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The long political game behind the sacking of Rob Campbell

The appointment of a health outsider to the chair of Te Whatu Ora was opposed by the Prime Minister from day one, but health minister Andrew Little carried the day. It wasn’t an encouraging start.

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Pharmac to get one-time $66m boost

The national drug-buying agency will get an extra $66 million in 2023 in a one-off cash injection, according to documents reviewed by Newsroom.

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Shaw's sidestep sets stage for Wellington Central scrap

The Green co-leader's electorate decision is a sign of his future plans – and it also adds to the uncertainties around Wellington Central.

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Hipkins keeps Mahuta in New Zealand cabinet reshuffle

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta will travel more often after shedding other jobs in his cabinet reshuffle.

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PM's chance to carve a new path with Cabinet reshuffle

Political editor Jo Moir is picking some big changes and plenty of new faces when Chris Hipkins picks his new Cabinet team on Tuesday.

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New Zealand won’t require visitors from China to show COVID test

‘There is minimal public health risk to New Zealand,’ COVID-19 minister Ayesha Verrall said of visitors from China.

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New Zealand won't require Chinese arrivals to show COVID-19 test

The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it would not require travellers from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test, bucking a trend that has seen a number of nations implement such measures as cases surge in China.

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NZ won’t impose entry restrictions on travellers from China

New Zealand will not require travellers from China to be tested for Covid-19, the Government has announced

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'Have a safe as summer': Public health measures replaced by advice

A list of advice for avoiding Covid this summer provides a stark contrast to the broad public health messaging of a year ago, despite case numbers being much higher

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New Zealand’s world first laws effectively ban smoking in the future

New Zealand is set to bring about a smoke-free generation. One expert thinks this will kick off the next wave of tobacco control policies.

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NZ Parliament Has Passed Legislation That Will Prevent Future Generations From Buying Cigarettes

The country wants to be completely smoke-free by 2025.

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New Zealanders born after 2009 banned from EVER smoking in bid for cigarette-free future

In theory, someone trying to buy tobacco products 50 years from now in New Zealand would have to show ID to prove they are at least 62 years old - though Wellington has a stated aim of making the country smoke-free by 2025

Daily Mirror

New Zealand imposes world-first lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes

It is part of a nationwide goal of having fewer than 5 per cent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025

Evening Standard

New Zealand passes historic law banning next generation from ever smoking

‘Thousands of people will live longer, healthier lives and the health system will be $5bn better off’

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New Zealand bans future generations from buying tobacco under new laws

Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed parliament on Tuesday and are among the most strict in the world.

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New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation

The country is believed to be the first to implement an annually rising legal smoking age

Evening Standard

New Zealand launches official inquiry into Covid response

The country imposed strict lockdowns and border controls to try and contain Covid

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New Zealand launches inquiry into its coronavirus response

New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right decisions in battling COVID-19 and how it can better prepare for future pandemics

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Cabinet scrapped masks against health advice

Ministers were told that removing the mask requirement on public transport would increase hospital admissions by a quarter and disproportionately hit Māori and Pasifika.

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Smokefree impact of removing nicotine 'massively overestimated'

Leading anti-smoking campaigners say official modelling wrongly suggested the Government's plan would reduce smoking rates by 85 percent within five years.

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Covid rules on chopping block in post-winter review

When Cabinet meets next week isolation periods, critical worker exemptions, mask mandates, vaccination at the border and online declaration forms will all be reviewed.

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New Zealand's plan to eliminate HIV transmission ignores deepening inequities in health outcomes for Māori women

The New Zealand government plans to spend NZ$18 million on becoming the first country to eliminate transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) within a decade.

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Govt awaiting advice on isolation and test-to-work

Shorter isolation periods, a test-to-work regime and widening the critical services exemption scheme are all on the table when ministers review settings this month.

The Independent UK

Jacinda Ardern government proposes law that means today’s teenagers will never be allowed to buy cigarettes

New Zealand reports at least 5,000 smoking-related deaths a year

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New Zealand offering free masks, tests to all as health system struggles with COVID-19

The New Zealand government announces free masks and rapid antigen tests as it tries to relieve pressure on the country's health system amid rising COVID-19 and flu cases.

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