23 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Cabinet ministers dialling in to meetings

From Morning Report, 6:40 am on 23 March 2020

As Cabinet ministers grapple to get a hold of the rapidly developing Covid-19 crisis, they will meet in a new way this morning - with half dialling in via video-conference to limit their physical contact with one another.

MPs from all parties will also meet this week to discuss how many of them should be required at Parliament at any given time.

Here's RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.