Collected stories - 1 September to 30 November 2021
Stuff
The Government is reducing MIQ requirements for international arrivals who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, but there are no plans to reinstate the trans-Tasman bubble.
Stuff
A GP is shocked an Auckland traveller, who tested positive for Covid-19 after reaching Christchurch despite earlier negative tests, was allowed to fly.
NZ Herald
Bill aimed to help parents engage in their child's schooling.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The Government has waded into an almighty water stoush. At the heart of the conflict is the concept of ownership – but not of water itself.
Newshub
Primary and intermediate schools and kura could reopen on November 15 depending on COVID-19 case numbers, Chris Hipkins says.
Newshub
The risk of one single case on a building site is too high and some tradies visit multiple sites a week.
ZB
It was a bombshell announcement from Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta this morning The Government will go ahead with its plans for water reform, an
Stuff
The Government will legislate in early December to create four new water entities that would take on the water assets currently owned by councils.
RNZ
National Party leader Judith Collins told Morning Report at 90 percent vaccination nationwide, vaccine mandates should be dropped but passports retained.
Newshub
The group travelled from Rotorua en route to Waitangi, where they wanted to gather in the name of "freedom".
Stuff
OPINION: It is not difficult to foresee that Aucklanders might become resentful about not having more of a say over what happens in their patch.
Stuff
DOC admits publicly-owned forests are a reservoir for pests, but says farmers are also part of the problem.
RNZ
Whānau Ora providers have told the High Court the health ministry's refusal to hand over the vaccination information of Māori is inconsistent and a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
RNZ
MIQ changes being announced this week will free up facilities to accommodate demand from New Zealanders overseas and from the Delta outbreak, the Covid-19 Response Minister says.
RNZ
Three waters reforms will be mandatory for councils as the legislation moves ahead, with working groups to guide the process and take councils' feedback on board, the government has announced.
NZ Herald
National leader Judith Collins says the Government is sowing division.
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Moral Authority? To those who complain that the Prime Minister is unnecessarily and unethically stigmatising the vaccine hesitant and resist...
RNZ
Comment - Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been repeatedly shown that when Māori lead, we get things done, Jordan Green and Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw write.
RNZ
With senior high school pupils returning to class in alert level 3 areas today, the R-rate for Covid-19 is not expected to be impacted "significantly", the deputy prime minister says.
Covid-19 modeller and physicist Dr Dion O'Neale said a case in the South Island could spread undetected more easily than in the North.
Newsroom
The Ministry of Health and Stats NZ have different views on how many people are in the country, which means we may think we're at 90 percent vaccinated but actually fall short of it.
Stuff
Auckland's mayor hopes more Government support for his city is only weeks away.
NZ Herald
Calls for Northland to remain in level 3 until Māori vax rate up
Newshub
"Obviously there's been some Māori groups we've missed out. So I think with this injection of $120 million, we'll be able to get everyone."
RNZ
New Zealanders are frustrated at how government agencies are held to account, with change needed to reconnect the public sector with those it serves.
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