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How Ministry of Health plans to tackle Omicron
Approach comes after the first case of latest variant appeared in MIQ on Thursday.
Omicron in NZ - faster booster shots, border reopening under review as Kiwis face 'messy' 2022
Omicron's arrival has 'thrown a spanner in the works' for New Zealand's Covid response.
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Harbour bridge won't have lane for cyclists
Getting cyclists across harbour has become a headache for Transport Minister Michael Wood.
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Christopher Luxon on Three Waters and carbon farming
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Mike Hosking: Why this year was worse than last - and my politician of 2021
OPINION: It didn't need to be as bad as it was.
Thomas Coughlan: Two political fault lines open for 2022
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36 hospitals to be upgraded in $644 million health boost
It is part of plans for operating the health system with Covid in the community.
More Kiwis support local border restrictions than oppose
But Aucklanders had a different view.
'Lip service' gun law sneaks in
New bill aimed at serious offenders is the real deal, Police Minister says.
PM declares NZ has reached vax goal: 'Let's keep going'
Speaker Trevor Mallard is not optimistic that Parliament will remain Covid-free in 2022.
Grant Robertson's $6b Christmas present
Treasury has delivered an early Christmas present to Grant Robertson.
Tax cut pledge not exempt from review
Chris Luxon will review policies over the summer, including a promise to cut top tax rate.
Mayors' coalition wants fresh talks on Three Waters
'We don't all have green slime, and frogs coming out of our taps.'
Public servants advised stay home or conceal identity over freedom protest
Some government workers have been warned they could be targets of abuse from protesters.
Scale of abuse 'incomprehensible' in state and faith-based care
Major overhaul promised: 'The scale of the abuse was simply too horrific to acknowledge'.
An arduous year for Newstalk ZB Political Editor, Barry Soper
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Watch: Luxon punked with Xmas gift: 'I have to apologise to Judith and Simon'
National's leader admits he hasn't read books by Collins, Bridges.
Auckland border testing may only catch a quarter of cases- expert
'By definition, the true extent of undetected infection in Auckland is not known.'
Brooke van Velden: Kiwis have done it tough while Govt muddles through
OPINION: We've put our lives on hold and suffered - all because the Govt wasn't prepared.
Teuila Fuatai: Families forced to fight Govt over perverse disability funding
OPINION: Outdated system devalues the love and care of parents with high-needs kids.
Resource Management Act amendment passes final reading
Changes allow up to three homes, three storeys high on most sites without resource consent
'Noting the order': Jacinda Ardern's cheeky Xmas gift to Barry Soper
They went head-to-head at press conferences. Now the PM has delivered the final laugh.
National MP Chris Bishop expecting first child
The national MP and his wife took to social media to announce the news.
What to expect when the Government opens the books
What to expect in the Government's big announcement on Wednesday.
'Lottery of human misery': Grounded Kiwis deliver MIQ petition to Parliament
"We're all part of the 'team of 6 million' - it's not a team of 5 million."
'Terrified on a daily basis': Govt blasted over inaction on emergency housing
Police have refused to comment on whether crime has increased around emergency housing.
Pharmac still stalled on lung cancer drug
Advocates want Pharmac to get back on track with funding cancer medicines.
Luxon's big poll boost at Act's expense
National rises back into the 30s, Act drops in Taxpayers' Union Curia Poll