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Section size for COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand (49 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	6,678	6,678
Background	2,970	2,970
Transmission timeline	18,813	18,813
Responses	216	119,404
Central government responses	26,222	26,222
Genome sequencing	4,998	4,998
Local and regional governmental responses	12,121	12,121
Health sector responses	14,166	14,166
Economic impact	7,640	7,640
Social impact	2,305	27,730
Education	2,687	2,687
Faith communities	8,009	8,009
Māori	4,721	4,721
Mass gatherings	9,168	9,168
Pacific Islanders	840	840
Travel	23,098	23,098
International responses	3,213	3,213
Court rulings	3,929	3,929
Vaccination efforts	3,273	3,366
Vaccine rollout	93	93
Public opinion	63	18,989
Government response approval	6,795	11,614
Jacinda Ardern resignation	4,819	4,819
Vaccine mandates	990	990
Media perception	6,322	6,322
Restriction levels	26	5,252
Alert level system	490	490
Traffic light system	3,449	3,449
Support bubble	1,287	1,287
Long-term effects	4,687	4,687
Post-pandemic	843	843
Testing	15	15,604
Requirements	10,871	10,871
Results	4,718	4,718
Statistics	54	69,526
Cases	7,302	7,302
Clusters	5,806	5,806
Progression of COVID-19	24,891	24,891
New cases and fatalities	152	30,536
New cases per day	27	17,726
2020	4,654	4,654
2021	5,544	5,544
2022	7,501	7,501
New deaths per day	12,658	12,658
Deaths	937	937
See also	242	242
Footnotes	142	142
References	33	33
External links	1,525	1,525
Total	272,003	272,003

Recovered number is complete nonsense

Yeah 122.59.34.48 (talk) 15:31, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing it out. Fixed now.-gadfium 19:21, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Commission of Inquiry

The Royal Commission of Inquiry is mentioned once on this page. Where should I put information about it from DIA's page Royal Commission of Inquiry and comment on it eg from the Green Party? A new heading, new article, or what and with what title? There are similar hearings going on around the world. Any thoughts on how to refer to the European Parliament report, Coronakommissionen, UK Covid-19 Inquiry, etc please? See also? New category? What others are there? Johnragla (talk) 19:36, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Commission has not issued a final report. Perhaps it is better to wait for independent commentaries on the final report. The Green Party moans are simply electioneering tactics. The same applies to any Labour, National or ACT response.It would be better to withhold comments on Political Party statements until after the election. OrewaTel (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jacinda Ardern

Her name is Ardern, not Adern, and there should be a link to the page covering her. (Edit - to clarify, in the section on her resignation, her name is spelled incorrectly -- I didn't notice her name previously in the piece (as it's not what I was looking for), so I didn't notice that the link was above, my apologies) 2001:1970:49A7:3000:8601:FFAE:A136:6EFC (talk) 04:32, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:COVID-19 lab leak theory#Request_for_comment

An editor has started an RfC about whether the announcement by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Energy that they support the COVID-19 lab leak theory should be in the lede of the COVID-19 lab leak theory article. Interested editors are invited to contribute. TarnishedPath^talk 23:41, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Swiss Cheese Model

The "Swiss Cheese Model" feels somewhat out of place and would perhaps be better replaced with a clip of the Alert level system. It seems more like a promotion of the website rather than actual information COVID in NZ; i.e the concept of the "Swiss cheese model" would likely be completely unknown to most people and was never a widely known model (It's simply derivative of James Reasons' model in general, rather than NZ specific policies) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2407:7000:9C93:9A00:4D32:C7AF:31CF:E770 (talk • contribs) 10:30 (UTC)

It shows the New Zealand-wide explanations at the time. A picture or animation of the alert level system can also be added.-gadfium 18:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recent Court Rulings

A recent court ruling from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on the 16 of February 2024 has ruled that the New Zealand Defence Force mandate for the COVID-19 vaccination is unlawful and does not align with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. [1]https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/cases/four-members-of-the-armed-forces-v-chief-of-defence-force ChayceW (talk) 11:48, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]