Collected stories - 1 November 2021 to 1 March 2022
Newshub
"Te reo Māori has helped me build relationships within the communities I try to serve, and it has also assisted in connecting many diverse cultures and Māori."
Newsroom
It will be a very long time before we beat our record of 7 million arrivals in a year, and why would we want to?
RNZ
The Covid-19 Response Minister says there is no need to panic as the country records its largest daily total of new communty cases since the pandemic began.
RNZ
In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch recounts the siege of Fortress New Zealand and reckons with its reconnection to the world.
Stuff
OPINION: Covid-19 hit the economy far less than feared. But that won't stop newly freed young Kiwis rushing for the door.
NZ Herald
The Auckland Central MP has contributed to a new book along with other LQBTQIA+ Kiwis.
Stuff
OPINION: Why government obfuscation and obstruction is weakening our society.
Stuff
OPINION: The light rail project will provide transformational change necessary for the city to become world-class, writes Auckland's mayor Phil Goff.
the Guardian
The minister responsible for New Zealand’s pandemic response says the future is ‘still something that’s the subject of models rather than reality’
RNZ
A hotel industry expert says outgoing managed isolation and quarantine hotels will struggle as short-term visitors could be put off by isolation rules.
RNZ
Jacinda Ardern has spoken to media at a new vaccination centre at The Cloud, joined by Ministers Chris Hipkins and Willie Jackson.
Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says the Government was making decisions on the fly and didn't have a plan.
"We do want people to be able to plan with certainty," the Covid-19 Response Minister says.
RNZ
The government's plan to re-open the border, allowing people to bypass what the prime minister has described as "the anguish of MIQ", is being shot down by the opposition as both too slow and too fast.
Newsroom
There are big changes on who will be able to get in and out of the country from next month yet many from non-visa waiver countries remain in limbo
Stuff
Visiting Te Tiriti o Waitangi, marking the day with family, and visiting the site where Hōne Heke chopped down a British flagstaff.
The Conversation
The pathway for foreign doctors to practise in New Zealand is neither easy nor very fair, meaning an over-stretched health system is missing out on valuable expertise.
RNZ
At last a concrete plan for light rail in Auckland - but at an eye watering cost. What are the chances of this really happening? And is it the right option?
Stuff
OPINION: As Kiwis within and without our borders yelled at each other, we forgot that the real opponent is Covid.
Newsroom
There’s a lot more riding on the latest border reopening announcement than previous ones. The promise has come from the Prime Minister herself, but even that isn’t enough to convince everyone it will stick, writes political editor Jo Moir.
Newshub
Here's the latest.
RNZ
Some families are enduring five-week managed isolation and quarantine stays after testing positive to Covid-19, and purposely trying to speed up infecting each other.
Stuff
The wording of a scheme designed to support New Zealand's major event industry through Covid-19 has left some scratching their heads.
RNZ
State house tenants who terrorise their neighbours can now be moved on faster after Kāinga Ora changed its complaints process.
RNZ
An overseas recruitment campaign targeting specialist nurses will go live this week, but critics say it's far too late two years into the pandemic.
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