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Lockdowns were lonely and isolating for many, but an imaginative bunch of Bachelor of Arts students discovered how their creative projects fostered a sense of togetherness.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The Government has acceded to the reality and finally kicked its Covid crutch away. The team of five million are on back on their own.
RNZ
The government's decision to scrap the Covid-19 Protection Framework is reasonable, but it is a mistake to drop mask mandates for public transport, an epidemiologist says.
Newshub
Ardern said now is the right time to make the move.
No masks will be required on Air New Zealand flights from Tuesday onwards.
Hospitality New Zealand said it was the best news hospitality and accommodation businesses had heard in two-and-a-half years.
RNZ
All mask wearing requirements except in healthcare and aged care will be scrapped, and household contacts will no longer need to isolate, the government has confirmed.
The South continued its run of days with double-digit new community cases of Covid-19 at the weekend. There were 56 new cases reported on Saturday...
Stuff
Base camps have been defined - those ready to move on with life, sans mask, and those who worry they will be left behind.
RNZ
There have been 1483 community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, with 243 people currently in hospital with the virus.
The new report examining the pandemic's global pediatric impact warns that "little is being done to care for children left behind."
RNZ
Top scientists are banding together to answer a key question about the root cause of Long Covid - whether fragments of the coronavirus persist in the tissues of sufferers.
RNZ
In the past week there have been an average of five deaths confirmed each day as being attributable to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health says.
NZ Herald
The Government will decide on Monday whether to scrap the whole traffic light system.
RNZ
There are 1793 new community cases of Covid-19 today, the Ministry of Health says.
RNZ
There are 2035 new community cases of Covid-19 today, the Ministry of Health says.
Newsroom
It could take several months for Pfizer's new Omicron-specific vaccines to be available in New Zealand.
NZ Herald
A top epidemiologist says it's time to move on from the traffic light system.
RNZ
A fifth case of monkeypox has been detected in the country this evening, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
Newshub
"Given its potential for evolution, I don't think anyone would say we're through the pandemic yet."
Stuff
The Ministry of Health's latest case numbers have been released.
RNZ
Use of good ventilation and better use of rapid testing could allow mask wearing mandates to be reduced, a microbiologist says.
The failure of the Government to consult disabled people about scrapping mask mandates has been blasted as a "critical oversight". Prime Minister...
RNZ
There are 1800 new community cases of Covid-19, with the seven-day rolling average of community case numbers dropping below 2000 today for the first time in months.
Stuff
There is immunity from a first infection. It’s not perfect. It doesn’t last forever, but it is there. This is what we know.
The Conversation
There are so many forms of the virus, it’s hard to keep up. Here’s what to expect next as the virus mutates and recombines.
Stuff
From today, all Government Covid-19 vaccine mandates end. Did they achieve what officials intended them to do?
Stuff
Our analysis reveals stark inequalities in the growing death toll from the pandemic.
RNZ
With mask mandates dropping around the world as the pandemic appears to enter a new phase, what we can learn from countries that have already left masks behind? Here's what you need to know.
RNZ
Track the very latest Covid-19 data in New Zealand, with new charts on the currents trends from RNZ data journalist Farah Hancock.
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