Tag: Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Martyn Bradbury: Why these feral anti-vax conspiracy theorists seeking public office...
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
If there was one good outcome of the very one sided Fire & Fury, it’s that...
Nick Rockel: ‘Over and out from me’ – Dr Ashley Bloomfield
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel
On Friday I watched Ashley Bloomfield’s last afternoon health update. After all we’ve been through over the past couple of years,...
NZ’s Ashley Bloomfield bows out – a look at his key...
RNZ News
After guiding New Zealand through two and a half years of a pandemic, Dr Ashley Bloomfield's time as Director-General of Health has come...
Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Health workers in Aotearoa New Zealand are thanking Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield for his work stopping...
NZ’s Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield to step down from role
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield -- the man who has tirelessly steered the country's covid-19 pandemic response for the...
New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid...
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand will remain at the red covid-19 traffic light setting, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Ardern made the announcement at today's post-cabinet...
One third of NZ covid cases in children and teens, says...
RNZ News
One third of all current cases in Aotearoa New Zealand are in children and teenagers, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield revealed at...
NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland, the country's largest city, but...
‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Royal NZ College of General Practitioners president Dr Samantha Murton gave a briefing today...
Bloomfield warns over ‘tough weeks ahead’ as NZ covid cases hit...
RNZ News
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the national health system relies on New Zealanders' continued cooperation as almost 20,000 cases are announced...
Vax for visas: ‘Overstayers would come out of woodwork’, say Pacific...
By Gill Bonnett, RNZ News immigration reporter
Pacific leaders say offering "visas for vaccinations' would be the ultimate incentive for New Zealand overstayers to get...
NZ reports 20 new covid community cases – lockdown slows virus...
RNZ News
New Zealand reported 20 new community cases of covid-19 today, according to the Ministry of Health.
Speaking at today's government briefing, Director-General of Health...
NZ lockdown streets silenced, 10 covid cases, police make ‘conspiracy’ arrests
RNZ News
New Zealand's streets were largely silent today as the three-day nationwide alert-level 4 lockdown kicked in with 10 cases of covid-19 reported so...
Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus –...
Today's New Zealand covid-19 media briefing. Video: RNZ News
RNZ News
The Auckland Hospital nurse who has tested positive for covid-19 worked four shifts not knowing...
NZ declares national level 4 lockdown over covid community case
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert-level 4 lockdown starting at 11.59pm tonight for seven days in Auckland and Coromandel,...
NZ’s first community covid case since November travelled across Northland
By RNZ News
The latest community coronavirus case in New Zealand travelled across Northland before her positive test result, but was scrupulous about using the...