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Charlotte Bellis: Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded in Afghanistan can return home

‘When the Taliban offers you – a pregnant, unmarried woman – safe haven, you know your situation is messed up,’ Charlotte Bellis writes

The Independent UK

Identity verification specialist acquires New Zealand counterpart

Cloudcheck is expected to generate approximately NZ$5m in revenue for its latest financial year

Birmingham Post

Charlotte Bellis: Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded in Afghanistan can go home

‘We are so excited to return home and be surrounded by family and friends at such a special time’

Evening Standard

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‘So excited’: journalist Charlotte Bellis’ joy at securing New Zealand quarantine place

The New Zealand reporter said she was stranded in Afghanistan and forced to turn to the Taliban for help after requests to return home were rejected

The Guardian - AU

Pregnant New Zealand journalist in Afghanistan can go home

A pregnant New Zealand journalist who was stranded in Afghanistan by her home country’s COVID-19 border policy says she will return home after her government finally offered her a pathway back

The Independent UK

New Zealand’s Catholic church admits 14% of clergy have been accused of abuse since 1950

Figures represent first time abuse allegations against the church in New Zealand have been collated in one place

The Guardian - AU

Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO – as it happened

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Inflation is raising prices and reducing real wages – what should be done to support NZ’s low-income households?

There is no doubt life is becoming much more expensive in New Zealand as inflation hits a three-decade high, influenced by both domestic and international factors such as increased food, energy and housing costs, pent-up demand for consumer goods, and ongoing supply-chain disruptions.

The Conversation

Pregnant New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis offered a way home from Afghanistan with place in hotel quarantine

New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis, who is pregnant and trying to get home from Afghanistan, is offered a place in hotel quarantine.

ABC News

Omicron will only add to looming workforce shortages already faced by key New Zealand industries

The Omicron wave about to wash across New Zealand will exacerbate an already tightening labour market. High employment and ongoing border restrictions mean regional labour forces are nearing peak capacity – and the country is running out of time to find solutions.

The Conversation

OECD to NZ: Raise pension age to prevent Super shock

NZ's superannuation scheme won't be sustainable unless the eligibility criteria is changed, a new report warns.

Newsroom.co.nz

Too little method, too much borderline madness

It's difficult to reconcile the tightening up of test-to-travel restrictions with then allowing rapid antigen tests instead, writes Eric Crampton. More method will be needed.

Newsroom.co.nz

Dan Biggar talks up Johnny Sexton ahead of Wales’ Six Nations game with Ireland

The pair were British and Irish Lions colleagues in New Zealand in 2017

The Independent UK

Covid backlash sees New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern slump in polls

Kiwi PM has been successful in protecting her country from worst ravages of Covid but faces growing resentment to strict pandemic policies

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Evening Standard

Build Back Better is a good slogan, but it won’t work if prices rise

It was the phrase on everyone’s lips. We were going to “Build Back Better”. Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Greenpeace, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund have all used these “magic” words. Their meaning is, of course, a matter of taste: we can…

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand defends strict Covid quarantine after pregnant journalist ‘had to turn to Taliban’ for help

Charlotte Bellis, a journalist, says she was forced to return to Afghanistan after her application was met with ‘clauses and technicalities and confusion’

The Guardian - AU

Covid news: UK health secretary says mandatory vaccination for NHS workers ‘no longer proportionate’ – as it happened

Sajid Javid says says mandatory jabs were ‘right policy at the time’ but announces review

The Independent UK

Pregnant New Zealand journalist turns to Taliban for help after her application to return home gets rejected

The reporter said it is ‘brutally ironic’ that the Taliban have assured her she would be safe

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ABC News

Pregnant NZ journalist Charlotte Bellis battling to return home as Afghan health system crumbles

A pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded overseas due to COVID-19 border restrictions is urging the NZ government to find a way to help women like her, saying she went public because her lawyer had represented 30 women who had been through it before.

The Guardian - AU

Reader call-out: how are you coping with the rising cost of living in New Zealand?

We want to hear from readers in Aotearoa about how rising inflation is affecting them and how they are dealing with it

The Independent UK

Ardern tests negative as omicron takes hold in New Zealand

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she has tested negative for the coronavirus after coming into close contact with somebody who was infected on a commercial flight

AAP

Ardern, NZ GG test negative for COVID-19

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Governor-General Cindy Kiro have returned negative tests for COVID-19 after being identified as close contacts.

Reuters

New Zealand PM Ardern's COVID test returns negative result

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned a negative COVID-19 test result on Monday, but she will remain in self isolation until the end of Tuesday as per health guidelines, a government spokesman said.

ABC News

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

Get up to speed on the latest coronavirus news happening across the country.

The Independent UK

From Kabul, pregnant reporter fights NZ govt to come home

A pregnant New Zealand reporter has chosen Afghanistan as a temporary base for her uphill fight to return home because of her country's stringent COVID-19 entry rules

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