David Clark was criticised for engaging in higher-risk exercise activity and travelling 2km to cycle
New Zealand’s health minister has apologised to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after he was photographed mountain biking, apparently flouting the government’s own advice to exercise safely and locally during a country-wide lockdown.
David Clark told Ardern on Thursday night that he had driven to a park 2km from his Dunedin home.
“I spoke to the health minister last night, who apologised to me,” Ardern said in a statement.
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