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The two people were in a restaurant in South Korea at the same time for minutes, and sitting far apart, yet within minutes one had infected the other. How did it happen?
More certainty is needed on the transtasman bubble, members of the Queenstown business community have said after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
RNZ
There's been a boost in confidence for tourism operators, as Cabinet agrees in principle to establish a travel bubble with Australia in the first quarter of 2021.
RNZ
Businesses that suffer a 30 percent drop in revenue after alert level changes will be able to claim up to $21,500, Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced.
NZ Herald
Ardern's political opponents have poked holes in the latest travel announcements.
RNZ
Cabinet has agreed in principle to establish a travel bubble with Australia early next year, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
RNZ
The Ministry of Health has reported there are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, as investigations continue into the Air NZ crew member who arrived from the US.
RNZ
Rooms in managed isolation have been sitting empty because some desperate returnees have been able to book more allocation vouchers than they need.
Newshub
A new survey from the Children's Commission has highlighted how important quality time is.
1 NEWS
"This is a really dangerous time," the epidemiologist says as infected people continue to arrive into the country.
1 NEWS
The Prime Minister says there’s “still issues to resolve”.
RNZ
The US public will start receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Monday after it was authorised for emergency use, officials say.
RNZ
An Air New Zealand crew member has tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving on a flight from America three days ago.
AP NEWS
With some Americans now paying the price for what they did over Thanksgiving and falling sick with COVID-19, health officials are warning people — begging them, even — not to make the same mistake...
Newshub
The research pointed to several existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat people.
RNZ
UK and Russian scientists are teaming up to trial a combination of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines to see if protection against Covid-19 can be improved.
The Conversation
New Zealand has joined a long list of countries using Google and Apple's mobile contact tracing framework. But if it's not compatible with Australia's app, what does that mean for travellers?
CNA
A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday (Dec 10) voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer's ...
1 NEWS
There is no availability in NZ's mandatory quarantine hotels until late February.
1 NEWS
"When we reopen we'll be looking to do that with Australia as a whole," the PM said.
Newsroom
Happy as Kiwis have been to be cocooned here, that is unlikely to remain the case for very long once we see that other countries starting to resume more normal lifestyles ahead of us.
RNZ
New Zealand officials are keeping a close eye on the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine rollout in the UK before a vaccinations campaign is launched here.
The Conversation
The reason the vaccine appears to have worked better in participants who initially received only half a dose is still somewhat of a mystery.
Newshub
At the time, however, Chris Hipkins publicly said contact tracing systems were "performing well".
RNZ
Some KiwiSavers switched out of their funds, others stopped saving or held back on making investment decisions, and were still confused about what to do, an ASB report says.
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