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2020-12-01
Carpark Run
To return to New Zealand in late 2020 I had to complete 14 days of hotel quarantine. Luckily, my hotel had a fenced off area of the carpark that we were able to use for exercise for an hour each day. This strava activity shows a run I did around the very small carpark (one of six during the two weeks), which involved running in my mask and staying a few meters from the other people in the space. Without these bursts of activity, two weeks in a hotel room would have been much less bearable. -
2020-03-20
Letter from Mum
With lots of extra time to spare during the lockdowns, my Mum started writing letters to me as a way to share news. This was a lovely way to stay in touch between Australia and New Zealand, although by the time the letters made it through the very very slow postal system they were weeks out of date. This particular letter from the very start of the pandemic captures the novelty and chaos of the situation very well -- most events are starting to be cancelled, the border between NZ and AU has shut, and everyone is slowly coming to terms with what's happening. -
2020-08-26
The ED Musos
The ED Musos are a group of health care workers from Emergency Departments in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, the UK and the USA. We came together for connection and wellbeing during the pandemic. We made this and other videos in our own time. We send love and support to everyone impacted by COVID-19. -
2020-11-18
As COVID-19 soars in many communities, schools attempt to find ways through the crisis
As schools reopened around the world, countries saw surges in new COVID-19 cases. In response, some countries have re-closed schools while others have remained upon and employed strict guidelines. -
2020-04
ANZAC Day 2020
Like many families we participated in a dawn service unlike any previously held this year. As gatherings and official ceremonies were cancelled people looked for alternate ways to commemorate ANZAC day. Across the country there was a movement to participate in a unified but socially distanced way. Lighting a small candle and observing the minute silence made us all feel a little more connected during the height of the Sydney lockdown. -
2020-10-02
Travel bubble between New Zealand Australia soon to open
Because both New Zealand and Australia have both handled the pandemic well, with no current outbreaks, they are opening up the Trans-Tasman Travel area up again. They are hoping this can help boost the economies of both countries hard-hit tourism industries. -
2020-03-24
Filipinos Coping With Covid - Series
I am doing a series, Filipinos Coping With Covid, published in my blogs and some in Positively Filipino -
2020-05-27
Good News from New Zealand
New Zealand has been crushing it on the global stage with their response to the pandemic. More recently, they have announced that their restrictions are being loosened and they are able to resume normal functions. Jacinda Arden has shown how proper government leadership responds to a crisis. -
2020-04-21
Government's Māori Covid-19 Response All Words, No Action
"A Māori Touchstone Group would be formed to advise the government on its Covid-19 Māori response, and the ministry would partner with iwi to develop Covid-19 response strategies, and conduct surveillance and monitoring of Māori across district health boards (DHB)." As we emerge from this pandemic, we must be guided by the examples and teachings of Indigenous Peoples practicing reciprocal obligations of responsibility to do everything possible to ensure that Nature can continue to thrive.” -
2020-04-17
Māori health workers target greater Covid-19 testing in Auckland and Northland
"One-hundred-and-twenty Māori community health workers will be deployed in Auckland and further North in an effort to ramp up testing and support for whānau." -
2020-04-13
Covid-19: Rural kura makes sanitiser, face shields for Ngāti Porou health workers
"Staff at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Waiu o Ngāti Porou, from tiny Ruatōria on the East Coast, are supplying protective gear to frontline health workers fighting Covid-19 in their rohe." -
2019-05-13
Cultural compromise: Covid-19 crisis may end New Zealand’s iconic Maori greeting – ‘the hongi’
"The Covid-19 outbreak now could possibly force New Zealand to relinquish the traditional Maori greeting – the hongi – wherein two people touch and press their noses together." -
2020-04-30
A Plan for All Won’t Work for All: COVID-19 and Māori in New Zealand
"The higher rates of chronic conditions among Māori raise the probability of serious COVID-related complications. These conditions in turn are exacerbated by inadequate access to health care and prescription drugs." -
2020-05-12
New Zealand's ban on large funerals during Covid-19 criticised as 'inhumane'
"New Zealand’s ban on large funerals and tangi has been described as 'inhumane' by the opposition leader, and 'disappointing' and 'cruel' by indigenous funeral directors."