Author: Vita Molyneux & Dan Satherley

Auckland's Aotea Square has been repurposed for a protest against the city's COVID-19 lockdown. 

Around 100 people protested against Auckland's alert level 3 restrictions, with signs mentioning 1080, vaccination and "crimes against humanity". There was also a smattering of people wearing Donald Trump merchandise. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/anti-lockdown-vaccination-and-1080-protesters-take-over-auckland-s-aotea-square.html
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Author: Susan Strongman

How does it feel to watch your parents become obsessed with false information about Bill Gates, microchips and 5G - and is there anything you can do to pull them out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole?

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/424112/when-a-relative-falls-down-a-conspiracy-theory-rabbit-hole
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 19, 2020) Royal Canadian ship HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) controls the hammerhead target for Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui (A09) during weapons firing practice and officer of the Watch maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC).

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Author: Zane Small

As the Prime Minister gets ready to decide if New Zealand should move down the COVID-19 alert level ladder, she has provided an example of how we could avoid lockdowns in the future. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/08/jacinda-ardern-explains-how-new-zealand-could-avoid-future-covid-19-lockdowns-ahead-of-alert-level-decision.html
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Air Commodore Darryn Webb says the guest at Rydges who had Covid-19 may have passed it on to a nurse who then passed it on to a maintenance man at the facility.

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Author: The Young Turks

Trump attacked New Zealand, the Prime Minister's response was perfect. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Keep Hope (and TYT)

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlsQ_f-etBA
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Author: Ireland Hendry-Tennent

At the very beginning of the pandemic Sweden received huge amounts of attention for its unique approach to COVID-19. 

While other countries implemented strict lockdowns in an effort to stop the spread of the virus, Sweden instead relied on voluntary social distancing. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/08/coronavirus-has-sweden-s-covid-19-approach-paid-off.html
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One has to remember that New Zealand has a rather high rate of asthma. 600,000 that works out 1 in 7 people. Internationally, New Zealand has a high prevalence of asthma, with one in seven children (13 percent) aged 2–14 years (110,000 children) and one in eight adults (12 percent, 452,000 adults) and that is reporting taking current asthma medication. 

 

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