by British...

• Politics

  

  Judith Collins responds to Winston Peters' 'sex maniacs' barb

  Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 12:01PM

  National Party leader Judith Collins says Winston Peters' description of the party as "sex maniacs" shows that the New Zealand...

• Politics

  

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern 'misled' over nature of new book about her

  Monday, 14 June 2021, 5:12PM

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she was "misled" over the latest book about her, saying it was pitched as a book about...

• Politics

  

  Labour defends $1795 'business' conference to meet PM and other ministers

  Monday, 14 June 2021, 1:40PM

  The Labour Party is defending selling tickets to the business community for $1795 that would grant access to prominent ministers...

• Politics

  

  Kris Faafoi: Hate speech laws won't criminalise 'stupid' things people say

  Thursday, 10 June 2021, 11:58AM

  Justice Minister Kris Faafoi says proposals to strengthen hate speech won't criminalise opinions or the "stupid" things people...

• Politics

  

  'There are consequences': PM scolds Melbourne mourners caught sneaking into NZ

  Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 2:58PM

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are consequences for people who break the trans-Tasman bubble rules, even if they...

• National

  

  Covid-19: Melbourne mourners caught sneaking into NZ; Two acute MIQ cases

  Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 1:12PM

  A group of people from Melbourne have been put into managed isolation in New Zealand after misleading officials about where...

• National

  

  'Hugely concerning' - 3800 unvaccinated border workers

  Saturday, 5 June 2021, 9:11AM

  About 3800 border workers haven't had a single vaccine jab yet, nor have about half of the 50,000-odd household contacts...

• Politics

  

  MIQ review: Weaknesses found in the high-trust border testing

  Thursday, 3 June 2021, 11:09AM

  The data-matching system where the Government checks whether MIQ workers are properly tested failed to detect the case of...

• Politics

  

  National Party candidate resigns following explosive, explicit photo claims

  Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 11:00AM

  National candidate Jake Bezzant has parted ways with the political party following explosive claims that he impersonated...

• Politics

  

  Morrison rejects suggestion NZ has 'sold sovereignty' to China

  Monday, 31 May 2021, 1:43PM

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison have played down foreign policy differences and...

• Politics

  

  Australian PM Scott Morrison arrives in New Zealand

  Sunday, 30 May 2021, 5:17PM

  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny have been welcomed at a powhiri in Queenstown this afternoon...

• Māori

  

  Ngāi Tahu rejects Judith Collins' claims of asset co-ownership plans

  Sunday, 16 May 2021, 3:36PM

  Ngāi Tahu is rubbishing National Party leader Judith Collins' claim that the iwi wants to co-own the South Island's water...

• National

  

  Christchurch Call marks two years, hones in on 'online journeys' to radicalisation

  Saturday, 15 May 2021, 4:13PM

  The Christchurch Call to Action will hone its focus on people's "online journeys" and how certain platforms can steer users...

• National

  

  Level 2.5? Ashley Bloomfield's vision to open NZ to the world

  Friday, 14 May 2021, 10:05AM

  Opening up the border to vaccinated tourists to resurrect this country's tourism industry could require Kiwis to return to...

• Health

  

  Govt's blunt message for general public over Covid-19 vaccine walk-ins

  Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 5:31PM

  The Government is asking the general public to refrain from walking up to a vaccination centre for a jab because it might...