Tag: Public health and safety

RNZ News New Zealand will move into the covid-19 traffic light system at 11.59pm, Thursday,  December 2, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. That is in...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The covid protest outside Parliament earlier this month served as a warning that Aotearoa New Zealand is not...

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 149 community cases of covid-19 in the country today, including nine outside Auckland. In a statement, the Ministry of Health...

By Jane Patterson, RNZ political editor, and Rowan Quinn, health correspondent As New Zealand readies for more covid-19 cases, warnings about the ability of public...

RNZ Checkpoint A New Zealand emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning ahead of yesterday's Auckland...

RNZ News New Zealand reported a record 222 new community cases of covid-19 and one virus-related death today. There are now 91 people in hospital and...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent About 2000 New Zealand district health board workers had not been vaccinated 15 hours before the deadline to...

By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter A Northland high school principal says she has been accused of being "complicit in mass genocide" by people opposed...

RNZ News An epidemiologist says New Zealand's record high covid-19 case numbers today and the spread across the North Island are a reminder that the...

RNZ News Auckland mayor Phil Goff has hit out at anti-lockdown protesters who held up traffic on roads throughout the country today, describing their actions...

RNZ Pacific A New Zealand medical and logistics support team with essential supplies to assist Papua New Guinea with its covid-19 crisis has departed New...

RNZ News Auckland is a thousand nurses short and lacks the capacity to deal with the amount of people self-isolating at home, according to New...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has urged his people not to take a surge in covid-19 positive cases lightly, reports the PNG...

RNZ News An iwi that pastor Brian Tamaki descends from are calling him out to say he is putting Māori communities at risk. This follows mass...

RNZ News Some Aucklanders enjoying new freedoms today said there had been stress and anxiety in the community during New Zealand's longest lockdown. The country's largest...

RNZ News Thousands of protesters turned up at New Zealand's Parliament today, demanding an end to covid restrictions, while another group blocked Auckland's northern boundary...

RNZ News New Zealand's Parliament was on high security today as thousands marched through the capital Wellington for an anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protest. Thousands of people...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today that the New Zealand cabinet agreed to loosen restrictions for Auckland and upper Northland this week, while...

ANALYSIS: By Fraser Macdonald, University of Waikato Only 1.7 percent of Papua New Guineans have been fully vaccinated against covid-19. This has been a cause...

RNZ Pacific An Auckland councillor says he is astounded by the lack of cultural awareness shown by the authorities towards Māori and Pacific communities this...

By Justin Latif, Local Democracy Reporter Church minister Suiva'aia Te'o says proactive communication, compassion and clear information have led to a fully vaccinated congregation. Like most...

RNZ News A record 206 new community cases of covid-19 were reported in New Zealand today, as the total number of vaccinations in this country...