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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.
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Read more: Cruise line denied entry to New Zealand cancels upcoming season
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300220578/cruise-line-denied-entry-to-new-zealand-cancels-upcoming-season
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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.
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- 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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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.
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- 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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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.
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Read more: High-risk workers who don't get vaccine could lose job - employment lawyer
- 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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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.
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- 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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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.
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- 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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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.
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Read more: Sport star's family do MIQ at $3m Auckland home after complaining about hotel
- 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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Some experts are calling for New Zealand to full explore its potential to manufacture vaccines. The calls come as the Government refuses to say whether the country's first Covid-19 vaccines will arrive on schedule in the coming weeks amid a soaring global demand.
Some of New Zealand's top health and biotech experts say Aotearoa’s expertise on the farm could be used as another weapon in the fight against Covid-19.
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Read more: Experts call for NZ to explore potential to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/experts-call-nz-explore-potential-manufacture-covid-19-vaccines
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