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[ad_1] Twelve new imported cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday, 10 of which arrived on the same flight from India less than a week ago. Public Health Director Dr. Caroline McElnay said the group of 10 people who returned infected could be the highest number of cases reported in one …

[ad_1] MONIQUE FORD / STUFF / Things Not being able to bring qualified personnel across the border is a great frustration for companies, ExportNZ says. A plan to safely open the New Zealand border to international students, business travelers and “essential skilled workers” should be the next government’s top priority, …

[ad_1] For seven days every two weeks, Kaye is dependent on her two children. But when you ask Work and Income for an emergency food grant, it’s like they don’t exist. This is because his ex-partner claims the sole parent benefit, so the children remain under his benefit as the …

[ad_1] Dr Anthony Fauci has warned former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark that Covid-19 is unlike any other virus he has seen. Fauci, who has been director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States since 1984, was on a video call with Clark …

[ad_1] A man accused of escaping from a run isolation hotel in central Auckland has been taken into custody. Your playlist will load after this announcement. The 36-year-old, whose identity we are unable to disclose, reportedly walked through much of Auckland since midnight Sunday, before returning to the hotel. Source: …

[ad_1] meIt is believed to be the first country in the world to put the legalization of recreational cannabis to a national public vote. But amid a pandemic, an election focused almost entirely on the Covid-19 crisis, and a simultaneous vote on euthanasia, New Zealand’s upcoming marijuana referendum has not …

[ad_1] One of the country’s leading public health scholars believes the government should stop using hotels to quarantine people who test positive for the virus. University of Otago professor of public health Nick Wilson says that if officials are serious about reducing another major outbreak, specially designed facilities should be …

[ad_1] One of the country’s leading public health scholars believes the government should stop using hotels to quarantine people who test positive for the virus. University of Otago professor of public health Nick Wilson says that if officials are serious about reducing another major outbreak, specially designed facilities should be …

[ad_1] RYAN ANDERSON / Stuff The Ramada Hotel on Federal St, Auckland, is used as a managed seclusion hotel. A man who allegedly escaped from a run isolation facility in Auckland by lowering the covers from a fourth floor window has appeared in court. The man, who was granted provisional …

[ad_1] For the companies that robbed and pocketed the wage subsidy, National is coming for that money, according to Collins. “Well, we may have to change a law,” he said, then described the government as “naive” about the way it implemented the wage subsidy scheme. There are some things they …