MPs from Labour were welcomed onto Te Tii Marae ahead of Waitangi Day commemorations on Saturday.
There was no further spread of Covid-19 in the community following last week’s scare linked to the Pullman Hotel.
There were four new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation.
A new political poll by Roy Morganhad support for the Labour Party at 47%, and the Greens at 11.5%.
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Stuff: “That decision had nothing to do with public complaints, or my status. “In hindsight it probably wasn’t the right way to go about it, saying things on social media … but the most important thing is we applied for this through all the appropriate channels, provided all the evidence that we had to for the situation, and our application was granted based on that and nothing else.” When asked about an exemption for the Abercrombie family, the Ministry of Health told
Stuff “this was not a health-related decision”. A Ministry of Health spokeswoman later clarified this meant the decision was not made by the ministry or other public health officials from Auckland DHB, not that it was not related to health.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Wife and children of Kiwi basketball star Tom Abercrombie in managed isolation at $3 million home in Auckland
2 Feb, 2021 01:00 AM
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NZ Herald
The wife and children of Kiwi basketballer Tom Abercrombie have been granted an exemption to stay in their $3 million home to carry out their time in managed isolation.
The move comes after the Breakers star s wife Monique-Raquel Abercrombie complained publicly, on social media, about the state of the managed isolation and quarantine hotel room they were placed in - reportedly a facility near the Auckland International Airport.