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Changes are needed to encourage more women into male-dominated profession.
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More Kiwis to become eligible for free flu vaccine
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Focus: Covid Outbreak | Tuesday 8th February Wrap
February 8 2022 A million people due to get booster shots will begin receiving text message or email alerts from today, as PM Jacinda Ardern promised $400,000 to rural communities in her post-Cabinet press conference.
Focus Live: Omicron 'set to accelerate quickly' - PM Jacinda Ardern
February 8 2022 "We were able to essentially stamp out Delta. With Omicron, we won't be able to do that," PM Jacinda Ardern said of the current outbreak.
Convoy protesters 'in for long haul', council considering options
The anti-mandate protesters intend to stay for 'at least a few days' in Wellington.
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Daily hospital admissions could range from 200 to 800.
Surge in school Covid cases; PM won't engage with anti-mandate convoy
Yesterday 188 Covid-19 community cases were reported by health officials.
Let them eat nuts: Passenger stranded due to airline's 'heartless' policy
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Father contracts Covid. A year later he dies for three minutes in diving accident
He caught Covid after a 30-second hug. A year later he nearly died in drowning accident.
188 community Covid cases today, 14 in hospital
New cases in DHBs across North Island and in Canterbury.
Five cases announced in Hawke's Bay today
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New cancer research programme uses genomic profiling that can give patients a second chance
Cancer patients who have exhausted other treatment options can get another chance.
Omicron: Testing numbers plunge as fatigue sets in
Testing numbers were dramatically lower after Omicron's spread than after Delta's spread.
Shane Reti: Are Covid deaths the sole measure of pandemic effectiveness?
A question to ask is whether the death figure covers the breadth of the impact of Covid.
Omicron's 1pm overhaul? Top expert suggests new way of tackling daily case numbers
Michael Baker focuses on moving average to 'smooth out the saw tooth' of daily cases.
Covid-19: Why Kiwis can adapt to NZ's new normal
Kiwis bounced back from 2020's pandemic anxiety - and we can do it again, expert says.
208 Covid cases, mystery South Island infection, as numbers dip from Saturday
There are 12 people in hospital with the virus.
Record high Covid cases but can NZ flatten the curve better than Oz?
New Zealand is now on the dramatic curve of fast-rising Omicron cases.
'Entirely offensive': Sir Ian Taylor, the Minister and the call that ended badly
He claims Ayesha Verrall told him to stop writing "bad faith" columns in the Herald.
Focus: Covid Outbreak | Saturday 5th February Wrap
February 5 2022 There were 243 Covid-19 cases in the community today - the highest daily number since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago.
243 Covid cases - the highest since start of pandemic
The record was 222 daily community cases on November 16 last year.
'Astronomically high': US Covid death toll hits grim new milestone
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People who attended the private event at the eatery urged to self-isolate and get tested.
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Meet the sisters aiming to bust into archaic bra industry
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Covid-19: Five ways NZ can tackle the Omicron wave
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Omicron outbreak: Record-high Covid cases expected over Waitangi Weekend
There were 209 Covid cases yesterday. The previous record was 222 Delta cases in November.