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[ad_1] Experts have hailed the new data as a positive step toward a transtasman bubble. Photo / 123RF Data has emerged showing that only three people who traveled directly from Australia to New Zealand tested positive for Covid-19 for eight months. Experts have hailed it as a positive step towards …

[ad_1] Anna Fifield / Things Wellington’s popular Island Bay beach remains closed after a sewage overflow. Wellington’s popular Island Bay Beach will be closed until at least Sunday following a sewage overflow that was discharged into the bay. The beach was closed to recreational users Friday night following the overflow, …

[ad_1] The Grand Mercure in central Auckland is under investigation following the possibility of an on-site transmission. Photo / Supplied The Ministry of Health is ready to reveal an update on the new cases of Covid-19 today. The ministry will issue a statement around 1:00 p.m. Health officials said yesterday …

[ad_1] New ZealandUpdated 26 Mar, 2021 07:43 PM4 minutes to read By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Some people are skipping the vaccine queue in Christchurch, giving leftover shots to people who work near vaccination clinics. The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has said it is to avoid waste but, with frontline …

[ad_1] New Zealand and the Cook Islands are working towards a travel bubble for May, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced. The announcement was made during an official visit by Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown on Friday in Auckland at the War Memorial Musuem. Brown said he was confident that …

[ad_1] People in managed isolation at a central Auckland hotel will be prevented from taking buses to exercise venues amid investigations into the transmission of Covid-19 at MIQ. It was revealed yesterday that the Grand Mercure in central Auckland was under investigation following a possibility of transmission within the facility …

[ad_1] ANALYSIS: With just over a month into the country’s Covid-19 vaccination program, only a tenth of the doses currently have been administered in New Zealand and not all vaccines are being used. At least four vaccine shipments have landed in New Zealand since the launch began, the most recent …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is prepared to reveal details of a possible travel bubble with the Cook Islands, after speaking with the country’s prime minister today. Ardern met with Mark Brown this afternoon, where the couple is believed to have discussed the details of such a bubble. She is …

[ad_1] New ZealandUpdated Mar 25, 2021 11:45 PM3 minutes to read There are three new Covid-19 cases at MIQ and none in the community. The good news comes after a series of investigations began into the transmission of Covid-19 among Kiwis returning to a second managed isolation hotel in Auckland. …

[ad_1] The coronavirus was spreading in New Zealand earlier than previously thought, a study shows that reveals the country’s first known Covid-19 cluster. New Zealand’s first announced case, a man who had returned to Auckland from Iran via Bali, was reported on February 28, 2020. But now there is evidence, …