Tag: Chris Hipkins
Call for more RATs community collection sites out east
There's just one community collection site in east Auckland where people can collect free rapid antigen tests (RATs) for Covid-19.
That compares to five such...
MIQ scales down operations
Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) is beginning to scale down its operations as international travel starts back up, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced...
BREAKING: Next stage in plan to manage Omicron peak
Only confirmed cases and their household contacts required to isolate
All other contacts now asked to monitor symptoms but do not have to...
NZ borders to Oz to open in January, the world in...
HIGHLIGHTS: Reconnecting New Zealand - the next steps
Fully vaccinated Kiwis and other eligible travellers can travel to NZ from Australia without staying in MIQ...
Questions asked over ICU capacity
The Government has failed to properly prepare for the outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta strain by increasing Middlemore Hospital's ICU capacity by just one...
All school pupils to return to class
Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced all year 1-10 school pupils in Auckland can return to face-to-face learning at schools and kura from November...
‘Every single dose counts’
Mayor Phil Goff is hailing a major milestone in New Zealand's ongoing fight against Covid-19.
Goff says 85 per cent of eligible Aucklanders have now...
2m Kiwis have had double jab
More than 2 million people have now received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, Minister for Covid-19 Response, Chris Hipkins announced on Monday.
"As of...
Move to delay elections slammed
Legislation that will give the Government the power to delay next year’s local body elections until 2023 is being met with howls of outrage...
Reasons for permitted travel expanded on
From 11:59pm tonight additional reasons for permitted travel will be introduced for movement across the Auckland boundary, Chris Hipkins says.
“As this outbreak has shown...