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May 18, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand has reported 9570 new community cases of covid-19 and a further 32 deaths today, bringing total publicly recorded deaths with the coronavirus 1017. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the total number of deaths was up by 31 from yesterday as they had removed a case which had ... <a title="NZ covid deaths top 1000 with 9570 new community cases reported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/18/nz-covid-deaths-top-1000-with-9570-new-community-cases-reported/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid deaths top 1000 with 9570 new community cases reported">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
In spite of a record 34 covid-related deaths being reported in New Zealand today, Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says it is encouraging to see an overall and sustained drop in case numbers. “For three days last week, case numbers were reported at over 20,000 … today’s case number is up a bit ... <a title="NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/nz-public-health-chief-encouraged-in-spite-of-34-covid-deaths-and-mexican-wave-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
RNZ News The clamour in New Zealand to ditch vaccine passes and change the traffic light setting is poorly timed, an epidemiologist says. The number of covid-19 deaths is on the rise, with nine reported today. One thousand people are now in hospital, including 26 in ICU, the highest number yet in intensive care. University ... <a title="Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/omicron-peak-not-right-time-to-relax-public-health-measures-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says professor">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2022
RNZ News A public health expert says New Zealand’s covid-19 response is still one of the best in the world, two years after the first case was discovered here. Two years ago today, the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in New Zealand, in a recent returnee. The entire country would go into lockdown ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 response still one of the best worldwide, says health expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/01/nzs-covid-19-response-still-one-of-the-best-worldwide-says-health-expert/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 response still one of the best worldwide, says health expert">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ News Hospitals across New Zealand are receiving anti-covid-19 mandate protesters returning from Parliament, and are pleading with those experiencing cold and flu symptoms to get tested and isolate. There were mounting tensions at the Parliament protest today, where police have formed a line to keep protesters back. More people have turned up in Wellington ... <a title="Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/protesters-show-up-as-covid-19-patients-at-hospitals-across-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand police have moved to start clearing up the roads near Parliament in the capital Wellington, where protesters have clogged the roads with vehicles for more than a week. But there has also been a significant increase in illegally parked vehicles in the area. Some streets around Parliament could not be used ... <a title="NZ police begin to clear up some of blockade near Parliament protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/nz-police-begin-to-clear-up-some-of-blockade-near-parliament-protest/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police begin to clear up some of blockade near Parliament protest">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
RNZ News The one million New Zealanders who are so far delaying getting their booster shots are the biggest concern of top covid-19 adviser Sir David Skegg. Phase two of New Zealand’s Omicron response plan begins at 11.59pm tonight, as daily cases rocket toward the 1000 mark. Sir David, who is chair of the Strategic ... <a title="Omicron spread: ‘Crazy’ shortfall in booster numbers worries top NZ covid-19 adviser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/omicron-spread-crazy-shortfall-in-booster-numbers-worries-top-nz-covid-19-adviser/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron spread: ‘Crazy’ shortfall in booster numbers worries top NZ covid-19 adviser">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
RNZ News “Go home and take your children” — that was New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s plea to protesters remaining at Parliament today. Despite being trespassed from Parliament grounds a week ago, protesters remain on the Parliament lawn and show no sign of leaving in spite of a new record 981 community covid-19 cases ... <a title="NZ parliament covid protesters ‘not interested in engaging’, says Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/nz-parliament-covid-protesters-not-interested-in-engaging-says-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about NZ parliament covid protesters ‘not interested in engaging’, says Ardern">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that the whole of New Zealand will move into the red light covid-19 setting at midnight Sunday night (January 23, 2022) in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Nine covid-19 cases in Nelson yesterday have been confirmed as the omicron variant, Ardern said. Another household member has since ... <a title="NZ to move to red light setting tonight at midnight over omicron outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/nz-to-move-to-red-light-setting-tonight-at-midnight-over-omicron-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to move to red light setting tonight at midnight over omicron outbreak">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is warning New Zealand’s covid-19 case numbers in 2022 will be unlike anything seen here before. Jacinda Ardern today delivered her first speech of the year — to Labour MPs gathered in New Plymouth for their annual caucus retreat. The speech was largely focused ... <a title="Omicron will be a ‘different foe’, PM Jacinda Ardern warns NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/omicron-will-be-a-different-foe-pm-jacinda-ardern-warns-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron will be a ‘different foe’, PM Jacinda Ardern warns NZ">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor The Cook Islands has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated New Zealanders, but with less fanfare and more trepidation than last year’s kick-off. The two-way quarantine-free travel bubble lasted just three months in 2021 before authorities pulled the pin due to Auckland’s delta outbreak of covid-19. Since ... <a title="Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/cook-islands-reopens-border-with-vaccinated-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2022
By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist New Zealand covid-19 experts are nervously observing an ever-increasing number of cases at the border, as the threat of an omicron outbreak looms. The highly transmissible variant has rapidly spread around the globe and New Zealand has dodged a community outbreak so far. But with the escalating number of ... <a title="Covid-19 experts fear omicron may soon be in NZ community as border cases jump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/10/covid-19-experts-fear-omicron-may-soon-be-in-nz-community-as-border-cases-jump/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 experts fear omicron may soon be in NZ community as border cases jump">Read more</a>
