Tag: NZ lockdown
NZ plans national covid ‘action day’ push to boost vaccinated numbers
RNZ News
New Zealanders need to pitch in for a final push to get as many people vaccinated as possible, says the Covid-19 Response Minister...
Thousands of youth get jab at NZ Pasifika community event
RNZ Pacific
A youth-led Pasifika mass vaccination event in Auckland has immunised 7000 people over the past four days.
Pacific health provider South Seas' youth group...
Ardern announces covid-19 vaccine certificate for NZ
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says cabinet has agreed to the use of vaccine certificates in New Zealand.
New Zealand's "vaccine passport" is likely to...
Three-step NZ roadmap for easing Auckland covid curbs – 29 new...
RNZ News
The New Zealand government has set out a three-stage roadmap that gradually eases covid-19 restrictions in Auckland.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government...
Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new...
RNZ News
Parts of Waikato -- including Raglan, Huntly, Ngāruāwahia and Hamilton City -- will join Auckland in alert level 3 from midnight tonight, the...
Pacific peoples minister warns over Auckland ‘hard to reach pockets’
RNZ Pacific
Some New Zealand people becoming ill with covid-19 have never engaged with the health system before, says Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William...
NZ still has ‘broad control’ of Auckland covid outbreak, says...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government still has "broad control" of the covid-19 delta outbreak in Auckland.
Ardern and Director-General of...
Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A new poll shows nearly two out of three New Zealanders want the border to remain closed until at least 90...
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...
NZ experts say Auckland move to alert level 3 ‘risky’ –...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Alert level 3 is being called a roll of the dice that could either eliminate delta or send...
Auckland moves ‘cautiously’ to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ...
RNZ News
Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime...
Three new NZ ‘breakout’ covid cases in Waikato include two students
RNZ News
A testing centre is being set up at a marae in New Zealand's Waikato settlement of Kaiaua today after three community cases of...
NZ delta’s tail is ‘long and tough’, says PM Jacinda Ardern
RNZ News
As Auckland waits to hear if it will move down an alert level this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has assured New Zealand...
NZ reports jump to 20 covid community cases after falls
RNZ News
New Zealand's number of new community cases of covid-19 has jumped after several days of falling numbers, with 20 new cases reported in...
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...
NZ health officials investigate mystery hospital covid ‘short stay’ case
RNZ News
New Zealand health officials are investigating a mystery case of covid-19 who spent time in hospital and interacted with seven police officers before...
New Zealand, except Auckland, to move to covid alert level ‘delta...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand, outside of Auckland, will move to alert level 2 from 11.59pm Tuesday, September 7.
Delta alert...
Bloomfield says no update on how virus got into NZ community
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the country may never find out the source of the current outbreak, while Prime...
Ardern confirms NZ lockdown moves – drop to 53 new covid...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says if New Zealand had not moved into lockdown, daily case numbers could have been around 550.
Cabinet has confirmed...
‘You’re not alone’, PM Ardern tells lockdown nation on mental health
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke at today's 1pm press conference about the importance of mental health and support services in the community during...
NZ reports 82 new community covid cases – total now 429
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand has 82 new community cases of covid-19 today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
There was no media conference from the government...
NZ reports 70 covid cases as Auckland faces longer lockdown
RNZ News
New Zealand's largest city Auckland faces two more weeks of alert level 4 as the the rest of the country prepares to move...