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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … protection of the individual and protection of the community (by reducing the risk of transmission and of … bubbles of the border workers – and then the rest of the community, she [co-chair of the Covid Immunisation … but that by doing this we make the likelihood of a community outbreak less (given it is the border where the …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … might optimise testing to both identify cases in the community as part of the COVID-19 elimination strategy, and … allowed for a shift to testing more potential cases in the community. Given this background, this blog describes four … There have been clusters of COVID-19 cases in the NZ community and some cases have had no links to other known …
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  • Local elections and public health: A critical connection

    … (ie rubbish, pests) , and making bylaws to safeguard community health.  Voting opens on 9 September and closes at … the location and availability of parks, cycleways, and community facilities, such as sports facilities, swimming … food, such as local farmers' markets, 5 supermarkets and community gardens. Other measures include: expanding …
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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … pandemic control context is one where a person in the NZ community is infectious with SARS-CoV-2 at a time when the … isolation/quarantine (MIQ) facility worker is part of “the community” (unless they are living in the facility) while a … But if a returnee has left a MIQ facility and entered the community while still infectious, then that is a “border …
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  • Government cannot achieve “enduring freshwater policy” by siding with narrow commercial interests

    … that is enduring, instead opening the door to enduring community-level to court-level conflict. Proposed changes … waterways that are foundational for public health and community well-being. What the Government is proposing and … would have major consequences for public health and community well-being as it will allow further degradation of …
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  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … increased public engagement of mask use within the wider community. Aotearoa New Zealand is currently experiencing a … the pandemic and how masks work to protect others in the community. The teachers reported the children “remain … In many areas of the world where there are high levels of community transmission, children are also required to wear …
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  • Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system

    … children and half price for young people up to 25 and for Community Services Card holders in Budget 2023. The Green … Free public transport for children, students, and Community Services Card holders immediately, and for everyone … transport policy Green Party Will increase access through community hire schemes based in marae, community centres and …
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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … the rest of the country at Alert Level 3) to eliminate community transmission. As NZ plans moves down the Alert … by  Anna Tarazevich  from  Pexels On 17 August 2021, a community case with Delta variant Covid-19 infection was … for the entire nation in an attempt to eliminate the community transmission. In a recent blog , we noted that …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … New Zealand including rapid investment in public and community housing. Māori are highly urbanised and face many … natural and built environment. Incorporating the wider community and landscape in the conceptions of ‘home’ … two-way arrows):  1. Te Ao Tāngata: whānau, people in the community or elsewhere, tūpuna or others who have passed on; …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … to COVID-19 during 2020. However, a recent surge of community cases in northern Taiwan from April 2021 onwards … In December 2020, Taiwan reported its first community COVID-19 cases since April 2020, ending a remarkably long period of no community transmission. Since then, Taiwan has experienced …
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