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January 10, 2022
By Niva Chittock, RNZ News Reporter New Zealand police are investigating an anti-vaccine protest attended by Destiny Church leader pastor Brian Tamaki. A Destiny Church spokesperson confirmed Tamaki visited Christchurch over the weekend to give the Sunday sermon at the local congregation. Tamaki also spoke at an event in a central park on Saturday, which ... <a title="NZ police probe after Tamaki speaks at Christchurch anti-vaccine protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/10/nz-police-probe-after-tamaki-speaks-at-christchurch-anti-vaccine-protest/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police probe after Tamaki speaks at Christchurch anti-vaccine protest">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and the result was the first border cases of covid in the Marshall Islands in more than a year. Three US Army personnel tested positive for covid soon after arrival at ... <a title="Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/three-us-army-personnel-test-positive-for-covid-at-marshall-islands-border/" aria-label="Read more about Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands border">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2022
RNZ News As some North Island regions moved to the orange traffic light setting at 11.59pm last night, New Zealand has now found two omicron cases that were briefly in the community, and close contacts are urgently being chased up. As a British DJ outed himself as the omicron community case identified yesterday, Covid-19 Response ... <a title="Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/01/urgent-nz-search-for-djs-close-contacts-second-omicron-case/" aria-label="Read more about Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Health Ministry is concerned that people are not taking the new omicron variant of the coronavirus seriously. Fiji reported two cases of the variant more than two weeks ago — both patients had arrived in the country from Nigeria on November 25. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said more than 70 countries ... <a title="Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/fijians-urged-to-take-omicron-virus-variant-seriously-amid-global-spread/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community case of the coronavirus in almost six months. Within hours, the nation of five million moved into alert level four, part of its “go hard, go early” approach. All travel ... <a title="In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/in-spite-of-relentless-media-negativity-nzs-covid-story-is-largely-successful/" aria-label="Read more about In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s Department of Labour has broken its silence over the government’s stance on covid-19 testing requirements in the “no jab no jobs” controversy, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has called on employers and employees to exercise common sense and ensure that businesses are allowed to continue and embrace workplace ... <a title="PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/pngs-labour-minister-calls-for-truce-in-no-jab-no-job-controversy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy">Read more</a>
