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February 13, 2022
RNZ News Police say misinformation and a “range of different causes and motivations” are making it difficult to resolve the situation with protesters at New Zealand’s Parliament. In a statement this afternoon, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said police were continuing to monitor the protest activity at Parliament grounds as new community cases of ... <a title="Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/covid-19-outbreak-misinformation-spreading-among-nzs-parliament-protesters-say-police/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Omicron Cases. These two charts show the recent upsurge in reported Covid19 cases in the two larger countries with the most cases. (See my recent January league charts for where these countries fit in relation to others.) Both Denmark and Israel recently peaked with over 7,500 daily cases per million people; ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Omicron in Two High Immunity Countries: Denmark and Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-omicron-in-two-high-immunity-countries-denmark-and-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Omicron in Two High Immunity Countries: Denmark and Israel">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Police handcuffed three people after protesters today tried to push through a barrier on the grounds of New Zealand’s Parliament — known as the Beehive. The group is part of a convoy which travelled to the capital Wellington yesterday to protest against covid-19 vaccine mandates. After trying to push through the blockade this afternoon, three ... <a title="Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/police-arrest-3-nz-anti-vax-protesters-after-push-through-beehive-barrier/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
RNZ News More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand’s Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters who have linked arms lining up in front of the Cenotaph. One person speaking said he would walk up the Parliament steps at 3pm and get arrested, inviting others in ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/covid-19-nz-protesters-camped-at-parliament-warned-over-trespass/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific Several hundred more cases of covid in Solomon Islands … Kiribati records first covid death …nearly 12,000 in isolation in New Caledonia … French Polynesia records first covid death in nearly four months … Federated States of Micronesia calls a halt to flights from neighbouring Guam … a partial border re-opening in the ... <a title="Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/latest-covid-19-reports-roundup-across-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
RNZ News After a record number of covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, New Zealand’s prime minister believes the country’s omicron peak may be in late March. The number of omicron cases in New Zealand has not yet reached the number predicted by modellers. However, New Zealand recorded its largest ever one-day case number with ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ omicron peak could be in late March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-nz-omicron-peak-could-be-in-late-march/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ omicron peak could be in late March">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
By Kim Moodie, RNZ News reporter A public health expert is urging New Zealanders to keep up the testing momentum, as testing rates take a dive over the long weekend. Fewer than 13,000 people were swabbed for covid-19 in the past day, at least 5000 down on the most recent week days. University of Otago ... <a title="NZ health expert reminds people to get tested for covid-19 as rates fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/nz-health-expert-reminds-people-to-get-tested-for-covid-19-as-rates-fall/" aria-label="Read more about NZ health expert reminds people to get tested for covid-19 as rates fall">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s covid-19 outbreak continues to spread with almost 10,000 active cases. This includes 1289 new infections detected over the preceding 24 hours. Twenty five people are in hospital as the authorities have reopened some hotel facilities as temporary care centres. About 67 percent of the total population of 272,000 is fully vaccinated. ... <a title="New Caledonia covid outbreak now approaching five figures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/new-caledonia-covid-outbreak-now-approaching-five-figures/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia covid outbreak now approaching five figures">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara A team of four experts from China have arrived in Honiara for on-site feasibility studies on two projects amid the surging case of covid-19 in the Solomon Islands. The experts are here at the invitation of the government for studies on the upgrading of the national referral hospital and a ... <a title="Chinese project experts arrive in Solomons amid pandemic surge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/chinese-project-experts-arrive-in-solomons-amid-pandemic-surge/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese project experts arrive in Solomons amid pandemic surge">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand has recorded its highest number of community cases in one day, with 243 new cases reported today. The previous highest number of cases reported in one day was 222 during the delta outbreak in November. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the continued increase in cases today was “a reminder ... <a title="New Zealand posts record 243 new daily covid cases in community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/new-zealand-posts-record-243-new-daily-covid-cases-in-community/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand posts record 243 new daily covid cases in community">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Air travellers were left stranded and fuming country-wide as airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air hit a rough patch in operations due to wet weather and a large number of their key staff falling sick and unable to be at work. Flight cancellations were the order of the day ... <a title="Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/chaos-as-png-airlines-cancel-flights-with-majority-of-staff-off-sick/" aria-label="Read more about Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis With the arrival of the omicron variant on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage — particularly on MIQ, that the Aotearoa New Zealand government has got anything right in its pandemic response. One important feature that has been missed in the debate on New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/nz-deserves-far-more-respect-for-keeping-covid-deaths-so-low/" aria-label="Read more about NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low">Read more</a>
