Collected stories - 1 November 2021 to 1 March 2022
Councils in the South are still working through discussions with unvaccinated staff. Several councils have been vague about the impact of Covid-19...
RNZ
National MPs are in Queenstown navigating the best way forward under the leadership of Christopher Luxon, as Aotearoa readies for a third year battling the Covid-19 pandemic.
NZ Herald
Officials appeared to be unaware home isolation targets weren't being hit.
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TVNZ has published the approval ratings from their January poll. They are: Jacinda Ardern: 52% approve, 37% disapprove, +15% net approval Christopher Luxon, 42% approve, 20% disapprove, +22% net approval Both are positive ratings, but rare for an Opposition Leader to score higher than an incumbent Prime Minister. 15 months ago Ardern was at +55%, […]
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in isolation until Tuesday and will get a Covid-19 test today after being deemed to be a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case.
Josie Pagani and Ben Thomas give their opinion on the latest political poll to 1News political reporter Benedict Collins.
Newshub
It's projected to cost almost $15 billion and it's not just taxpayers who are going to pay for it.
RNZ
Analysis - It's a mid-term year and the government has huge projects to progress as it faces what is potentially the worst Covid-19 crisis during its time in office, Peter Wilson writes.
The Greens, meanwhile, want to ensure the new system will be accessible for all.
RNZ
Auckland's long awaited light rail project will run from Wynyard Quarter to Mt Roskill before surfacing and running alongside SH20 to the airport.
the Guardian
The Labour leader’s approval has dropped to 35% as the country wrestles with the Omicron Covid variant and rising inflation
Newshub
A support package is to be developed alongside affected businesses.
NZ Herald
Inflation hit a 31-year high at the end of 2021.
ZB
Grant Robertson says the historically high rate of inflation is a sign of the global times. Annual inflation has hit 5.9 percent for the 2021 calendar yea
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The dramatic increases in everyday living costs have made renting and making ends meet tough, even for those with good jobs.
ACT has dropped 3 percentage points to 11% of the party vote, while National has gone up 4pp, in the latest 1News Kantar Public Poll.
Political editor Jessica Mutch McKay releases the first 1News Kantar Public Poll for 2022.
RNZ
With modelling suggesting NZ could face a peak of 80,000 Omicron infections a day, Health Minister Andrew Little says he is "very confident" the country is prepared. But National is concerned about intensive care capacity.
ZB
Auckland Council is sitting on a $285 million goldmine, after it failed to spend nearly half the money it raked in thanks to the regional fuel tax. In 201
NZ Herald
Lack of Māori input and specific details of plan have been criticised.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Covid has reduced the best-laid plans of many countries to a bit of a shambles. Will New Zealand end up in the same position?
Māori Television
“Omicron is here,” Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said today as she outlined the government’s three-phase approach to managing the Covid-19...
It comes as there are 56 Omicron cases in the community to date.
Newshub
We're masked, we're jabbed, but are we really ready to get COVID-19?
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