Government announcement today

However, the ending of vaccine mandates in the education sector is being praised by the secondary teachers' union, the PPTA. Hospitality NZ said while the end ...

"We've done the mahi, but we have to wait for visitors to arrive to get the treats. "The first step that we in schools have to do is look at our Covid-19 health and safety plan. We don't need small tweaks; we need real change." So it is going to be really challenging." However, this does not mean a return to any sense of normality at the moment." And it's really important if we need to look at our individual communities to look at the vaccination rates, if we have Māori, Pasifika student populations that would be affected... But once again, principals and boards are going to need to have to do a fair bit of heavy lifting. They should go immediately." "We are a highly vaccinated workforce. "The cap should be pinned to the capacity of the venue. Maybe looking at it as a bit of healing and moving forward. Lifting it will not work for bars and other night venues.