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Our system was designed by faceless officials who always seem to know best, writes Taylor.
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Mass exodus: MIQ officials ready for shorter stays from Sunday
About 2600 people will be eligible to exit their hotels on Sunday.
Ministry refuses to record vaccination rates in pregnant women
Up to two-thirds of pregnant women in some areas believed to be unvaccinated and at risk.
Ministry of Health releases pre-existing conditions of Covid-linked deaths
Active cases who may not have died of Covid-19 will now be reported by the Ministry.
'Unbelievable': Ministers at odds with ministry as Māori vax stoush back in Court
National's Whānau Ora spokeswoman says time becoming more critical by the day.
Apartment resident says neighbours have right to know Covid is next door
Apartment resident says the risk of other residents catching Covid is huge.
MoE works closely with Northland school and kura leaders on how to manage unvaccinated employees
Some Northland school principals and kura leaders anticipate staff shortages.
Delta outbreak: Virus reaches NZ's northern tip
Patient's isolation and area's high vax rate mean spread of the virus is unlikely.
Man dies isolating at West Auckland home
Another person with Covid-19 has died in Auckland overnight.
Focus Live: 147 new Covid-19 community cases
November 10 2021 There are 147 new community cases today and a man isolating at home with Covid-19 in Auckland has died suddenly, the Ministry of Health says. Of today's cases, 131 are in Auckland, 14 in Waikato and two are in Northland.
Auckland, Waikato schools to reopen on November 17
All Year 1-10 students in Auckland and Waikato will be able to return to school.
Live: Auckland back in business as sun shines on shoppers
Aucklanders are enjoying a new day of relaxed restrictions, as shops open again.
'Manipulated': Mayors frustrated by Health Ministry's control of Covid information
Tensions between community leaders and Wellington bureaucrats are growing.
125 Covid cases; PM responds to protests across NZ
The new cases come as Aucklanders prepare to hit the shops tomorrow?
Excited shoppers already queuing outside Auckland's Sylvia Park mall
Aucklanders will start to enjoy less restrictions as shops open tomorrow.
Auckland man with Covid spent six days isolating in his car
About 2000 people with the virus are living at home.
Northland baby hospitalised with Covid now isolating at home
Six-week baby with Covid kept in Whangārei Hospital for observation overnight.
Focus Live: Auckland moves to level 3.2, Northland to level 2 on Thursday
November 8 2021 Auckland will move to step 2 of alert level 3 at 11:59pm tomorrow. On Northland, the upper region will move alert level 2 at 11:59pm on Thursday.
Police investigating people offering to take vaccine for others
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Six new Auckland suburbs in virus spotlight
There are six new suburbs around Auckland where Covid is more prevalent.
190 Covid cases ahead of alert-level decision, person dies in hospital with virus
182 are in Auckland, seven are in Waikato and one is in Northland.
Live: Aucklanders eyeing retail therapy; Xmas border rules being developed
Aucklanders will find out at 4pm if an alert level 3 step 2 phase will go ahead.
Kerre McIvor: Law-abiding citizens are suffering the most
COMMENT: People who know how to play the system are coming and going at will.
Record-high Covid cases as Auckland restrictions set to ease
PM says Aucklanders can leave for summer, but Govt still working out exactly how.
Focus: Eden Park Got ya Dot vaccination campaign kicks off
What is normally the fortress of New Zealand rugby has transformed into a dotting domain all weekend long as Tāmaki Makaurau's Got ya Dot campaign kicks off at Eden Park. Video / Jed Bradley
Live: Record 206 new community cases; 73 Covid patients in hospital
Late-week wastewater detections of virus in Stratford, Gisborne and Napier raise concern.
Te Awamutu supermarkets the latest Covid locations of interest
Two stores in the Waikato town have been listed after a Covid case visited last Sunday.
Closing in: South Island DHBs almost at 80 per cent full vaccination
The new traffic light system will kick into gear once DHBs reach the target.
Mother of five's death: Grieving family say Covid to blame, want record set straight
Shanti Kumari would have turned 87 next week.
PM to Aucklanders - 'We are not going to keep you trapped over Christmas'
Government has made an in-principle decision to slightly ease restrictions from Tuesday.
Pass system at Kāeo Bridge border for locals needing food, fuel
Confusion remains, however, over the alert level boundary's actual location.
Summer blues: Rhythm & Vines music festival in doubt?
Tens of thousands of Kiwis may miss out on festival if Gisborne doesn't hit vax target.
Record 163 new cases; second Covid patient isolating at home has died
Delta was detected in Stratford's wastewater yesterday.
Focus Live: 163 new Covid-19 community cases
November 5 2021 There are a record 163 new cases of Covid-19 today. 159 are in Auckland and four are in Waikato. A second person isolating at home with Covid has died. Paramedics were called to a Mt Eden address.