Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has briefed media this afternoon announcing the COVID Alert Level change for Auckland. Auckland is currently at Alert Level 3 for seven days. As of Sunday…
Category: COVID-19
Auckland Returns to Level 3 for Seven Days Rest of NZ to Level 2
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield addressed media late this evening regarding a case of COVID-19 confirmed earlier in the evening. Prime Minister Ardern…
Funding to Improve Digital Inclusion for Ethnic Communities
Funding is now open to to improve digital inclusion of Aotearoa New Zealand’s ethnic communities. The Fund aims to ensure ethnic communities can fully participate in Aotearoa New Zealand by…
New Zealand Starts COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered today to New Zealand border workers. Yesterday, 29 vaccinators in Auckland completed a week of preparations, receiving the first COVID-19 vaccines. Director-General…
Auckland to Move to Level 2 Rest of the Country to Level 1
Auckland is to move to COVID Alert Level 2 as of midnight tonight and the rest of the country will move to Level 1. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director…
Auckland to Move to Alert Level 3, Rest of Country Level 2 For Three Days
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield have addressed media this evening with the latest details on today’s three positive community cases. Dr. Bloomfield says the…
New Zealand Cabinet Confirms Approval of COVID-19 Vaccine
Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins says Cabinet has confirmed formal Government approval for use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This follows the provisional approval by Medsafe announced last week.…
Another Former Pullman Hotel Managed Isolation Guest Tests Positive for COVID-19
The Ministry of Health confirmed in a media release today that an individual who was a guest at the managed isolation facility at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, and has been…
Medsafe Provisionally Approves Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine for COVID-19
The medicines regulator Medsafe has provisionally approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Comirnaty) to be used in New Zealand following a robust assessment of the safety, effectiveness and quality of the vaccine.…
New Zealand close to COVID-19 vaccine approval
Medsafe says it is close to approving the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine according to a statement released today. New Zealand’s medicines regulator has assessed the vaccine and an expert advisory committee is reviewing the report. Medsafe may be able…
Face masks to be worn on all Air New Zealand international flights to and from NZ
From tomorrow, Air New Zealand will require the use of face masks on all its international flights to and from New Zealand as a result of updated overseas government border…
Minister for COVID-19 Response confirms community case
The Ministry of Health has confirmed today that a woman who recently travelled from overseas and completed her stay in managed isolation in the Pullman Hotel in Auckland has tested…
Pacific Islands Forum leaders to hold virtual retreat in February
The COVID-19 pandemic and the appointment of a new Secretary General will be the key focus for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders who will host a virtual Special Leaders Retreat…
Passengers set to enter NZ from Cook Islands without quarantine
Good news for the Cook Islands. From 21 January passengers will be able to resume quarantine-free travel to New Zealand. Given the country’s COVID-19 free status and strict health and border…
President of national P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A. women’s organisation talks 45 years of advocacy
Advocating for Pasifika women across Aotearoa New Zealand is one of many platforms the national Pasifika women’s organisation has committed to providing over its 45 year history. The National President…
Pacific nations exempt from New Zealand’s Day 0 COVID testing
Passengers from Australia, Antarctica and many Pacific nations (Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Nauru and…
Director of Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts Centre on adapting during COVID-19
Listen to the podcast highlights on YouTube: Or listen to the full podcast on Spotify: Co-founder and director of Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts centre based in Sydney Australia says…
Head of Media Association Solomon Islands talks social media and reporting on COVID-19
Veteran Solomon Islands journalist, Georgina Kekea, says it has been a challenge when reporting on COVID-19. She says people are slowly adjusting to the new normal, despite the country being…