Tag: Pandemic
Covid-19 cases in Auckland on way down, ‘full on outbreak’ in...
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New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says it is clear that the number of cases in Auckland is on the way...
Omicron outbreak: Pacific expert brands vaccine booster as essential
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
The covid-19 vaccine booster needs a rebrand in New Zealand because it sounds like it is an "optional...
Parliament protest: Questions remain on funding sources and where the money...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter
Police will not give details about finances and their investigation into the New Zealand protest against covid-19...
Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more...
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It is too early to say New Zealand has peaked, and declining tallies are no reason to celebrate as covid-19 is still rife...
NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been...
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The number of people with covid-19 who have died in New Zealand has now reached 105, with 14 deaths reported in the past...
‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid...
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Auckland health authorities remain cautiously optimistic that the omicron outbreak may have peaked in the country's biggest city, even though 601 of the...
‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid...
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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...
Vanuatu’s health officials yet to reveal facts about first community covid...
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Ministry of Health (MOH) has yet to inform the public on when, where and how the first person...
US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of...
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The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel advisory warning on travel to New Zealand.
The CDC updated its...
Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive
RNZ News
Twenty-eight of the anti-public health protesters who occupied New Zealand's Parliament grounds over the past month have now tested positive for covid-19.
In a...
National’s leader Luxon and Bridges test covid-19 positive – record 696...
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National Party leader Christopher Luxon is the latest in a string of members of Parliament reported to have tested positive to covid-19 as...
How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from covid restrictions ignore the way liberty...
ANALYSIS: By Andrew Vonasch, University of Canterbury and Michael-John Turp, University of Canterbury
Like the many similar movements against vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions...
Anti-mandate protesters try to camp at marae – told to ‘go...
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Small groups of anti-mandate protesters are still lingering around Wellington after being cleared out of New Zealand's Parliament precinct on Wednesday
The disparate collection...
How NZ’s Parliament anti-covid protest was brought to an end
By Sharon Brettkelly, co-host of RNZ's The Detail
After 23 days, the occupation at Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament was finally brought to a chaotic and...
Political parties condemn Parliament protesters, praise police actions
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
All political parties have supported a motion in Parliament to recognise the "safe restoration of Parliament's grounds"...
Police out in force after chaotic scenes end anti-mandate protest at...
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Police are out in force in New Zealand's capital Wellington after yesterday's massive operation to clear the illegal anti-covid public health measures occupation...
NZ Parliament grounds ‘reclaimed’: Police operation ends 23-day protest
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The area around New Zealand's Parliament has today been the scene of a full-day ordeal of violence as police removed protesters whose behaviour...
PM Ardern denounces violence, ‘desecration’ outside Parliament
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is saddened and angered by protesters' actions today, and that the New Zealand Parliament's grounds have been...
Bloomfield warns over ‘tough weeks ahead’ as NZ covid cases hit...
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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...
Border controls: Tourists may be welcomed to NZ earlier, says Skegg
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Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg, who along with his team has been providing advice to the New Zealand government on the covid-19 response, says...
NZ’s covid-19 response still one of the best worldwide, says health...
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A public health expert says New Zealand's covid-19 response is still one of the best in the world, two years after the first...
Auckland Domain protest: Mayor says council ready to trespass campers
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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says council has trespass orders "ready to go" as Auckland Domain remains closed to vehicles due to a small...