Breadcrumbs List.
Coronavirus
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Covid exposes need for public health agency
1 July 2020
Opinion: Covid-19 has exposed shortcomings in NZ’s public health services and highlights the need for a population health agency, argues Collin Tukuitonga.
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Anne Salmond: Covid-19 and clickbait
29 June 2020
Opinion: More than ever, the Opposition and media must avoid dishonest politics and fact check before making claims that can’t be backed up, writes Dame Anne Salmond.
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Don’t make Kiwis pay for quarantine
29 June 2020
Opinion: Kiwis returning home should not be expected to pay for their own quarantine. It is part of the pact between citizens and government, writes Ananish Chaudhuri.
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Researchers develop way to disinfect PPE for potential reuse
26 June 2020
Researchers have received funding of $1.3m to put in place a mobile solution to disinfect and potentially reuse personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Take care with tech used to fight Covid
26 June 2020
Opinion: Machine learning is being used to research Covid-19, but social implications of the work must be considered and diverse voices heard, writes Daniel Wilson.
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Kupe leadership scholars taking it in their stride
25 June 2020
The 2019 Kupe Leadership Scholars had the world ahead of them in 2020. Despite plans going awry for some, their leadership qualities are helping them get through.
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We’ll need that red tape if we want to beat Covid
24 June 2020
Opinion: Kiwis have a natural aversion to following strict rules day in, day out, but when it comes to Covid-19, we need those rules, writes Gehan Gunasekara.
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Why are we seeing these new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand?
23 June 2020
Opinion: Anxiety is totally understandable, and there have been a few own goals. But what we’re seeing is no great surprise, and it’s no time to panic, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
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Kris Vette: with Covid-19, let's focus on science
19 June 2020
Opinion: Kris Vette has dealt with challenges caused by a pandemic before. He says the problem with the Covid-19 pandemic is that we haven’t learnt many lessons from the past.
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A crisis of public spaces
17 June 2020
Opinion: Diane Brand asks what the post-pandemic city will look like and how do we adjust our concept of urbanism to accommodate it?
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Anne Salmond: Life after the Pandemic
17 June 2020
Opinion: “There’s a sense that the ground beneath us is lurching,” writes Dame Anne Salmond. New Zealand’s team of five million must play the game of their lives.
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Exercise, work productivity and well-being
16 June 2020
Many fitness programmes and other well-being initiatives associated with the workplace came to a full stop during lockdown but as things get back to normal, researchers are keen to find out whether people did more or less exercise during and after the pandemic.