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Is Australias hotel quarantine system worth the risk as COVID variants spread? Here are the alternatives SatSaturday 13 updated SunSunday 14 FebFebruary 2021 at 11:37pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 4 Share Print text only Cancel Just weeks after the virus jumped hotel containment lines in Queensland and Western Australia, Victoria now finds itself in the hot seat. The latest cluster of more than a dozen cases is believed ...

Friday, 12 February 2021, 12:07 pm The Prime Minister’s announcement today regarding the arrival of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and subsequent rollout is "very positive news" for the business community, says Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Leeann Watson. The vaccine will arrive in Aotearoa New Zealand next week with vaccinations for border workers to start from Saturday of next week. Household contacts of those workers will be the next group, followed by healthcare...

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'Priority at the border should be for returning Kiwis.'

One of the new cases is in the same travel bubble as the case reported on Sunday.

One of the new cases is in the same travel bubble as the case reported on Sunday.

Tired and stressed MIQ nurses fear there will be another Covid-19 community outbreak if staffing numbers aren't boosted at facilities across the country.

The MIQ nurses said they feel they are "drowning" do to understaffing and pay issues.

Stephen Colbert with Jacinda Ardern in Auckland. The Late Show, which airs on CBS in the US, indicated to officials late last year that the host was interested in a repeat visit. But with the border closed, and managed isolation places tightly contested, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment – the umbrella agency for Immigration NZ and managed isolation facilities – judged the visit wouldn’t be possible. Colbert’s team didn’t get as far as applying for critical worker ...

Small groups of refugee families to be allowed into New Zealand © RNZ / Todd Niall Refugees will soon resume arriving in New Zealand for the first time since the resettlement programme was frozen last year. © Provided by Radio New Zealand Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centres accommodation buildings. Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre. Photo: RNZ / Israa Emhail The Refugee Quota Programme has been on hold since March 2020, when the country closed the borders last year as part of its Cov...