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Covid-19 update: 16 further deaths, 519 in hospital, 9563 new cases
14 Apr 2022There have been 9563 new community cases of Covid-19 reported today, along with 16 further deaths.
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'Kiwis not leaving' NZ spend cash and keep regional businesses humming
14 Apr 2022South Taranaki appears well placed to bounce back from Covid-19 after dodging the worst of the disruption caused by the virus.
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Masks remain key defence in orange setting - Hipkins
14 Apr 2022Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins is continuing to champion mask wearing, despite some requirements being loosened. Audio
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Nurses, National critical of low success rate of $300,000 recruitment drive
14 Apr 2022An overseas recruitment campaign targeting ICU nurses has employed just three people since it was launched two months ago.
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'Working harder, doing long days' - Healthcare services coping in south as Covid-19 lingers
14 Apr 2022More than 1300 cases were recorded in the Southern DHB on Monday, just a few hundred off the Omicron peak, but those on the frontline say healthcare services are holding up. Audio
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Moving to orange: 'We are quite divided in terms of risk'
13 Apr 2022Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided in its risk.
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Orange light setting: SkyCity thrilled but warns time needed to prepare
SkyCity says the move to the orange traffic light setting is a significant step for the tourism and hospitality industry.
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Watch live: Dr Ashley Bloomfield gives Covid-19 update
14 Apr 2022It's the first day for the country in orange traffic light setting and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is giving a Covid-19 update.
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Covid-19 update: 9495 new community cases, a further 15 deaths
13 Apr 2022There are 9495 new community cases of Covid-19 along with a further 15 deaths to report today.
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Covid-19: NZ to move to orange traffic light setting from midnight
13 Apr 2022The entire country will drop from red to the orange traffic light setting from 11.59pm tonight, with the government saying the "overall picture is a very positive one".
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Pfizer offers $100m to buy Brisbane firm behind app that diagnoses Covid-19
Pfizer has offered $100 million to buy a Brisbane-based company that has invented a smartphone app it says can diagnose Covid-19 by listening to someone cough.
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Greens oppose move to orange, looser mask rules at schools
13 Apr 2022Opposition parties are pleased New Zealand will move to the orange traffic light tonight, but Labour's partner party is not so supportive.
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Covid-19: Government offers $9m for pandemic research
13 Apr 2022Health Minister Andrew Little announced the funding this morning saying New Zealand needed to build on what had been learnt over the past two years.
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Tamariki Māori going unprotected against Covid-19
13 Apr 2022Most Te Tai Tokerau schools are not holding onsite Covid-19 vaccination clinics due to concerns about anti-vax retaliation.
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Commercial landlord gives tenant one-star review over vax passes
12 Apr 2022An Auckland bar that has continued to use vaccine passes has received a one star Facebook review from its own landlord.
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'It's going to build slowly': Queenstown looks to ski season tourist influx
13 Apr 2022Australians can now enter the country without isolating, but Queenstown tourism businesses aren't expecting a return en masse until the ski season.
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'G'day and welcome': First flights arrive as border reopens to Australians
13 Apr 2022There have been emotional scenes at Auckland Airport as the border reopened and the first flights from across the Tasman landed.
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As Covid-19 numbers fall, traffic light setting decision to be announced
13 Apr 2022The government is set to reveal today whether any part of the country will drop to the orange traffic light setting in time for Easter.
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Covid-19 update: 11,063 new community cases and 16 further deaths
12 Apr 2022There are 11,063 new community cases of Covid-19 today and 16 further deaths to report.
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Grocery voucher offered for return of oximeters in MidCentral DHB
12 Apr 2022MidCentral District Health Board is offering a $20 grocery voucher to people who return its pulse oximeters.
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'We are continuing to see the number of cases drop' - Bloomfield
12 Apr 2022Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says rates are coming down. Video
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Businesses told to watch for staff burnout or face productivity drop
12 Apr 2022Businesses are being urged to change the way they control workload issues as more and more employees think about quitting as a result of Covid-19 related burnout.
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Retail and service sectors suffer in Omicron outbreak
Business confidence remains deeply pessimistic in the face of the Omicron outbreak, and surging inflation.
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'Not welcome' - Wellington residents fed up with Miramar protest
11 Apr 2022A Wellington city councillor fears a group occupying a bay on Miramar Peninsula could cause an ecological crisis and wants them to go home.
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