1. Wildlife Park of Christchurch to seek social donations to help park animals overcome difficulties

Many zoos are under great pressure during the new crown virus blockade throughout New Zealand as their income from admission fees disappears.

"Zoo tickets are the basis for the zoo to survive, and 95 percent of the zoo's income depends on visitors' tickets, which are now unavailable. During this time of blockade, we are seeking community help the Christchurch Wildlife Park get through,” said Lynn Anderson, the chief executive of Orana Wildlife Park.

2. First home death confirmed! New Zealand has 12 COVID-19 deaths!

Earlier, a 70-year-old man died at the home of Inv Kajir, the Health Ministry today confirmed the death as the first non-hospital death associated with coronavirus

So far, New Zealand has 12 new coronavirus deaths.

3. Chinese Distributors become the main force for "No Contact Distribution" in New Zealand

In Christchurch, New Zealand's largest city on South Island, take-out distributor Zhang Yigou, wearing protective clothing, goggles, and gloves, came to the door of the ordering customer's home. He put a box of cooked food outside the door, using text messages to inform customers to complete a "contactless distribution ".

Over the past three weeks, New Zealand's entire country has been in "lockdown". Online orders are then distributed by the staff to become an important way of retail, catering enterprises. To ensure safety, New Zealand's primary industry requires distributors to wear masks and gloves, to implement " no contact "in the order-taking area, with electronic confirmation of receipt.

4. Medical experts from China and New Zealand share their experiences in combating the COVID-19

On April 17, a video seminar was held between experts on disease control and diagnosis of COVID-19 in Shanghai and their counterparts in southern New Zealand to share successful experiences and practices in epidemic prevention and treatment

5. New Zealand supermarket chain Countdown solemnly announced:2020 toilet paper famine officially ended

Countdown, a giant of chains supermarket of New Zealand, chain announced on April 18th that its buying limitation on toilet paper would be removed to ensure that there would be no more empty shelves of toilet paper.

Steve Mills, the Product GM of Countdown said that most products will remove the restriction to help people reduce the frequency of shopping. But alcohol, flour, rice and baked beans are still limited.

6. New Zealand: Government increases 200 million NZD for procurement of anti-epidemic substances

David Clark, New Zealand's Health Minister, announced earlier this morning that an additional 200 million NZD would be invested in the purchase of anti-epidemic substances, including 20 million masks,9.4 million gloves, and 1.2 million suits.

7. Asian female City Councilor of Christchurch wants to donate 20% of her salary to a charity organization

With the outbreak of COVID-19, another city councilman in Christchurch has decided to donate part of her salary to charity.

A city councilor of Riccarton Constituency, Catherine Chu, decided to donate 20% of her salary to charity.

Catherine Chu is an Asian woman (from South Korea) who was just elected as a Christchurch Councilor last year. She will now represent the National Party in this year's congressional elections as a candidate for the Banks Peninsula Constituency, and she is a member of the Canterbury District Health Board.

8. Randomized COVID-19 tests conducted in New Zealand to provide an accurate picture of the spread in New Zealand

Today (April 16), New Zealand conducted the first random coronavirus spot-check test, and more than 300 customers were randomly tested for swabs at Pak'n save supermarket in Queens Town. The asymptomatic customers are required to volunteer to test at test points set up in the parking lot.

9. The Government announced that university students had completed their studies under the "Anti-epidemic" Support Scheme

Minister of Education Chris Hipkins said on 14th that the Government will provide economic support to the college students to help them continue to complete their study aiming at the COVID-19 pandemic.

“ COVID-19 is imposing an impact on the students in terms of their economy and capability to continue their study. They are challenging in different ways with an increase of additional personal expenses related to their study, while they hardly have a job opportunity to support their study.” Said Hipkins.

"Today, we announced a" package "for domestic college students:

To help cover the additional costs by temporarily increasing the number of student loans for full-time student-related fees from $1,000 to $2,000;

To continue to provide support for those students who fail to study on-line for a period of 8 weeks.

Make technical changes to ensure that:

If students are suspended for COVID-19 courses and receive partial tuition refund by 2020, this will not affect their future eligibility for student loans

The case that students fail to complete their courses in 2020 due to COVID-19 would not affect their eligibility for free admission.

1.基督城野生动物园寻求社会捐赠以帮助园内动物度过难关

在新西兰全国因新冠病毒封锁期间，许多动物园承受着巨大的压力，因为它们从入场费中获得的收入消失了。

“动物园门票是动物园生存的基础，动物园95％的收入靠游客的门票，现在没有了。而在这一段封锁时间内，我们正在寻求社区的帮助，让基督城野生动物园顺利度过难关。”奥拉那野生动物公园首席执行官林恩·安德森（Lynn Anderson）说。

2.首例家中死亡病例确认！新西兰新冠死亡病例达12例！

此前，一名70岁的男子在因夫卡吉尔家中死亡，卫生部今天确认这起死亡病例为新冠死亡病例，这是首例与冠状病毒相关的非住院死亡病例。

迄今，新西兰新冠病毒死亡人数达12人。

3.新西兰“无接触配送”华人成为主力

在新西兰南岛最大城市克赖斯特彻奇（基督城），外卖配送员张一鸥穿着防护服、戴着护目镜和手套，来到订餐客户家门口。他把一盒熟食放在门外，用短信通知客户，完成一次“无接触配送”。

过去三周，新西兰举国“封城”。网上接单再由工作人员配送上门成为零售、餐饮企业的重要经营方式。为确保安全，新西兰第一产业部要求配送员戴口罩、手套，在取单区域“无接触”，用电子方式确认收货。

4.中国与新西兰医疗专家分享抗击新冠肺炎疫情经验

4月17日，上海市新冠肺炎疫情疾控诊疗专家与新西兰南部地区同行举行视频研讨会，分享疫情防控和诊疗方面成功经验做法。

5.新西兰连锁超市Countdown郑重宣布：2020厕纸荒正式结束了

4月18日，新西兰Countdown连锁超市宣布，取消对厕纸的限购，保证再也不会出现货架上厕纸空空如也的情况了。

Countdown商品总经理史蒂夫·米尔斯（Steve Mills）表示，大多数产品都将取消限购，以帮助人们减少购物频率。但酒精、面粉、大米和烤豆等商品还在限购。

6.新西兰：政府增资2亿纽元采购抗疫物质

新西兰卫生部长戴维·克拉克（David Clark）今早宣布，将增加2亿纽元的投入购置抗疫物质，其中包括2000万副口罩，940万副手套和120万套防护服。

7.基督城市亚裔女议员欲捐薪20%给慈善机构

随着新冠病毒Covid-19继续肆虐，基督城的另一位市议员已决定将部分薪水捐赠给慈善机构. 

Riccarton选区的市议员凯瑟琳·朱（Catherine Chu）决定将自己薪水的20%捐给慈善机构。

凯瑟琳·朱是去年刚刚当选为基督城市议员的亚裔女性（来自韩国），目前她作为Banks Peninsula选区的人选，将代表国家党参加今年的国会议员选举，她还是坎特伯雷区卫生局（Canterbury District Health Board）的成员。

8.新西兰展开Covid-19随机测试 力图对冠状病毒在新西兰传播有准确地了解

今天（4月16日），新西兰进行of coronavirus了首次随机冠状病毒抽查测试，在皇后镇Pak’n Save超市随机对300多顾客进行了拭子测试。没有症状的顾客被要求自愿到停车场内设立的测试点进行测试。

9.政府宣布大学生完成学业“抗疫”支持计划

教育部长克里斯·希普金斯（Chris Hipkins）14日宣布针对Covid-19，政府将在经济上帮助大专院校学生继续完成学习。

“ Covid-19正在影响学生的经济情况和继续学习的能力。他们正以不同的方式面临与学习相关的额外个人费用的增加，同时却很少有工作机会来支持他们的学习。”希普金斯说。

 “今天，我们宣布了一个国内大专学生‘套餐’：

通过将全日制学生与课程相关的费用的学生贷款金额从$ 1,000暂时增加到$ 2,000，来帮助支付额外费用；

继续为无法在线学习长达8周的学生提供支持

进行技术更改以确保：

– 如果学生因Covid-19课程而被停课，而在2020年获得部分学费退款，这不会影响他们将来获得学生贷款的资格

– 如果学生因Covid-19而无法在2020年完成课程学习，这不会影响他们免费入学的资格。