Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has this afternoon made the announcement that the country has been waiting for after 927 days since the country and the world dealt with the global…
Category: COVID-19
New Zealand to Send Medical Team to Niue in Response to new COVID-19 Cases
New Zealand is sending a medical team and supplies to Niue to help it respond to new cases of COVID-19, following the opening of its border to quarantine-free travel last…
Flights From Australia, New Zealand and Fortnightly Flights from Fiji to Samoa to Resume in June
Flights From Australia, New Zealand and fortnightly flights from Fiji to Samoa will resume in June. Samoa will open its national borders to everyone on August 1 2022. From this…
Country Moves to Orange Traffic Light System Tonight in Time for Easter
New Zealand will move to Orange Traffic Light System from tonight Wednesday 13th March 11.59 pm. COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced the change this afternoon. This comes as the Ministry…
New Mental Health Initiatives Launched as Mandates Eased
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, has launched All Sorts, a multi-media mental wellbeing campaign to support New Zealanders through the challenges of the…
2522 new Community Cases as RAT Tests Available at all Auckland Testing Stations From Tomorrow
From Monday morning, Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) will be made available at all Auckland testing sites to those who fit the appropriate clinical criteria. The testing site will determine which…
NZ Changes COVID-19 Entry Criteria for Travellers From Tonga Starting Tomorrow
Director General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield has today announced changes for travellers from Tonga due to increasing COVID-19 cases. Dr. Bloomfield says Tonga does not currently meet criteria to…
Health Experts Deployed to Kiribati and Tonga to Assist With COVID-19 Response
The Pacific Community (SPC) deployed a team of health experts from the Public Health Division to support requests made by Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), to assist with its…
New Zealand Donates More COVID-19 Vaccines to Tonga and Samoa
New Zealand has extended its COVID-19 support to the Pacific region by donating additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Associate Health Minister Aupito William…
Pasifika Clinicians Encourage Families to Plan and Prepare for Omicron
“Plan and Prepare for Omicron,” is the message from Pasifika Clinicians speaking to members of the Pasifika community tonight in a Ministry for Pacific Peoples and Ministry of Health hosted …
Samoa Extends Nationwide Lockdown Until Thursday With 5 New Cases
Prime Minister of Samoa Fiame Naomi Mataafa has announced today that the nationwide lockdown will be extended until Thursday 27 January 6PM. Samoa has been in lockdown since Saturday 22…
NZ to Move to Traffic Light Red at 11:59PM Sunday Among Growing Omicron Threat
All of New Zealand will move to Traffic Light setting Red from 11:59PM tonight following the confirmation of ten more Omicron variant cases in the Nelson-Marlborough region. In a special…
Samoa Goes Into Two Day Lockdown Amid 15 Positive Cases of COVID-19 in Managed Isolation
Prime Minister of Samoa Fiame Naomi Mataafa has made a special announcement this evening regarding the status of Samoa in light of COVID-19 cases discovered at the border. Earlier this…
NZ Booster Rollout Accelerated To Protect Against COVID-19 Variants
Everyone aged 18 years and older who has received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine can now book their free booster dose using BookMyVaccine.nz or by calling the COVID Vaccination…
Kia Orana 2022! Cook Islands Border Opens Today
The Cook Islands border is open for business to New Zealand as of today, enabling fully vaccinated Kiwis to travel freely to and from the Cook Islands with no quarantine…
NZ Pasifika Milestone 90% Double Vaccinated
Ministry of Health figures released today show 90% (257,052) of eligible Pasifika in New Zealand have reached the double vaccinated milestone less than two weeks after the rest of the…
First Omicron in MIQ as NZ Hits 90% Double Vaccination
The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield briefed media this afternoon about the first Omicron strain of COVID-19 being detected in New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine. The case came…
NZ Allocates Millions to First Private Investment Fund Targeting Pacific Countries
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Phil Twyford have today announced a new investment fund to support COVID-19 recovery in the Pacific.…
Further COVID-19 Economic and Recovery Support for Fiji and Cook Islands
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced over the weekend a further package of support for the Cook Islands and Fiji for COVID-19 economic support and recovery. The economic package of…
Traffic Light System Kicks in This Friday Booster Shots Now Available
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced this afternoon the levels at which different parts of New Zealand will move forward into the COVID-19 Protection Framework Traffic Light System this Friday. The…