Collected news stories, with a current focus on Covid-19 recovery
RNZ
Some rural doctors, nurses and frontline health workers are turning down their chance of a Covid vaccine because they would have to take hours out of their busy day to get one.
Stuff
OPINION: Why the Government hasn't wanted to get anywhere near an explosive Stuff documentary on New Zealand links to Uyghur persecution this week.
Newshub
The big push is expected from July.
Newshub
People living in poorer areas of the country were more likely to be out and about during last year's level 4 lockdown.
1 NEWS
Ardern said New Zealand is not interested in joining the Singapore bubble — yet.
RNZ
Germany, France and Italy have halted rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, after a series of incidents in Europe involving blood clots.
Newshub
"They're struggling to survive and it's obviously devastating for them to receive direct, personal abuse."
Newshub
Air New Zealand will begin trialing digital vaccine passports on routes to Australia in April.
Air New Zealand didn't tell some staff at its Christchurch base that two cabin crew had caught Covid-19 last year because one of them wanted it...
Newshub
Both countries have largely brought COVID-19 under control.
1 NEWS
Australian states have allowed Kiwis to travel freely to Australia since late last year but New Zealand is yet to reciprocate.
President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to speed up vaccinations as new COVID-19 infections decrease nationally.
RNZ
Countries should not stop using AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine over fears it causes blood clots as there is no indication this is true, the World Health Organization says.
Stuff
Qantas has started its first passenger trial of a digital “vaccine passport” system which it says will be necessary for overseas travel when international border reopens.
NZ Herald
Mixing international aircrew and ordinary Kiwis is risky, Professor Michael Baker says.
Stuff
Criticism of the Government unfounded, Jacinda Ardern says, arguing Cabinet's decision on Auckland alert level change was contingent on Covid test results not yet in.
1 NEWS
Jacinda Ardern said people would be questioning the decision regardless of when the shift would take effect.
1 NEWS
The Auckland mayor says he’d like to see the city’s residents vaccinated quicker than what's currently planned.
1 NEWS
There have been no new community cases in the past 11 days.
1 NEWS
Its stores have regularly featured as locations of interest during the pandemic.
Newshub
"All of this has us in a very strong position," he says.
Stuff
New Zealanders are still on the fence about getting a Covid-19 vaccine, a survey by global company Ipsos shows.
Stuff
Covid-19: Māori communities at higher risk from health effects of global pandemic, but Government messaging plan a work-in-progress after 12 months.
NZ Herald
'A five-star hotel can become like a prison camp.'
The next two months could determine whether the US will experience another surge in coronavirus cases, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The University of Canterbury
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Opinion: Helen Petousis-Harris takes apart eight of the most dangerous and untrue pieces of propaganda currently circulating in NZ about Covid-19 vaccines.
RNZ
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