Tag: Public health and safety
Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Tokelau's largest atoll, Nukunonu, is now out of lockdown after experiencing its first community cases of covid-19.
In a statement,...
WHO covid-19 status changed but still NZ’s infectious ‘number one killer’
RNZ News
The World Health Organisation's decision to remove covid-19 as a global health emergency is the right move, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says.
The organisation...
Smaller covid waves in NZ, but still ‘major uncertainties’ – professor
RNZ News
New Zealand is in the grip of a fourth wave of covid but it is predicted to be smaller than previous mass outbreaks.
The...
South Auckland’s poor census turnout could cost it $130m in NZ...
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter
South Auckland's poor turnout for the 2018 Aotearoa New Zealand national census could have cost the region $130 million...
‘Mask up’ – warns epidemiologist over NZ’s rising fourth wave...
RNZ News
Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says Aotearoa New Zealand is experiencing its fourth wave of covid-19 infection and warns people to stay vigilant.
He said...
Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing
RNZ News
Travellers from China to Australia will be required to have a negative pre-departure covid-19 test from January 5 -- and New Zealand says...
Thousands to miss Christmas thanks to covid-19 – how to avoid...
RNZ News
Thousands of people will be cancelling their Christmas Day plans thanks to the invisible grinch, covid-19.
Leading epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker estimates 85,000 people...
American Samoan nurses strike over failure to honour promised pay rises
RNZ Pacific
About 50 striking nurses have held a protest in American Samoa over their employment conditions.
The protest yesterday follows some nurses at the LBJ...
Long covid, long tail – long summer of infection concerns in...
RNZ News
With restrictions eased, public health warnings muted and mask wearing now almost non-existent, the risk of contracting covid-19 is still very real, particularly...
No appeal against ruling in NZ baby blood case, surgery to...
RNZ News
The parents of a New Zealand baby at the centre of a legal dispute that has made global headlines will not be appealing...
NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response
RNZ News
The New Zealand government has announced a Royal Commission into its covid-19 response.
The Commission will be chaired by Australia-based epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely,...
Mediawatch: Anti-vax parents create media conundrum and criticism
MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
One press conference question at a Prime Ministerial summit in Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off a wave of...
Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Niue government has confirmed the country is experiencing covid-19 community transmission for the first time since the virus...
France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific...
RNZ Pacific
The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French...
UNHRC adopts resolution to help Marshall Islands over nuclear legacy
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution aimed at assisting the Marshall Islands to get justice in the aftermath of...
Tunoa – house arrest – on Tokelau family ends after more...
RNZ Pacific
The Taupulega, or council, on the Tokelau atoll of Nukunonu, has lifted a house arrest order on a family which had refused to...
NZ covid-19 traffic light system scrapped from midnight, says PM Jacinda...
RNZ News
All mask wearing requirements in Aotearoa New Zealand -- except in healthcare and aged care -- will be scrapped, and household contacts will...
The merger of TVNZ and RNZ needs to build trust in...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Claire Breen, University of Waikato
With only six days left for submissions to the select committee examining...
NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges
By Ethan Griffiths, Open Justice reporter of The New Zealand Herald
An anti-vaccination campaigner who this year became the first person ever accused of breaching...
As covid cases drop, Marshall Islands praised for ‘unprecedented’ response
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro
United States-based medical doctors have praised the Marshall Islands for...
‘Omicron’s not done with us’: A year on from NZ’s longest...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
One year on from Aotearoa New Zealand's longest covid-19 lockdown, an epidemiologist says further lockdowns cannot be ruled...
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,...