Photo: RNZ / Nick MonroThe Education Ministry has been told 42,853 children have returned to partially reopened schools and early learning services today. "Low was expected, but I think this degree of low certainly came as a surprise," Rush said. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said he thought the relatively low number of children returning to school was a combination of parents wanting to abide by lockdown rules and fear over spreading the virus. "We're looking at about 400,000 New Zealanders going back to work but we've still got about a million New Zealanders working from home or working remotely." "Students, young people will be experiencing a slightly different working environment when they're learning from home, they'll be learning slightly different things.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 28, 2020 21:45 UTC