Tag: Elimination strategy
Māori health coalition urges return to NZ’s covid-19 elimination strategy
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist
A coalition of Māori health organisations in Auckland is urging the New Zealand government to return to a covid-19...
NZ’s covid-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but it...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Plank, University of Canterbury
The announcement this week that New Zealand will introduce a vaccination certificate by November is welcome news. Whether...
In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely...
COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson
On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community...
Herald warns NZ over ‘lockdown fatigue’ and says delta is beatable
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's largest and most influential newspaper has warned the country against "lockdown fatigue" as the major city Auckland entered its...
Chris Trotter: Why the right-wing media hates Jacinda’s covid elimination strategy
ANALYSIS: By Chris Trotter
There is something decidedly sinister about the way the right-wing media is pursuing the “elimination strategy is madness” argument so doggedly....