The Government has introduced the new
requirement under the COVID-19 Public Health Response
(Vaccinations) Order 2021.
Joint Head of Managed
Isolation and Quarantine, Brigadier Jim Bliss, says this is
a big milestone in New Zealand’s vaccination
programme.
“This is the largest immunisation
programme ever undertaken in this country and MIQ and border
workers were first in line. They are among the people most
at risk of exposure and I’m really proud so many of them
have stepped up and led the way for the
country.
“The COVID-19 vaccination programme
roll-out started on 20 February when MIQ workers at the Jet
The Associate Minister for Homelessness, Marama Davidson, says getting people out of emergency accommodation and into transitional and permanent housing is .
Harry Weise (l), Karlos Tui, Olivia Mellor-Killalea and Pita Tonga were excited to graduate in 2021.
Beginning a whānau tradition with a korowai and having family arrive from Australia with the opening of the travel bubble the day before graduation, were just some of the extra special moments for the nearly 800 graduates who celebrated in Wellington on Tuesday.
For some, the wait for graduation had been extra-long after choosing to defer last year because of the first Covid-19 lockdown.
That was the case for four friends who were due to graduate in 2020: Harry Weise - Third Class Honours with a major in Visual Communication Design, Karlos Tui - Bachelor of Design, Olivia Mellor-Killalea - Honours with a Major in Visual Communication Design and Pita Tonga - Second Class Honours, with a major in Visual Communication Design.
Motel generation feared as emergency housing need continues
13 Apr, 2021 07:31 AM
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A child on a bike at an emergency accommodation motel. Photo / RNZ
RNZ
By Nita Blake-Persen of RNZ
There are fears Aotearoa could end up with a motel generation as whānau struggling to afford rents are bumped across emergency accommodation providers.
Latest figures show there are more than 4000 children living in emergency accommodation - mainly motels - with more than 1000 of those living there for up to a year.
At December 31, there were 4137 children living in motels, according to the latest figures from the Ministry for Social Development. Single parents with children made up the second-highest household group.