Police have today filed charges of manslaughter against three Police officers in the New Plymouth District Court. The charges relate to the death of a 55-year-old man who died while in custody at the Hawera Police Station in the early hours of 1 June 2019. The charges allege that the officers were grossly negligent in... Continue Reading →
The Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the lack of scrutiny and rushed process for the COVID-19 Public Health Response Bill. “For weeks the Government has known that we would be moving to alert level 2. It has not allowed enough time for careful public democratic consideration of this level 2 legislation. There has... Continue Reading →
Today we have two new cases of COVID-19 to report, made up of one confirmed case and one probable case. The confirmed case is linked to the Marist College cluster. The person who has tested positive for COVID-19 is a student who has been in self-isolation since March 20. They had been contacted by Healthline... Continue Reading →
Today we have two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report and no new probable cases. Both of today’s cases can be linked to the St Margaret’s Hospital & Rest Home cluster in Auckland. Both cases are household contacts of an employee at the rest home. The total of confirmed and probable cases is 1,487. ... Continue Reading →
Today we have three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report. One of these is lined to an existing case and the other two remain under investigation. In addition to this we have also reclassified a previous probable case as not a case. This means the total for confirmed cases is 1,129 which is the... Continue Reading →
An urgent independent review into COVID-19 clusters at Aged Residential Care (ARC) facilities is under way, and findings will be reported back to the Ministry of Health by the end of May. After the emergence of five significant COVID-19 clusters in ARC facilities – two in Christchurch, two in Auckland and one in Waikato –... Continue Reading →
Today we have two new COVID-19 cases to report. One is a new confirmed case in quarantine in Auckland and one is a probable case. In addition to this we have also reclassified a previous probable case as confirmed. This person had contact with another known case. This means our total for confirmed cases... Continue Reading →
Today we have two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report and one new probable case. Two of today’s cases can be traced to a known source. One confirmed case is linked to the Marist cluster in Auckland and the other confirmed case is linked to the Gladys Mary Rest Home in Hawke’s Bay. The... Continue Reading →
Today we have only one new confirmed case of COVID-19 to report and four new probable cases. All of today’s cases can be traced to a known source. Three are linked to St Margarets Hospital & Rest Home, and two are linked to known cases. In the context of our overall total, six cases which... Continue Reading →
