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Scrutiny Week's scoreboard - Newsroom
WEBJun 24, 2024 · Scrutiny Week's scoreboard. New Zealand politicians have survived the first ever Scrutiny Week, an innovation that clears the parliamentary decks and lets them eyeball each other over Budget decisions. Today on The Detail we call in Newsroom’s senior political reporter Marc Daalder to tell us what we learned from the week where politicians ...
Five key takeaways from new Climate Change Commission reports
WEBApr 8, 2024 · Newsroom has gathered the key takeaways from the three reports below. 1. Climate change is getting worse faster than expected and we should consider strengthening our 2050 targets. In its review of the 2050 target, the commission examined whether there has been significant change in any of nine areas since the goal was set in 2019.
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Urgent democratic need to save the journalism ecosystem
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Urgent democratic need to save NZ’s journalism ecosystem. Media needs to improve practices and win back trust, but the Govt should support it by measures to protect the public, a new study finds. by Tim Murphy 01/05/202401/05/2024. Business news in association with.
Lockdowns scrapped, but seven-day isolation to stay
WEBOct 17, 2022 · Analysis: Seven-day isolation periods, free rapid tests, financial support for isolating people who cannot work from home and masks in healthcare settings will all remain requirements after the epidemic notice expires on Thursday, Chris Hipkins has announced. Newsroom first reported that no changes would be made to settings on Tuesday morning. These are the final handful of Covid-19 measures ...
Minister to sit on Covid Royal Commission report for months
WEBSep 4, 2024 · Photo: Getty Images. Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden will withhold findings from the first phase of the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 response for many months after she receives it in November. It is possible that the report, written by epidemiologist Tony Blakely, economist John Whitehead and …
New Zealand's up-to-date daily Covid-19 case charts - Newsroom
WEBSep 26, 2022 · New Zealand's up-to-date daily Covid-19 case charts. The Ministry of Health is now publicly reporting Covid-19 case numbers only once a week, it does still upload the raw data daily. Newsroom’s daily charts page automatically provides the latest Covid-19 data in a readable format. by Marc Daalder 26/09/202229/01/2024.
Covid rules on chopping block in post-winter review
WEBSep 5, 2022 · Analysis: When Cabinet meets next week, isolation periods, critical worker exemptions, mask mandates, vaccination at the border and online declaration forms will all be reviewed as part of a post-winter promise. On Wednesday Dr Andrew Old, the head of the new Public Health Agency that has taken over responsibility for the Covid-19 response, will brief the media on the latest numbers and trends ...
Bloomfield sees some restrictions for three to five years - Newsroom
WEBMay 27, 2021 · In a wide-ranging interview and the first in a two-part series with Newsroom about the future of the pandemic and preparing for the next global health threat, Ashley Bloomfield warns a level of baseline measures must continue around gatherings, scanning, contact tracing and isolation and testing, to help reduce the …