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All coverage of Coronavirus including the political response and the effect on our health system, the economy and our communities.
Covid-19 headlines with summaries.
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'We are tired, we are exhausted, we are short-staffed' - Auckland nurse
18 Mar 2022An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city's dire hospital staffing shortage. Audio
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Tairāwhiti Covid-19 increase could be 'a result of poverty in action' - GP
18 Mar 2022The region, which includes Gisborne and the East Cape, has the highest per capita rate of Covid-19 in the country.
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MIQ hotels empty out as system winds down
18 Mar 2022Twenty-three hotels and thousands of managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) rooms are now sitting empty across the country, as the system winds down.
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'So surreal': Tourism operators in Westland prepared for a slow recovery
17 Mar 2022South Westland businesses say the border reopening dates mean they can start edging out of survival mode after two years of hanging on by their fingernails.
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Couple set up tool to help weddings go ahead if vendors catch Covid-19
17 Mar 2022Help is now at the fingertips with a new online wedding day tool which enables photographers, makeup artists and celebrants to quickly find replacements if they get sick.
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Counties Manukau DHB predicts ‘increased risk of severe illness’ due to influenza
17 Mar 2022With the annual flu season almost upon us, a number of south Auckland healthcare providers are worried about the impact it could have after two years of closed borders and reduced immunity levels.
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Omicron outbreak: A quarter of Auckland hospital staff away on some days
17 Mar 2022After weeks of stories of stresses from the shop floor because of doctor and nurse shortages, the true extent has been revealed.
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Covid-19 update: 10 deaths, 930 in hospital, 19,566 new cases
17 Mar 2022Ten deaths - including a person in their 30s - have been reported in today's Ministry of Health statistics, along with 19,566 new cases.
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Five wards at Middlemore dedicated to Covid-19 patients
17 Mar 2022Five wards at Middlemore Hospital are now dedicated to Covid-19 patients, with one-third of hospital admissions clearly because of Covid. Watch the latest update from Auckland health authorities here.
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Covid-19 immunity level tests to go on sale at pharmacies
17 Mar 2022New Zealanders wanting to know how protected they are against Covid-19 infection could soon be able to have their immunity levels measured at their local pharmacy. Audio
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Covid-19: Bloomfield expecting Auckland hospitalisations to decline
17 Mar 2022The Director-General of Health says Auckland's hospital cases have likely peaked, but he thinks the hospitalisation number will creep above 1000 as the rest of the country catches up. Audio
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Covid-19: Families skipping funerals during outbreak
17 Mar 2022Grieving families are being urged to embrace the ritual power of a funeral after Covid-19 lockdowns denied many people in-person goodbyes.
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Covid-19 modeller advises extending testing regime to identify new variants at border
17 Mar 2022A Covid-19 modeller says we should be "sequencing pretty much anything that comes through the border", as reopening to the world nears. Audio
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RATs in schools will up student attendance, 'bring down anxiety levels'
16 Mar 2022Schools and early childhood centres hope hundreds of thousands of rapid antigen tests (RATs) will keep attendance up and put staff and students at ease.
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NZ 'back on the map': Recruitment, more flights, and calls for vaccine pass removal
16 Mar 2022The various groups says the past two years have been incredibly tough, but this long-awaited news provides them certainty, allows for gradual rebuild of tourism and will save operators from collapse.
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Drive-through vaccinations an option as Māori bear Omicron brunt
16 Mar 2022A Māori health provider will offer Taranaki's first drive-through Covid-19 vaccinations in the region's towns this weekend.
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PM on border reopening plan: 'We're ready to welcome the world back'
16 Mar 2022Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand's borders will be open to vaccinated Australians from 11.59 pm on 12 April.
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Government makes inroads on poverty but what's left in its toolkit?
15 Mar 2022Opinion - The stratospheric rise of poverty and inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic can be seen everywhere - except in the statistics, Max Rashbrooke writes.
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Covid-19 update: 24 more deaths in NZ, 19,542 new cases
16 Mar 2022There have been 19,542 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 24 more deaths reported today.
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Schools to receive rapid antigen tests from government
16 Mar 2022Schools, kura and early learning centres will soon be able to opt-in to receive rapid antigen tests, the government has announced.
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Nearly 20,000 Covid-19 cases in past 10 days linked to Auckland schools
16 Mar 2022The latest figures from the Ministry of Education show 86 percent of schools in the region have reported cases in the past 10 days.
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How Covid-19 restrictions might change after NZ's Omicron peak
16 Mar 2022The government today outlines its plan for a fast-tracked border reopening, and will soon decide what happens to vaccine passes and mandates after the Omicron peak.
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'Apart from lockdown, the last few weeks have been the toughest' - Tourism industry
16 Mar 2022Tourism operators are not expecting an immediate flood of visitors when the border finally opens, but are hoping to at least have Australian visitors in by Easter. Audio
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Covid-19 vaccine data highlights cultural barriers for Indian elderly
15 Mar 2022With a booster shot now in the picture, the rate of vaccination uptake has lowered even further for elderly Indians, with the 65 plus age bracket sitting at just 83 percent triple jabbed.
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