[ad_1] The cargo ship that a man who tested positive for Covid-19 was working on was denied entry to Napier port. Your playlist will load after this announcement. Chris Hipkins says that given the timing of the man’s symptoms, it was unlikely he was infected in Taranaki. Source: 1 NEWS …
Read More »Election 2020: How Chlöe Swarbrick Won the Campaign of Her Life and Turned a Blue Seat Green
[ad_1] Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick has become the second Green MP to win an electorate seat, and the first to do so without the help of Labor. And he did it in a seat that Jacinda Ardern failed to turn red twice: Auckland Central. He tells Henry Cooke how his …
Read More »Election 2020: the game of blaming the National Party begins
[ad_1] OPINION: “They can’t buy enough silver trays.” This is how a national MP put it to me before the party’s recriminations, which have started in earnest but could officially begin when the caucus and its incoming, and much larger group of outgoing MPs, meet in Wellington on Tuesday. Outgoing …
Read More »Anger when 80 kiwis fly out of Australia
[ad_1] Two Australian states outside of the current travel bubble have expressed concern after 80 New Zealanders flew out of New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he has been told that 55 New Zealand passengers entered the state without having to self-quarantine. Australia’s acting …
Read More »COVID-19: Why Health Minister Chris Hipkins did not inform the public of the new case during the New Zealand election vote
[ad_1] “I don’t think it would have been appropriate to go public before 7 pm when the polls closed,” he says. “I didn’t even have time to consider whether or not that would be consistent with the ban on what we can do on Election Day. I didn’t have time …
Read More »New Zealand’s three-week streak without local Covid case ends when a port worker falls ill | World News
[ad_1] After 22 days with no new Covid-19 cases in the community, a dock worker in New Zealand tested positive for the coronavirus. The case is a New Zealand man who worked in the ports of Taranaki and Auckland and began showing symptoms on Friday, before testing positive on Saturday …
Read More »Election 2020: Nine new ACT members are about to enter Parliament
[ad_1] Nine new ACT MPs are about to enter Parliament. They are mostly unknown to the general public, but hail from Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Nelson, and Christchurch. ACT’s popularity skyrocketed in these elections and the party has secured 8 percent of the country’s votes. In 2017, ACT managed to …
Read More »Boat with close contacts to the case of the Covid-19 community that arrives in Napier
[ad_1] A boat carrying people considered close contacts to a new community Covid-19 case was being greeted by health officials in Napier on Sunday. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield chaired a surprise press conference, revealing details about a worker on a ship who tested positive for the virus on Saturday. How the …
Read More »Boat with close contacts to the case of the Covid-19 community that arrives in Napier
[ad_1] A boat carrying people considered close contacts to a new community Covid-19 case was being greeted by health officials in Napier on Sunday. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield chaired a surprise press conference, revealing details about a worker on a ship who tested positive for the virus on Saturday. How the …
Read More »Transtasman bubble: 55 kiwis traveled to Melbourne, 25 to Perth, prime ministers say
[ad_1] Air New Zealand flight NZ103 takes off from Auckland for Sydney for the first free quarantine flight between New Zealand and Australia at 10.40am. M. From October 16. Photo / supplied Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he has been told that 55 New Zealand passengers entered the state without …
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