Category : Defence
Author: Paul Mitchell

Lieutenant Jo Brook was in love the second she left the deck on her first helicopter flight and soon she will be the first woman in the Royal New Zealand Navy to qualify as a helicopter pilot.

Brook didn’t set out to be a trail-blazer. She was thinking about her future in the Navy after nearly six years as a Warfare Officer, and was intrigued to learn helicopter pilot was a potential career option for her specialisation.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300215663/love-at-first-flight-for-navys-first-female-helicopter-pilot
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Author: Amanda Cropp

The cruise line turned away after crew were denied visas has cancelled its upcoming season of expedition voyages around New Zealand.

Ponant said it had been forced to scrap the seven fully booked cruises after Immigration New Zealand refused to issue visas for 61 of 90 Le Lapérouse crew members because they were not considered critical workers.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300220578/cruise-line-denied-entry-to-new-zealand-cancels-upcoming-season
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Author: Henry Cooke

Pfizer says it is on track to deliver the first doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to New Zelaand before the end of March, following its regulatory approval on Wednesday.

Medsafe granted the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine provisional approval for use in New Zealand on Wednesday afternoon, allowing the two-dose inoculation to be administered to anyone 16 or over.

Those first in line will be health workers, border workers, their families, and those most at risk of death from Covid-19.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300220655/covid19-medsafe-grants-pfizer-vaccine-approval-as-company-confirms-first-doses-will-arrive-before-april
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Author: Tova O'Brien

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been approved for use in New Zealand and border workers and their families, as well as frontline staff, will get it first.

It's expected to arrive before the end of March and be in arms within two-to-three weeks after that. The elderly and vulnerable will be next, with everyone else having to wait until the second half of the year.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/jacinda-ardern-pledges-to-absolutely-be-vaccinated-now-it-s-just-a-matter-of-getting-our-hands-on-it.html
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Author: Madison Reidy

Healthcare and border workers who don't get the COVID-19 vaccine could lose their job - and such dismissals would be legally justified in some cases, one employment lawyer says.

It comes after Medsafe gave provisional approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday, but the Government has not disclosed when the shipment of 750,000 doses will arrive.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/coronavirus-high-risk-workers-who-don-t-get-vaccine-could-lose-job-employment-lawyer.html
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Author: Zane Small

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been given provisional approval in New Zealand but the Government has not disclosed when the shipment of 750,000 doses will arrive. 

But the Government has revealed who will get the first jabs. Managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) cleaners, nurses, security staff and those who undertake health checks are first in line, as are custom and border officials, and airline staff. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/covid-19-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-approved-in-new-zealand-but-still-no-arrival-date-as-government-reveals-who-gets-first-jabs.html
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Author: RNZ

A cruise ship turned away from New Zealand is now stuck off the coast of New Caledonia, low on fuel with a significant storm approaching and no permission to dock.

Le Laperouse has an economic exemption to come to New Zealand for the cruise season but was last week refused entry after Immigration denied 61 of its 90 crew visas because they are not considered essential workers.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2021/02/french-cruise-ship-le-lap-rouse-stuck-off-coast-of-new-caledonia-low-on-fuel-after-being-denied-entry-to-new-zealand.html
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Author: George Block and Simon Plumb

An Auckland family served the remainder of their managed isolation stint in their multi-million dollar home after complaining about conditions in their initial facility.

The woman, who is the wife of a prominent New Zealand sportsman, complained about conditions at the isolation hotel near Auckland Airport where she and her children were staying.

Some of her children are high-needs, it is understood.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300218643/covid19-sport-stars-family-do-miq-at-3m-auckland-home-after-complaining-about-hotel
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