Collected stories - 1 November 2021 to 1 March 2022
RNZ
Early in the pandemic, the government called for the creation of the world's smartest border. Business NZ chief executive Kirk Hope says he's still waiting... It's on his Christmas wish list.
Newshub
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Kiwis in Australia say they're worried Omicron will derail plans to come home.
Stuff
OPINION: Climate, inflation, Three Waters and, of course, Covid will loom large over politics next year.
RNZ
In Focus on politics, RNZ's political team catch up with the minor party leaders to discuss 2021, potential allies, and Covid-19.
Stuff
Dr Ayesha Verrall has moved quickly in her first year in Cabinet, announcing major policy decisions that she hopes will save lives.
Newsroom
A border exemption to reunite 450 partners and children of high-income earning migrants has only been granted to 38 people.
Stuff
OPINION: Why they and us should be counting our blessings as the year draws to an end.
Stuff
OPINION: Climate, inflation, Three Waters and, of course, Covid will loom large over politics next year.
RNZ
A group of health experts are arguing for a vaccination programme for all New Zealand children to be rolled-out as soon as possible - and that it should uphold the Crown's obligations for Māori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Newsroom
James Elliott uses the age-old tradition of maths to show who had a good week and who had a bad one. Spoiler: it wasn't a good week for ACT.
Newsroom
Further delay to a government assessment of its open government efforts comes as opposition MPs say transparency is more important than ever during the Covid response.
NZ Herald
From today health officials are changing the way daily Covid cases are reported.
Newsroom
Officials from the Ministry of Health and the cross-agency vaccine team tried to stop New Zealand from going all-in on Pfizer.
Health Minister Andrew Little says he's “confident” about the health system’s capacity in 2022.
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December 16, 2021 2 - Second Front Page, Articles, Columns, Gordon Campbell 0
Newsroom
Dozens of Government documents shed light on the vaccine purchasing effort, from the hopes of making vaccines in New Zealand to the realisation we might be at the "bottom of the queue".
Stuff
The Government has set out how it will spend the $644 million it has promised to prepare hospitals for managing Covid cases and other care.
Stuff
On the last sitting day of Parliament, the finance minister revealed new budget spending that will frame the politics of fiscal and economic policy in the new year.
Stuff
The Government is growing increasingly concerned about the rising threat of "strategic competition" between powerful countries, newly published documents reveal.
RNZ
It's a multimillion-dollar ministerial blind spot that is being called into question. Opposition parties are demanding accountability after revelations millions of dollars was shelled out by the Ministry of Social Development to private landlords for often-substandard housing. A report from the Auditor-General has found the government had paid $37 million to use private rentals for emergency housing, without any checks. The Minister is pleading ignorance. Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6286889952001
Stuff
In her last speech of the year, Jacinda Ardern announces country has hit 90 per cent milestone for Covid vaccine double doses.
NZ Herald
Some government workers have been warned they could be targets of abuse from protesters.
NZ Herald
Treasury has delivered an early Christmas present to Grant Robertson.
RNZ
Government officials think the testing requirement to leave Auckland from today might only catch a quarter of the number of Covid-19 cases leaving.
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