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February 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his US$100,000 savings. The money was taken at the behest of the French prosecutor as part of a probe into the community radio station funding of Temaru’s defence in a trial in ... <a title="Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/temaru-defence-controversy-in-radio-tefana-political-case-revisited/" aria-label="Read more about Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited">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 7, 2022
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s prerecorded speech marking the historic 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Māori chiefs and the colonial government made from the treaty grounds. Video: RNZ News RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has used her Waitangi Day speech to call for New Zealand’s people to come together and overcome the challenges facing the ... <a title="‘With togetherness, we overcome,’ says NZ’s Ardern on Waitangi Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/07/with-togetherness-we-overcome-says-nzs-ardern-on-waitangi-day/" aria-label="Read more about ‘With togetherness, we overcome,’ says NZ’s Ardern on Waitangi Day">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 3, 2022
RNZ News New Zealanders in Australia will be able to return home by the end of the month under a five-stage reopening plan announced by the government today. The first stages of the plan would see returning vaccinated New Zealanders able to go into self-isolation and taking a test on arrival, rather than going into ... <a title="Covid-19: Border to reopen for New Zealanders end of February" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/covid-19-border-to-reopen-for-new-zealanders-end-of-february/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Border to reopen for New Zealanders end of February">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists Three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the kingdom of Tonga bringing the total number to five as the country went into a five-day lockdown. In a press conference in Nuku’alofa yesterday afternoon, Tonga’s Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku said that a woman and her two children ... <a title="Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/three-new-covid-19-cases-in-tonga-as-kingdom-enters-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand is shortening the gap between second and third doses of the covid-19 vaccine from four months to three, the government has announced. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield made the announcement this afternoon. Ardern said Cabinet made the decision on the ... <a title="NZ shortens vaccine booster interval to 3 months for omicron ‘head start’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/nz-shortens-vaccine-booster-interval-to-3-months-for-omicron-head-start/" aria-label="Read more about NZ shortens vaccine booster interval to 3 months for omicron ‘head start’">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
By Sri Krishnamurthi, RNZ Pacific digital journalist South Seas Healthcare Trust chief executive Lemalu Silao Vaisola says people are tired of covid-19 rather than complacent after two years of the pandemic. He said he had seen fatigue set in which could explain the low uptake of the booster shot in the Pacific community. “People are ... <a title="Pacific health provider faces covid-19 fatigue within community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/pacific-health-provider-faces-covid-19-fatigue-within-community/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific health provider faces covid-19 fatigue within community">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2022
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist Concern is growing around low covid-19 vaccine rates in the Pacific. People in developing nations are generally missing out due to accessibility issues, a slow roll out of vaccines, difficulties getting to remote areas, a lack health of resources and misinformation resulting in vaccine hesitancy. But ChildFund director of ... <a title="Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/30/vaccine-inequity-in-the-pacific-we-need-to-support-our-neighbours/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2022
RNZ Pacific Three more children have died from covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll since the pandemic hit the country in 2020 to 791. The Fiji government also confirmed on Wednesday that a 10-day-old infant, 8-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy are among 12 covid-19 patients who have died. There are 223 new cases in ... <a title="Covid-19: Three more children among 12 latest deaths in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/covid-19-three-more-children-among-12-latest-deaths-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Three more children among 12 latest deaths in Fiji">Read more</a>
