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- Chris Quin: Foodstuffs North Island Chief Executive says they've made a commitment to sell RATs at costRapid Antigen Tests should be available to buy from some supermarkets by next week.Foodstuffs, which runs New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square, has started sending tests to more than 250 stores for surveillance staff testing.The RATs will then be...4 min
- Natalie Anderson: Auckland University School of Nursing senior lecturer on nursing becoming a more attractive career pathNursing has become a more attractive career path and despite the pandemic, more people want to get into the profession.Figures released by the Ministry of Health through the NZ Nursing Council show almost 65,000 nurses hold practising certificates as...4 min
- Christopher Luxon: National leader says self-isolation rules under first phase of border reopening are "totally nuts"National's leader is labelling self-isolation rules under the first phase of the border re-opening as "totally nuts".Fully jabbed New Zealanders and eligible travellers in Australia can now travel here, skip MIQ and self-isolate at home for seven...3 min
- Brent Thomas: House of Travel COO says a limited number of New Zealanders will head over to Australia due to self-isolationThe travel industry's imploring the Government to remove self-isolation requirements for returnees as the first phase of the border re-opening begins.Fully-vaccinated New Zealanders and other eligible travellers from Australia can now skip MIQ and...4 min
- Erin O'Hara: How to manage anxiety with Covid-19 in the communtiyErin is the co-founder, director, naturopath and yoga teacher at Golden Yogi. She holds a bachelor of science (physiology) and a bachelor of natural medicine.How to manage anxiety with COVID surge in the community:With the covid numbers rising it...6 min
- Francesca Rudkin: It's been quite a week, hasn't it?Well, it’s been quite a week, hasn’t it?Covid numbers are up, as expected. We moved to Phase 3 of the Omicron outbreak. Russia invaded Ukraine, and Wellington protestors have taken to wearing tin foil hats.In between trying to buy RAT tests...3 min
- Thomas Coughlan: It's terrible that they can't control law and order on their own lawnWhere are we at with the protest?How long do the Police feel they can maintain this kind of presence? We’re seeing protests growing around the country – protesters walked over the Harbour Bridge yesterday, tents are going up in the Auckland Domain –...4 min
- Brad Olsen: Infometrics principal economist on the Government's vaccine mandate mathematical mistakeIt’s been a bad day for the Government regarding vaccine mandates.Earlier today, it was announced that the High Court in Wellington ruled that the mandates for Police and NZDF weren't reasonable or justified in a free and democratic society.But it...5 min
- Peter Lewis: Grumbling grows as Hong Kong sticks with zero-COVID policyHong Kong residents are becoming increasingly annoyed with the administration’s insistence on sticking to China's “zero-COVID” strategy as the city posted another record number of cases Wednesday, bristling at ever-stricter regulations and a plan to...8 min
- Andrew Dickens: High Court mandate decision will be greeted by protestors with rapturous gleeAs if things weren’t already pretty intense in this world, here comes a court decision that will be greeted by the vax mandate protestors with rapturous glee and really put the cat amongst the pigeons.The High Court has upheld a challenge to a...4 min
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Covid Watch is the home of the latest Covid-19 news from New Zealand and around the world, with the conversations Newstalk ZB is having with all the newsmakers and experts to keep you informed.