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September 2, 2022
By Ethan Griffiths, Open Justice reporter of The New Zealand Herald An anti-vaccination campaigner who this year became the first person ever accused of breaching New Zealand’s sabotage laws has again appeared in court. Taupō man Graham Philip was charged with seven counts of sabotage in May, relating to an alleged attack on New Zealand ... <a title="NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/nz-anti-vaxxer-appears-in-court-again-on-nations-first-sabotage-charges/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2022
RNZ News After guiding New Zealand through two and a half years of a pandemic, Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s time as Director-General of Health has come to an end. We look back on some of the key moments during his time in the role: 22 May 2018 Dr Ashley Bloomfield was named as the new Director-General ... <a title="NZ’s Ashley Bloomfield bows out – a look at his key moments as health chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/30/nzs-ashley-bloomfield-bows-out-a-look-at-his-key-moments-as-health-chief/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Ashley Bloomfield bows out – a look at his key moments as health chief">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University The covid-19 pandemic has already generated its own mythology. In Britain, they talk of the “myth of the blitz” – the idea of a society that pulled together in the Second World War to withstand the bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe with pluck, bravery and humour. In Australia, ... <a title="Covid and reality: Do we care enough about the common good?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/covid-and-reality-do-we-care-enough-about-the-common-good/" aria-label="Read more about Covid and reality: Do we care enough about the common good?">Read more</a>
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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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May 16, 2022
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Striking New Zealand health workers have picketed around the country, saying they are fed up with being underpaid and undervalued. About 10,000 allied health staff who work at district health boards have walked off the job for 24 hours, with rolling demonstrations. They are health workers who are ... <a title="‘We’re not paid fairly for the work we do’, say striking NZ health workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/were-not-paid-fairly-for-the-work-we-do-say-striking-nz-health-workers/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re not paid fairly for the work we do’, say striking NZ health workers">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2022
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that she has tested positive for covid-19. Her daughter Neve tested positive on Wednesday, she added in the post. Her partner Clarke Gayford tested positive on Sunday. “Despite best efforts, unfortunately I’ve joined the rest of my family and tested positive for covid-19,” Ardern wrote on social ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for covid-19 – NZ cases rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/14/pm-jacinda-ardern-tests-positive-for-covid-19-nz-cases-rising/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for covid-19 – NZ cases rising">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu’s outgoing president, Obed Moses Tallis, has urged the government not to abolish the Ministry of Justice, warning against a “dictatorial system”. His opening speech to Parliament’s first “ordinary” session of 2022 is his final duty of his mandate which will end in July. “In my observation during my five-year term as a ... <a title="Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/vanuatu-president-warns-against-dictatorship-if-justice-ministry-is-abolished/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Wearing glasses or getting a runny nose is enough to qualify for a mask exemption under current New Zealand’s Ministry of Health criteria — and a doctor says its time for tougher rules. Hearing aids, hayfever or a tendency to get dry eyes are also reasons to request ... <a title="‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’ – NZ doctor calls for tighter mask rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/shooting-ourselves-in-the-foot-nz-doctor-calls-for-tighter-mask-rules/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’ – NZ doctor calls for tighter mask rules">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific Cook Islands has reported the country’s first covid-19 pandemic death. The 63-year-old woman died on the way to hospital on the island of Aitutaki, Prime Minister Mark Brown said in a statement posted on Facebook. “It is with great sadness that I announce that we have recorded our first in-country death attributed to ... <a title="Covid-19 in Pacific: Cook Islands reports first pandemic death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/covid-19-in-pacific-cook-islands-reports-first-pandemic-death/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 in Pacific: Cook Islands reports first pandemic death">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Professor Rod Jackson In a recent article (Weekend Herald, April 16) John Roughan wrote that the covid-19 pandemic has been an anticlimax in Aotearoa New Zealand. Surprisingly, he acknowledges covid-19 has killed about 25 million people worldwide, so hopefully he was referring to New Zealand’s 600 deaths. He goes on to ask how ... <a title="Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/rod-jackson-why-new-zealands-response-to-the-covid-pandemic-was-proportionate/" aria-label="Read more about Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent Covid-19 testing of Marshall Islanders in managed quarantine has seen the largest number test positive for covid-19 since managed repatriation started nearly two years ago. Seven out of a repatriation group of 72 people tested positive for the coronavirus last Friday, according to a government announcement issued late Friday ... <a title="Marshall Islands gets largest number of covid border cases in Kwajalein" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/marshall-islands-gets-largest-number-of-covid-border-cases-in-kwajalein/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands gets largest number of covid border cases in Kwajalein">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2022
RNZ News Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its risk From 11.59pm tonight, all of New Zealand moves into the orange traffic light setting, Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. He said the change in alert levels was ... <a title="NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/nz-moves-to-orange-experts-respond-to-change-in-traffic-light-settings/" aria-label="Read more about NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings">Read more</a>
