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NZ-UK trade: 'Let’s Make a Deal'
Economy

NZ-UK trade: 'Let’s Make a Deal'

A new free trade agreement with the UK should look wider than traditional agricultural exports.

Tim Hurdle 19 Apr 2021
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How we will get to full vaccination
Coronavirus

How we will get to full vaccination

New model released by health ministry picks up where DHB plan leaves off and shows plan for eight million doses to be delivered by the end of the year.

Andy Fyers 16 Apr 2021
The two-month race to deliver a vaccination booking system
Coronavirus

The two-month race to deliver a vaccination booking system

The vaccination booking system at the heart of the national covid immunisation campaign is on a very tight timeline for an IT project.

DHBs scramble to locate mass vaccination centre sites
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DHBs scramble to locate mass vaccination centre sites

Leasing agents have confirmed a hunt is on for mass vaccination sites with hopes Kiwis could be able to get jabbed and be out in half an hour.

Brent Melville 15 Apr 2021


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