Collected stories - 1 September to 30 November 2021
Stuff
OPINION: Just like John Key, Jacinda Ardern will exit with a mic-drop moment. And Labour has started planning for it.
The Standard
National aligned C&R has shown how bad it is at running elections by running an election where less than one in ten eligible people voted.
RNZ
A woman in MIQ says it was "brutal" and "inhumane" of MIQ staff to take away a chance to comfort her father in the last moments of his life, without explanation.
The large group marched through Newmarket, after rallying at the Auckland Domain.
The Standard
Matt Nippert's in depth article in the Herald this morning provides a well researched deep insight into the Government's vaccine roll out. And as it progresses the New Zealand response places us mid table and improving in the OECD vaccination comparison and gives us some hope that the Delta outbreak may be controlled.
ZB
Honestly, I did not expect Nanaia Mahuta to pull the trigger. Opposition to the Three Waters reforms has exploded in the last few months. That bit isn’t a
"We ask that you please take urgent action - to support our local economies and save our businesses."
RNZ
A group of central Auckland business associations have penned an open letter to the prime minister, asking for Covid-19 restrictions to be eased.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
Zero Choices: The Sixth Labour Government’s plan: to seize the entire drinking, storm and waste water infrastructure of the nation, wrap it...
Pundit
The government is introducing a vaccine mandate which will cover much of the work force. There’s a hole: an unclear provision for exemptions is probably wider in scope that the Ministry of Health seems to think.
Stuff
OPINION: The PM is often praised for being a great communicator, but the past few weeks have shown little evidence of it.
Stuff
Christchurch's central city bus interchange will be closed for a deep clean at 8pm on Friday, after it was named as a location of interest in the city’s Covid-19 outbreak.
RNZ
Analysis - The government's mandatory vaccination regime is backed by businesses but gets a curious response from National, while the Three Waters plan is described as "an act of breathtaking determination".
It is a move the NZ AIDS Foundation called a step towards dismantling HIV stigma.
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Stuff reports: Just one guest stayed at the Grand Mercure managed isolation hotel in Wellington last week, where dozens of staff were working. It’s understood the person arrived on a private plane following a family issue in New Zealand. In a statement, a spokesperson for Managed Isolation and Quarantine confirmed the 102-room hotel had just […]
RNZ
A new Ministry for Disabled People will be set up as the government rolls out a different approach to support services and brings in a new law to make Aotearoa more accessible.
The Spinoff
The High Court has ordered MBIE to reconsider a refusal to grant an MIQ exemption. But the system as a whole may not be sustainable for long, writes Andrew Geddis, law professor at the University of Otago. The government’s announced changes to the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) system app
The Spinoff
Seven health professional organisations groups have written an open letter to Jacinda Ardern ahead of COP26, demanding a huge increase in Aotearoa’s international climate contribution. Here Dr George Laking, Aotearoa New Zealand president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, introduces t
NZ Herald
'The [MIQ] changes are at best a small step forward and at worst woeful' - Grounded Kiwis.
Newsroom
Trucking lobby group says employers are playing "catch-up'' getting drivers vaccinated after the Government declined calls for vaccine prioritisation.
Newshub
Progress on the major transport project has been slow-going.
There are three shortlisted options for the 22km route.
Newsroom
All public communications need to focus only on the fears or concerns of the vaccine hesitant, writes Peter Dunne
RNZ
The government is putting $760,000 into a joint research programme to speed up the establishment of a medicinal cannabis industry here.
A logistical issue was that essential travel would still need to occur, regardless of vaccine status.
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