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[ad_1] Had New Zealand not responded to Covid-19 as it did in March, the nation’s death toll would have been in the thousands by now and 20 percent of those deaths would have been healthcare workers, predicted Dr. Ashley. Bloomfield. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield. Source: Getty That would have meant that …

[ad_1] By Susan Strongman, RNZ To date, there are 177 Covid-19 cases associated with the Auckland August Cluster. The current number of active cases within the cluster is 55. But somewhat confusingly, the Ministry of Health has divided sections of the Auckland August Big Group into five of what it …

[ad_1] The way the University of Otago selects students for its medical program will be challenged in court. University leaders have also confirmed for the first time that the legal challenge has implications for their Mirror on Society policy, which promotes prioritizing students from roads such as Māori and Pasifika. …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. As of Tuesday, there are 177 Covid-19 cases associated with the Auckland August cluster. The current number of active cases within the cluster is 55. But somewhat confusingly, the Ministry of Health has divided sections of the Auckland …

[ad_1] The way the University of Otago selects students for its medical program will be challenged in court. University leaders have also confirmed for the first time that the legal challenge has implications for their Mirror on Society policy, which promotes prioritizing students from roads such as Māori and Pasifika. …

[ad_1] Bill Oxford / UNSPLASH A plan designed to increase the number of students in Maori and Pasifika medical schools faces a legal challenge. The University of Otago says it will fight a legal challenge to its scheme designed to increase the number of Maori and Pasifika students entering its …

[ad_1] 100 people were sampled at the Northcote test station in Auckland at noon on Tuesday, and 300 people were tested on Monday. The majority of those who visited the test station were members of Takapuna Les Mills who were swabbed as a precaution. “Les Mills and the warehouse. I …

[ad_1] Broadcasters have been reminded of the importance of being careful when collecting and interpreting statistics after a complaint against Mike Hosking was upheld. Hosking made statements referring to death rate statistics in Italy related to Covid-19 which were later deemed misleading by the Broadcasting Standards Authority. The host of …

[ad_1] Child care teacher Jiae Kwon had just finished playing with a group of children when a girl came up and said that one of the children “was sleeping and not waking up.” That child was Aldrich Viju, 4, who died at Angels Childcare Center after being strangled by a …

[ad_1] American personnel who arrived in New Zealand from Antarctica on Monday night are exempt from controlled isolation. All of the returnees had been isolated in the “Antarctic bubble at Scott Base / McMurdo Station” since early May, according to a joint statement provided by various agencies, including the Ministry …