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Kiwi basketballer Tom Abercrombie says his family followed the right course of action in applying to isolate at their $3m home.

Stuff: “That decision had nothing to do with public complaints, or my status. “In hindsight it probably wasn’t the right way to go about it, saying things on social media … but the most important thing is we applied for this through all the appropriate channels, provided all the evidence that we had to for the situation, and our application was granted based on that and nothing else.” When asked about an exemption for the Abercrombie family, the Ministry of Health told Stuff �...

New Zealanders travelling home from overseas are unable to book managed isolation as the system is full. The government is yet to release dates beyond May, and its stopped re-releasing peoples cancelled bookings while it accounts for the loss of the Pullman Hotel. People logging into the booking website will encounter a calendar showing dates from today through till 31 May - each struck out with a little grey cross. Advice from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday, to "keep checking" for reg...

New Zealanders travelling home from overseas are unable to book managed isolation as the system is full. The Rydges Hotel, which is being used as a managed isolation facility, in Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook The government is yet to release dates beyond May, and its stopped re-releasing peoples cancelled bookings while it accounts for the loss of the Pullman Hotel. People logging into the booking website will encounter a calendar showing dates from today through till 31 May - each struck ou...

A dying New Zealand expat who was initially denied an MIQ spot has now been granted one, to his family's relief.

A Covid-19 shadow is hovering over this weekends Auckland Anniversary holiday. At least a dozen returnees have left New Zealand immediately after completing managed isolation, raising questions about whether the MIQ system was being abused. This week, as investigations began into how three people linked to the Pullman Hotel managed isolation facility became infected with Covid-19, Australian authorities advised a dozen Pullman departees had touched down in Sydney. Three reportedly travelled on...

There have been no new community cases of Covid-19 reported today and the Director-General of Health says NZ can enjoy these freedoms safely "if we all do our part".

Concern extra staff Govt committed to vaccinating people would stay in urban areas.

Work advancing for NZ manufacture of vaccines - doctor © AP Pfizer coronavirus vaccines before being administered as the second coronavirus vaccine to residents at San Jeronimo nursing home, in Estella, around 38 kms (23 miles) from Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Jan. 28. 2021. As vaccine delays threaten to disrupt the Covid-19 response in Europe, attention is turning to whether New Zealand could manufacture one. Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca have both warned of possible delays as the...

Hunt for virus hotel guests in NSW as travel bubble set to return We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement NSW Health is hunting down people who were guests of an Auckland hotel where a highly transmissible coronavirus variant is believed to have circulated as Australia is expected to reinstate its travel bubble with New Zealand this weekend. After tracking down seven people who stayed at the Auckland Pullman between De...