Expert Reactions

NIWA’s annual climate summary 2021 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 11 January 202212 January 2022

2021 was New Zealand’s warmest year on record, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2021. Aotearoa New Zealand is […]

Waitangi Tribunal finds Covid-19 response put Māori at risk – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 December 2021

The Waitangi Tribunal has found that a number of Cabinet’s Covid-19 decisions breached Treaty principles. These include the decision to reject advice from its […]

The plan to keep Omicron away from NZ over summer – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 December 202121 December 2021

The government has announced changes to booster jabs, quarantine stays, and the border in an effort to keep Omicron out of the […]

Two new vaccine rollouts lie ahead – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 December 2021

New frontiers in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout are opening up – vaccinating 5-11 year olds, and giving booster doses to […]

Second ‘probable’ death from Covid-19 vaccine in NZ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 December 2021

A 26-year-old man who died after his Covid-19 vaccine suffered myocarditis, a rare side effect of the jab, according to […]

Covid-19 vaccine provisionally approved for children – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 December 202116 December 2021

Medsafe has provisionally approved the paediatric version of the Pfizer vaccine for tamariki aged 5 to 11 years old. The approval […]

Wellbeing budgets and the environment – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 December 202113 December 2021

A new report examines how the environment has – or has not – been incorporated into the government’s ‘Wellbeing Budgets’. The Parliamentary Commissioner for […]