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Tag: COVID-19

Gerry Brownlee COVID-19 New Zealand
New Zealand 
August 9, 2020

New Zealand: I hate to admit it, but Gerry Brownlee has a point

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1029 Views ashley bloomfield, community transmission new zealand, COVID-19, covid-19 pandemic, featured, gerry brownlee, jacinda ardern

On August 5th, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield announced to New Zealanders that community transmission of COVID-19 in the country is “a matter of

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New Zealand 
July 13, 2020July 29, 2020

New Zealand: the National Party are deliberately sabotaging the government’s COVID-19 efforts

Posted By: Louie Encabo 887 Views chris bishop, COVID-19, covid-19 pandemic, featured, hamish walker, michael woodhouse, michelle boag

This week, mainstream media revealed that personal details of New Zealand’s 18 active COVID-19 cases had been leaked. A data breach of this scale

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New Zealand 
June 23, 2020

New Zealand: National’s Todd McClay crying crocodile tears over Rotorua quarantine facilities

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1013 Views COVID-19, featured, managed isolation facilities, new zealand national party, rotorua, todd mcclay

The Member for Rotorua, Todd McClay, who is also a senior member of the National Party, took to social media to lambast the Coalition

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Chris Bishop and Michael Woodhouse New Zealand National Party
New Zealand 
June 20, 2020June 21, 2020

New Zealand: What Chris Bishop’s “COVID tourists” saga revealed about the National Party

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1327 Views chris bishop, COVID-19, featured, michael woodhouse, new zealand national party

After 23 days of having no new COVID-19 cases, being hailed as the envy of the rest of the world, New Zealanders were shocked

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stock photo COVID-19 stay home save lives
New Zealand 
April 19, 2020April 19, 2020

New Zealand: Are we ready to leave the alert level 4 lockdown?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1043 Views alert level 4 lockdown, COVID-19, covid-19 pandemic, featured, jacinda ardern

In late March, New Zealand was placed under lockdown to stymie the spread of COVID-19. Under alert level 4, only “essential” businesses could remain

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Coronavirus new zealand
New Zealand 
March 29, 2020March 31, 2020

COVID-19 in New Zealand: How should we judge the government’s response?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1396 Views 2020 global recession, COVID-19, COVID-19 support package, featured, global pandemic, jacinda ardern, winston peters

In a world gripped by fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, state actors are facing unprecedented challenges. Countries around the world are implementing drastic measures:

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