Collected news stories, with a current focus on Covid-19 recovery
RNZ
More than 2000 workers will be sweating it out across about 2500 sites nationwide, renewing or repairing the roading network.
Newshub
Victoria, Queensland, and the Northern Territory, banned people arriving from Sydney as of Monday.
Stuff
Opinion: You don’t have to like the America’s Cup, but it has created jobs and brought life to Auckland’s downtown.
1 NEWS
Despite the pandemic, Kiwis are still getting in the spirit in 2020.
RNZ
The government is extending the visas of many migrant workers to ease labour shortfalls.
RNZ
A psychologist says defence force personnel are probably struggling with the mental strain of working in isolation facilities, for the same reasons health workers do.
NZ Herald
The Northern Marianas is expecting 5,000 doses of the vaccine to arrive during the week.
1 NEWS
However, the retailers affected were not informed of the move.
RNZ
Covid-19 vaccine roll out begins in CNMI this weekend but other Pacific countries still lack the ultra-cold storage facilities.
RNZ
Hundreds of defence force workers were exposed to 'critical incidents' that required psychological check-ups after working in Managed Isolation and Quarantine.
RNZ
A public health expert says it is a pity the government took three months to release a report criticising its Covid-19 testing regime.
Newshub
"We still need more doses, and yes, we still need more money."
Newshub
The Government is prepared to fund efforts to keep the coronavirus out of New Zealand "for as long as it takes".
RNZ
Dr Anthony Fauci is known worldwide as one of the most trusted authorities on Covid -19.
The University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury academics Michael Plank and Alex James say with the summer holidays about to begin, we need to remain vigilant to keep ...
Newshub
The trust said it risked being declared bankrupt if the event had to be cancelled last-minute.
The Conversation
New Zealanders will travel more during the summer period and it is more important than ever to use the contact-tracing app to improve our chances of controlling any potential outbreaks.
RNZ
The government making a deal to purchase two more brands of Covid-19 vaccines is proof of good progress, a clinical microbiologist says.
RNZ
The government has secured another two vaccines, enough for every New Zealander and its Pacific partners, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
Māori Television
New Zealand will buy sufficient vaccines to cover the Realm of New Zealand (Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands) and Polynesian neighbours (Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu)...
Stuff
Free Covid-19 vaccines will be offered to everyone in the country from the middle of 2021, the prime minister says.
AP NEWS
Almost no place has been spared — and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in...
Newshub
Treasury predicts house prices to increase 8.5 percent in 2021.
RNZ
The government is using an outbreak at a music festival as a scenario for how its Covid-19 resurgence plan might work over summer - and R&V says it's ready.
U.S.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday that it confirmed the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal, a mink.
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