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Expert Q&A | Published: 02 July 202002 July 2020

The SMC led an online media briefing with an author of a study showing how news reports are linked to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 July 2020

As more New Zealanders continue to return from abroad, additional quarantine facilities are being set up to meet demand. A […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 June 202030 June 2020

A Chinese and British research team has identified a new H1N1 influenza virus in pigs. The research, published today in […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 June 202024 June 2020

The Government has announced a suite of measures in an effort to protect New Zealand’s native Māui and Hector’s dolphins. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 June 202024 June 2020

The Government has announced new changes to how it tests for COVID-19 in people who work near New Zealand’s borders. […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 18 June 202002 July 2020

The SMC led an online media briefing about New Zealand’s efforts to control COVID-19 at the border. Associate Professor Patricia […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 June 202019 June 2020

This post was updated on 18 June. The original 16 June post is below these new comments. Another case of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 June 202017 June 2020

The government has committed to reforming our “complex and fragmented” health system after a long-awaited review proposed a major shake-up. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 June 202015 June 2020

With no active COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, the next frontier is our borders. While the concept of a ‘trans-Tasman bubble’ […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 June 202011 June 2020

Most New Zealanders who suffered a repeated bout of rheumatic fever between 2010-14 were young adults, or had stopped their […]