Video / Mark MitchellNational Party leader Judith Collins is calling on the Prime Minister to "come out from the shadows" after several days of no-shows at previously daily press conferences. "It is clear there are questions that Prime Minister Ardern does not want to be asked." Collins said the Government needed to front foot the role of gangs in spreading Covid around New Zealand. In a short statement to the Herald, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister's office said there "has been no change to the advertised press conference schedule. Cases have since emerged in Northland and Katikati overnight while a person remains in hospital in Palmerston North.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 10, 2021 03:22 UTC