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Friday, 22 January 2021, 11:03 am Border workers in quarantine facilities will be offered voluntary daily COVID-19 saliva tests in addition to their regular weekly testing, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said today. This additional option will be rolled out at the Jet Park Quarantine facility in Auckland starting on Monday 25 January, and then to other dual-use Managed Isolation and Quarantine facilities in Wellington and Christchurch. “This new precautionary measure is in response ...

Voluntary Covid-19 saliva testing will be offered to border workers in quarantine facilities from Monday.

Managed isolation demand is forecast to outstrip supply by more than 150 rooms in the next three days. The Distinction Christchurch Hotel is being used as a one of the isolation facilities. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon It is not clear how accurate that prediction will be after figures fell short over Christmas and New Year, leading to empty hotel rooms while desperate New Zealanders waited for managed isolation vouchers. The most that the system has been overbooked by was eight rooms on 3 Decemb...

“We’ve signed three recruitment agencies, so we’ve got plenty of eyes and ears out there.’’ Greater interest had been shown by local people for jobs also, and they were pulling staff from Christchurch to assist. He said accommodation was not a problem and some workers would be staying at local campgrounds. Waipopo Orchard director James Anderson said they worked hard to get staff and had enough to do thinning work. “We’ll get sufficient workers for the harvest and it will be c...

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The arrival of the more contagious UK and South African strains underscores the global nature of the virus, which cannot be contained within national borders.

“The students would need to book their space through the allocation system and would be billed the standard charges for managed isolation” Hipkins said

Pre-departure testing extended to all passengers to New Zealand Tuesday, January 19, 2021 IWK Bureau To further protect New Zealand from COVID-19, the Government is extending pre-departure testing to all passengers to New Zealand except Australia, Antarctica and most Pacific Islands, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said today. “The change will come into force for all flights arriving in New Zealand after 11:59 pm (NZT) on Monday 25 January, to minimise disruption f...

Friday, 15 January 2021, 4:52 pm The New Zealand Initiative welcomes today’s announcement of quarantine-free travel to New Zealand from the Cook Islands. Initiative Chief Economist Dr Eric Crampton said, “About 80,000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand. Allowing quarantine-free travel from the Covid-free Cook Islands into New Zealand will let their families come to see them again. So long as the Cooks and New Zealand remain Covid-free, we can hope that two-way quarantine-free travel will s...

Far-reaching impact of Cooks quarantine-free travel Newsroom 15/01/2021 © Provided by Newsroom Hundreds more Cook Islanders are expected to begin criss-crossing the Pacific, Air NZ will triple the number of flights to Rarotonga next week, and about 300 managed isolation places will be freed up for Kiwis returning from other parts of the world. When Thomas Tarurongo Wynne took a job in Wellington at the start of last year, he and wife Juanita steeled themselves for a long distance relationsh...