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Author: Jamie Ensor

Just a third of managed isolation guests have paid for their stay, with more than $20 million still outstanding, according to new figures.

Kiwis travelling overseas and returning within 90 days as well as any non-New Zealand residents entering the country are required to pay $3100 for their two-week stay in our managed isolation facilities. That will be increased to $5520 in late March for those coming to Aotearoa on temporary visas.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/coronavirus-just-third-miq-guests-paid-for-stay-20m-outstanding.html
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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is asking managed isolation guests to "do the right thing" as the amount of unpaid invoices reaches $20 million. 

New figures show just a third of managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) guests have paid for their stay. The data, accurate to March 7, shows 3520 of 9078 invoices have been paid, leaving $20 million outstanding. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/covid-19-jacinda-ardern-s-message-to-miq-guests-as-unpaid-invoices-reach-20-million.html
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Author: Tova O'Brien

Australia has fired yet another glib broadside at New Zealand with Scott Morrison suggesting his counterpart Jacinda Ardern doesn't want Australian tourists to spend-up large in Queenstown. 

The Australian Prime Minister has challenged Jacinda Ardern to get cracking with the trans-Tasman travel bubble - a call the National Party is backing big time. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/scott-morrison-suggests-jacinda-ardern-doesn-t-want-australian-tourists-to-spend-up-in-queenstown.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

A landmark independent report has found China is breaching every prohibited act of the UN Genocide Convention with its treatment of the Uighur people and bears responsibility "for committing genocide".

The report from the Washington DC-based think tank Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy is described as the "first independent expert application" of the UN Genocide Convention to the ongoing treatment of 1-2 million Uighurs thought to be in camps in the north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/03/xinjiang-landmark-report-finds-china-breaching-every-act-of-un-genocide-convention-with-treatment-of-uighurs.html
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Author: Rachel Sadler

The Green Party says an upcoming Rocket Lab launch in New Zealand breaches national security and threatens the country's sovereignty and national interests.

Rocket Lab, which is United States-owned but based in New Zealand, is due to launch its next mission in mid-March at Māhia Peninsula. The mission will carry and deploy satellites for a range of commercial and government customers, including the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/upcoming-rocket-lab-launch-carrying-united-states-army-satellite-breaches-new-zealand-s-national-security-green-party.html
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The Greens can just Fuck off... First, RocketLab is no longer a New Zealand Company and they will just launch from the US Wallops Island launch site.  "An experimental" satellite that  satellite that "will test technologies that support development of new capabilities for the US Army" and civil uses as well. New Zealand might as well get the tax from it because they will just launch it from the US. I very much doubt it is breaking any NZ law. 

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Author: Hannah Kronast

The Government has announced its plans for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in New Zealand with most Kiwis expected to be able to get the jab by August.

COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced the plan during the 1pm press conference on Wednesday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/coronavirus-chris-hipkins-reveals-when-each-new-zealander-will-be-eligible-for-the-covid-19-vaccine.html
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Author: Nadine Porter

Shocking reports of healthcare workers being labelled “monkeys” and being physically abused by guests at managed isolation facilities (MIQ) are emerging as a nursing union demands change.

New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) organiser Sharleen Rapoto said the abuse healthcare workers were receiving at MIQ facilities was an ongoing issue.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/124466435/covid19-nasty-racist-abuse-directed-at-miq-healthcare-workers
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Author: Reuters

The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech SE was able to neutralise a new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Brazil, according to a laboratory study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/03/coronavirus-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-appears-to-work-against-brazilian-covid-19-variant-study.html
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