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There is one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation to report today.
The case of two Melbournians who breached lockdown and travelled to Queensland has
Jet Park Hotel.
Photo: RNZ / Katie Todd
They ve succeeded in keeping more than 900 Covid-19 cases out of the community - embracing PPE, teamwork and sweet treats hurled through windows during their 15 months on the frontline.
The innocuous family-owned hotel nestled off the main road to Auckland Airport boasts a restaurant, lounge bar, pool and lush green outdoor spaces, yet Property and Assets manager Ashley Schierhout said it now has some of the country s most reluctant people checking in. You see people arriving and they are scared, some of them, arriving at a quarantine facility and that stigmatism, he said. I think after day two or three it s a complete change of heart. They suddenly realise that we re not treating them like patients, we re treating them like guests.
Aaron Goile13:00, May 25 2021
NZ CRICKET
Black Cap Tim Seifert opens up on his Covid-19 ordeal in India.
A tearful Tim Seifert has opened up on his Covid-19 ordeal, with the Black Caps wicketkeeper admitting he feared the worst during a “scary” stint in India. The 26-year-old is now back in New Zealand, nearing the halfway point of his mandatory 14-day managed isolation at Auckland’s Jet Park Hotel, having arrived at 2am last Thursday. He is fit and well, as he has been through much of his time since recording a positive coronavirus test earlier this month. But in speaking to media for the first time since, on a Zoom call on Tuesday, it is clear just how much of an emotional toll the last few weeks have had on him.