Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 1:56 pm
Bledisloe Cup rugby will be played in New Zealand after
the Australian rugby team received an economic exemption to
enter New Zealand.
Travel between Australia and New
Zealand was suspended on Friday for at least eight weeks
following the worsening of the COVID outbreak across the
Tasman. New Zealanders have a seven day window to return
home.
At the Cabinet meeting last week the Minister
for COVID-19 Response or the Director-General of Health was
authorised to consider exemptions on a case by case basis
for people not normally resident in New Zealand to travel
from Australia to New Zealand within the return window for
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 2:09 pm
Starting in term 3 this year, Pita Pit are making all
their Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunches climate positive
by partnering with CarbonClick. This
means that the emissions from the forecasted 600,000 school
lunches for term 3 will be offset by investing in
environmental projects such as preserving and regrowing the
Arawera native forest in Taranaki, NZ.
Through the Ka
Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunch Programme, Pita Pit is now
providing more than 60,000 school lunches a week to
approximately 11,000 children at 50 schools across the
country. Pita Pit takes a proactive climate-friendly
approach wherever it can by utilising recycled, compostable
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 1:41 pm
The updated Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services
Standard will help to improve health outcomes for New
Zealanders, says the Ministry of Health’s Deputy Director
General Health System Improvement and Innovation, Clare
Perry.
“The Ngā Paerewa standard plays a vital role
in our health and disability system. It outlines the steps
providers must take to ensure they’re delivering safe,
quality health and disability services in Aotearoa, and what
New Zealanders can expect from those services.
“It
sets the benchmark for health and disability services -
providers such as hospitals, rest homes, disability support
facilities and fertility clinics must show they are
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 11:55 am
After a year during which Covid roiled the world, Kiwis
say value for money remains their top priority when it comes
to health insurance. The insight, revealed in a Canstar
survey to find NZ’s favourite health insurer, shows how
policy cost remains a major tension for customers seeking
cover.
The survey showed AA Health Insurance is the
winner of this year’s Canstar Most Satisfied Customers
Award. AA, winning the health insurance award for the first
time, scooped 5-stars for its cost and value-for-money
proposition, alongside other key drivers of satisfaction,
such as customer service, communication, and
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