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Teens may be able to get Covid-19 vaccine at school - Bloomfield © RNZ / Sam Rillstone The Ministry of Health is looking at launching a school-based programme for teenagers to get their Covid-19 vaccinations from the end of term 3. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said once the Pfizer vaccine was approved for 12 to 15-year-olds, that group would be added to the programme and would be vaccinated by the end of the year. The ministry said it hoped between 50,000 and 70,000 people would be able to be vaccinated each day at health hubs, GP clinics and at pharmacies, when the progr...

I last spoke to some of you in mid-March. That was an opportunity to reflect on an extraordinary 12 months, but also to reflect on how the future was shaping up. In what has truly become a sign of our rapidly-changing times, even eight weeks later much has changed, and we can add even more thinking and learning to how we shape the next 12 months. Today I want to touch on that thinking, but I’ll also speak to some of the wider challenges facing New Zealand in 2021, especially as we head into the Budget. Last week on Mother’s Day I found myself in Dunedin.

I last spoke to some of you in mid-March. That was an opportunity to reflect on an extraordinary 12 months, but also to reflect on how the future was shaping up. In what has truly become a sign of our rapidly-changing times, even eight weeks later much has changed, and we can add even more thinking and learning to how we shape the next 12 months. Today I want to touch on that thinking, but I’ll also speak to some of the wider challenges facing New Zealand in 2021, especially as we head into the Budget. Last week on Mother’s Day I found myself in Dunedin.

Fran O'Sullivan: Covid reveals too many empty chairs 7 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read OPINION: Rob Campbell has fired a serve at company chairs and directors who refused to sign a joint letter to the Government calling for greater transparency on Covid, saying they were "protecting their own arses and doing a major disservice to their communities." Campbell — who chairs SkyCity, Tourism Holdings and Summerset — was among five listed company chairs who went public in early March calling for more openness and clarity from the Government on its plan for getting New Z...

The new organisation was still being finalised but about 40 to 50 jobs were likely to be lost by September 30, van Mossevelde said. “Following a strategic review in line with the aspirational goal to double the icebreaker business by 2025, VF has taken the decision to restructure its icebreaker business to enable future brand growth,” he said. Icebreaker has 16 shops in New Zealand, six in Australia and 15 in North America. The changes to the business will not affect consumers or the shops, van Mossevelde said. SUPPLIED A restructure of Icebreaker that will split the marine wool clot...