Category: New Zealand
A huge wave of Covid-19 deaths is rolling across the globe *1 Update*
A huge winter wave of Covid deaths is spreading across the world, almost entirely unreported by the mainstream media. More...
New Zealand: First cases of BA.2.75 detected
The Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has been detected in New Zealand for the first time. More...
New Zealand: Isolation period for Covid cases extended to 14 days
New Zealand has extended its isolation period for Covid cases from ten days to 14 days. More...
New Zealand to pursue Covid elimination strategy indefinitely
New Zealand will continue to pursue its ambitious Covid-19 elimination strategy indefinitely, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said
The prime minister warned that New Zealand would always need some kind of protection at its border. More...
New Zealand: full national lockdown after a single case of Delta variant detected
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert-level 4 lockdown in New Zealand starting at 11.59pm tonight for seven days in Auckland and Coromandel, and three days elsewhere. More...
Google’s Larry Page heads for the Covid-19 lifeboat
Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Google co-founder Larry Page is a resident of New Zealand.
New Zealand: Wellington under level 2 coronavirus lockdown following Sydney Delta traveller alert
The Wellington region of New Zealand has been in coronavirus alert level 2 since last week after a man from Sydney travelled round the capital while he had the Delta variant of the virus. More...
New Zealand: fully vaccinated airport worker tests positive for coronavirus
The Auckland Airport worker who has tested positive for Covid-19 cleans planes from high risk Covid-19 ‘red-zone countries’, and had been fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. More...
Boris Johnson: “many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus”
12th March 2020 – Boris Johnson: “many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus” (Guardian). More...
Three ‘new and active’ coronavirus cases found in South Auckland, New Zealand
Air New Zealand has stopped offering food and drinks on domestic flights following news today that a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 works for an airline catering company. More...