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And so Ashley Bloomfield will leave the building in 4 months. A decision he made late last year. Even though he has another year and a bit on his contract.

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It’s been ten months since the Government’s own experts said ‘all efforts’ should be made to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible, but the Government has delayed the roll out yet again, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an ‘expansion’ of saliva testing, an announcement that is remarkably similar to the last time he announced a saliva testing expansion back on 26 May this year. “In May Min...

It’s taken far too long for the Government move on saliva testing at the border but National welcomes the announcement nonetheless, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “National has been pushing for the Government to include saliva ...

“The Government’s slowness to move on saliva testing for our border workers is staggering. “There could be up to 20,000 people working at out border, yet just 339 saliva tests have been carried out over the past four months. “The Roche/Simpson report from September last year said ‘all efforts should be made to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible as part of the range of testing methods being conducted’. “It took another four months for the Government to move to introduce v...

Andrew Dickens: Emergency housing issues another example of public sector failure (Photo / 123RF) The sorry saga of New Zealand’s use of motel units as emergency housing stuttered on today.  This time it was Ministry of Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni waffling away about how much wrap around care is provided to those in the housing.  Asked about the cost of damage to the units caused by tenants she claimed it was impossible to calculate as the MSD accounting systems were, quote,...

Andrew Dickens: Ministry of Health must shoulder the blame for Covid failures Ashley Bloomfield is the Director-General of Health. (Photo / NZ Herald) Andrew Dickens: Ministry of Health must shoulder the blame for Covid failures Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 1:35PM Listening to the blamestorm over MIQ last week I thought the universe had tipped on its axis.  There was our poverty defeating socialist Prime Minister, punching down on a minimum wage frontline worker and bemoaning his lack...

OPINION: The Government's attitude is to blame.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Fran OSullivan: Business knocking on Jacinda Arderns door 3 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Rob Campbell, chairman of SkyCity, Tourism Holdings, Summerset and Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology. Photo / Supplied Rob Campbell, chairman of SkyCity, Tourism Holdings, Summerset and Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology. Photo / Supplied OPINION: How many times do prominent company chairs and chief executives have to put their hands up and ask to be ...

Govt has managed the crisis but needs to be transparent about what comes next, so it's not "lockdowns forever".