
English: 
>> Good afternoon, everybody.
In a moment, I'll hand over to
the director-general to
provide today's update. I
imagine there will be a quite
a few questions. After that
the director-general and I
have been through our
introductory remarks, we'll
take questions. We'll hand
over to Dr Woods and Air
Commodore Webb, who will be
able to answer any questions
regarding managed quarantine.
Director-general. I hand over
to you.
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: Thank
you, Minister. There are 13
new confirmed cases of
COVID-19 to report in the
community today and there are
no new cases of people
returning from overseas in
managed isolation facilities.
12 of the 13 new cases are
linked to the previous cases
in the community cluster, and
one remains under
investigation, but is believed
to be linked to the same
cluster. There are 98 people
linked to the cluster who have

Maori: 
a
pai te ahiahi, e te katoa. He
waa ano, ka tukuna atu e au ki
te Kaiwhakahaere-kaiwhakahaere
mo te whakarato tenei
whakahoutanga. Ki taku whakaaro
tera pea he maha nga paatai.
Whai muri i tera ka haere ahau
ko te Tumuaki Tuarua ma o
taatau panui korero, ka uiui
tatou. Ka tuku atu pea ki a Dr
Woods me te Web Commodore Webb,
ko wai hoki kia taea e koe te
whakautu i nga paatai mo te
taratahi e whakahaere ana.
Tumuaki-Whnui. Ka toha atu au
ki a koe. ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Tn koe, Minita.
E 13 nga keehi kua whakatauhia
i te COVID-19 hei purongo te
hapori i tenei ra kaore ano he
take hou mo te hunga e hoki mai
ana mai i nga tuawhenua ki nga
whakaurunga wehe. 12 o te 13 o
nga keehi hou kua honoa ki nga
keehi o mua i te te ropu
hapori, ka noho tonu tetahi ki
te tirotiro, engari e
whakaponohia ana ka honohono

English: 
been moved into the Auckland
quarantine facility. That
includes 44 people, who have
tested positive and the
balance are household contact.
There are six people receiving
hospital-level care for
COVID-19. Two are in Auckland
City Hospital and four are in
Middlemore. None are requiring
intensive care. The 13 new
confirmed cases today to
report bring our total number
of confirmed cases of COVID-19
to 1,293. One previously
reported probable case is now
reclassified as under
investigation. The total
number of active cases in New
Zealand is currently 90, of
which 69 are from the recent
community outbreak. There is
one further community case.
More on that shortly. And

Maori: 
atu ki te parani taua. He 98
nga taangata e hono ana ki nga
putiputi kua oti i nuku ki roto
i te whare taraiwa o Akarana.
Tae atu ki nga taangata 44, kua
whakamatauria ki te pai ko te
toenga he hononga ki te whare.
Tokoono nga taangata e whiwhi
ana i te tiaki i te
taumata-hhipera mo COVID-19.
Tokorua kei Auckland City
Hospital, tokowh kei
Middlemore. Kaore tetahi e kaha
ki te manaaki. Ko nga keehi 13
hou kua whakatauhia i tenei ra
ki te ripoata ka puta katoa o
matou. Nama Tuhinga o mua
COVID-19 ki te 1,293. Kotahi te
keehi i whakawakia ai pea te
keehi i naianei i raro i te
tirotiro. Ko te katoa o nga
keehi e kaha ana i tenei wa.
90, 69 o ratau mai i te
pakarutanga o te hapori. He
take ke atu ano ki te hapori.

English: 
there are 20 imported cases in
quarantine facility.
Genomic sequencing has
provided more information
about two cases of COVID-19
that were under investigation.
We have been able to
genomically link five positive
cases - one of the two
household contact. One of
those is a person currently in
Auckland Hospital. They have
all now been linked to the
existing cluster.
That is through genomic
sequencing. It still remains
for us to work out how the
household is epidemiologically
linked, but we know the
household in the cluster is
essentially the same one that
is found in the members of
this household who have tested
positive. This gives us a high
level of reassurance that
these people are part of the
same community cluster, rather
than it being a separate
cluster.
Now, the second case is a man
who is a maintenance worker at
the Rydges Hotel, which is one
of our managed isolation

Maori: 
Ka nui atu mo tera wa poto. Na
kei reira 20 nga kawemai i
kawemai i te whare taraiwa. Ko
te raupapa Genomic kua tohaina
etahi atu korero mo nga
waahanga e rua o COVID-19 i
paahitia. Kua taea e matou. Ki
te hono honohono e rima nga
keehi- tetahi o nga whanau e
rua. Ko tetahi o era ko te
taangata kei te Halemera o
Akarana. Kua honohono katoa i a
ratau ki nga puawai. Ko tenei
na roto i te whakaurunga ira
tangata. Ka mau tonu ma tatou
te mahi pehea te whare hono
epidemiologically hono, engari
e mohio tatou te whare i roto i
te tautau ko te mea ano ka
kitea i roto i nga mema o tenei
whare kua whakamatauria i te
pai. Ma tenei e homai ki a
matou he tino whakatairanga mo
enei taangata. Ko tetahi
waahanga o te ropu hapori
kotahi, kaua ki te mahi he
tautau wehe. Na, ko te keehi
tuarua ko te taangata he
kaimahi tiaki i te. Ko Rydges

English: 
facilities in Auckland. The
man carried out, or carries
out, maintenance tasks on the
rooms there between bookings.
That is following full
infection prevention and
control and disinfection of
the rooms and, while wearing
appropriate PPE. He tested
positive on, or his positive
test returned on 16 August.
And the genome sequencing
indicates his case is not
linked to the current outbreak
in the community, but is most
closely linked to a positive
case that was in the Rydges
and was identified on 31 July.
This is a returnee from the
USA. Now, there is some
further genome sequencing and
matching being completed on
this case today, and you will
have seen there is further
information in a media release
that went out recently.
On contact tracing since 11
1,880 close contact have been
identified, and 1,691 of those
have been contacted and are

Maori: 
Hotel, tetahi o o maatau
whakaurunga whakahaere i
Akarana. Ko te taangata i mahi,
te kawe ranei i nga mahi
whakaora nga ruma o reira i
waenga i nga pukapuka. Ko te
whai i te aukati katoa o te
mate me te whakahaere me te te
werohanga o nga ruma me te, i
te wa e mau ana i te PPE tika.
I whakamatauria e ia he pai, he
pai ranei tana whakamatautau i
te 16 o Akuhata. Na ko te
raupapa kopapa e whakaatu ana
kaore i honohia tana keehi. Ki
te parekura o tenei wa kei te
hapori, engari he tino tata. I
hono atu ki tetahi keehi pai i
roto i te Rydges a kua tautuhia
te 31 o Hurae. He Kaihuri Hoki
mai i te USA. Na, tera ano
etahi atu momo whakangao me te
taatai ano oti i runga i tenei
keehi i tenei ra, ka kite ano
koe kei reira me etahi atu
korero i puta i tetahi wa i
whakaputaina i nga wa i
whakaputaina mai. I runga i nga
whakaputanga mai i nga hononga
11 1,880 kua kitea te paapaki,

Maori: 
a. 1,691 o te hunga kua
whakap atu, e noho wehe ana
ratou. Kua whakamatautauhia
ranei e tatari ana ranei mo te
whakamatautau me etahi atu
taapiri kei te whakapiri atu.
Kei taku whakamaarama inanahi,
he maha nga waahi ka taea. Moni
i a tatou e haere ana ko o
taatau tirotiro, me te nui rawa.
Ko nga keehi, ko nga tangata i
taua waahi ano whakaarohia he
whakaponotanga takirua, he tino
iti te mate o tetahi mate. Ko
nga tangata e piri tata ana ka
uru atu ki to tatou motu
ratonga whakap-whakapakia me
te whakap atu. Me kii noa te
whakapaparanga tika ki te
karanga i a raatau GP me te
awhina awhina ra. Mn ka
korekore, ka whiwhi tohutohu
ranei mo te whakamatautau
mehemea kei te awangawanga
ratou. Ko enei waahi katoa ko
nga haerenga ka tipaia e tetahi
ka whakawhiti he take. Ehara i
te mea me nui ki era waahi. Ko
enei waahi katoa- he karo i nga

English: 
self-isolating and have either
been tested or are waiting for
testing as propriety, and
other contact are in the
process of being contacted.
As I outlined yesterday, a
number of locations can become
of interest as we go through
our investigations, and in
most cases, people who were at
those locations are considered
casual contact and are at very
low risk of any infection.
Anyone who was in close
contact will go into our
national contact-tracing
service and be contacted.
Casual contact only need to
call their GP or helpline if
they become unwell or to get
advice about getting a test if
they are concerned.
All these places have just had
a visit by someone who it
transpires is a case. It
doesn't mean there is a need
to those places. These places
are all -- to avoid those
places. These places are all

Maori: 
waahi. He whakamarama katoa
enei waahi ka mahia e ratou te
horoi. Kei a tatou. Te
whakamahi i te taupnga NZ
COVID Tracer ki te rapu i nga
tangata e whai kua puta ki enei
waahi. Ko tetahi rohe ko te
maakete Paetaki me te Tiaki i
Glen Innes, Akarana. I uru
tetahi keehi i te maakete ki
waenga i te 31 o Hurae- i te
tuatahi. I te 10:09 am, ka mutu
i te 8 o Akuhata i te 10:10 am,
he maha Nga wa i roto i taua
waa. I etahi wa, ko te keehi i
reira mo te haora, e mohio ana
koe, e mahi ana i te hokohoko.
Ko tetahi atu waahi ko te Kura
Tuatahi o Mount Roskell kei. Ko
te Maunga Rori me te keehi kua
tutakina ki taua waahi i. Te
24-haora haora i waenga i te
1:40 pm i te 10 Akuhata me te
1:40 pm i te 11 o nga 
Tetahi kua tae atu ki aua waahi
i aua wa kaore Me mahi tetahi

English: 
notified and undertake
cleaning. We've been using the
NZ COVID Tracer app to find
people who have been in these
locations. One area is the
Pack and Save supermarket in
Glen Innes, Auckland. A
confirmed case visited the
market there between 31 July -
initially at 10:09am, and then
between 8 August at 10:10am,
so several times over that
period.
At times, the case was there
for an hour, you know, doing
shopping. The other location
is the Mount Roskell Primary
School on Mount Road and the
confirmed case was at that
location in the 24-hour period
between 1:40pm on 10 August
and 1:40pm on the 11th. Anyone
who has visited those
locations at those times does
not need to do anything except
be aware of symptoms and of
course seek advice about

English: 
getting a test if you become
symptomatic. On the
environmental testing, a final
report is expected to be
completed imminently with
input from MPI and our ESR
staff.
They're looking into a
possible route of transmission
through child services on
materials arriving from
overseas. The full report will
have the detail but it seems
clear now that the possibility
is being ruled out from that
investigation. We'll have
further details later in the
week. An update on the
exemptions process for people
wanting to travel into
Auckland - the Ministry of
Health has received over 5,000
applications so far. 700 have
been granted, 160 declined,
and there is a team from
across government working as
quickly as possible through
those exemptions. They will be
granted where there are
circumstances like the need to
access medical treatment,
provide care for a vulnerable
person, or to visit a dying
relative.
And there are some business

Maori: 
mea engari ko te maarama o nga
tohu me te. O te akoranga rapua
he tohutohu mo te
whakawhiwhinga ki te paopao
koe. Mo runga i nga
whakamatautau taiao, ka puta he
ripoata whakamutunga. Kia tino
tata me te whakauru mai a MPI
me nga kaimahi ESR. Kei te
tirotirohia e ratau te huarahi
whakawhiti o roto nga ratonga a
nga tamariki mo nga rauemi e
ahu mai ana i taone nui. Ma te
purongo katoa tonu nga korero
engari he maarama nei inaianei.
Kei te whakatutukihia te
awangawanga mai i tera mahi
tirotiro. Ka whai taatau ano
etahi atu korero i muri mai i
te wiki. He whakahoutanga mo te
huringa whakawhiwhinga ki te
hunga e hiahia ana. Haere ki
Akarana- Kua whiwhi te Manatu
Hauora 5,000 nga tono mo tenei
wa. 700 kua tohaina, 160 i
heke, a, he ropu ano mai i nga
kawanatanga puta noa i te mahi
ka taea na roto i nga mahi
whakahawea. Ka whakawhiwhia ki
a raatau mehemea kei reira nga
ahuatanga penei i te hiahia.
Kia uru ki nga maimoatanga
hauora, tohaina te tiaki te
tangata whakaraerae, ki te toro

Maori: 
atu ki tetahi whanaunga kua
mate. Ana ko etahi mahi pakihi
kei kona ano hoki. Ka
whakawhiwhia, kei hea e pa ana
ki te anga whakamua he mekameka
kai kai ranei. Ka mutu, i te NZ
COVID Tracer taupnga, he
whakama noa iho te 1. 5 miriona
kaiwhakamahi, 37% o te taupori
e 15 tau neke atu te pakeke.
Minita. HAKAI
HOROHINI: Mauruuru, Dr
Bloomfield. Ko nga rekoata
whakamtautau kei te haere
puta noa i te motu. I roto i
nga ra e rima kua hipa, he nui
ake ta matou tukatuka i te
100,000. Whakamtautau, 18,421
o aua whakamtautau i
whakahaerehia inanahi, me nga
tapa. Kei te mahi pai i roto
i nga waahanga rereke o te
48-haora wtaka kua whakaritea
e ratau. Ae, ko te tikanga, i
kiihia ahau ko te nuinga o nga
whakamatautau whakamatautau ka
m ka oti i roto i te 24
haora. Kei te hiahia ahau ki te
mihi ki nga hunga katoa e whai
waahi ana ki roto i te mahi
 He mahi nui
tenei. Kei a tatou kaimahi
taiwhanga he mahi tino roa. Kia
pai ai te whakaputa i enei hua
ka hiahia au ki te mihi ki a
raatau mo i to ratou fafauraa.

English: 
exemptions that are also being
granted, where that relates to
critical infrastructure or
food supply chains. Finally,
on the NZ COVID Tracer app, we
have just shy of 1.5 million
users, 37% of the population
aged 15 and over. Minister.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Thank you,
Dr Bloomfield. Record levels
of testing continue across the
country. Over the last five
days, we have processed more
than 100,000 tests, 18,421 of
those tests processed
yesterday, and labs are
working well within the
48-hour turnaround timetable
that they have been set. And,
in fact, I'm told that most
test results are still being
completed within 24 hours. I
do want to thank all those
involved in the testing
process. It is an enormous
undertaking. Our lab workers
in particular are working
incredibly long hours to get
these results processed and I
want to thank them for their
commitment. Testing has ramped
up at the border, both at the

English: 
airports and at the forts.
Testing of all government
agents and front-line staff at
the Auckland border - that's
Customs, biosecurity,
Immigration NZ, aviation
security and so on - will be
completed very soon. To date,
more than 3,485 workers at
ports around New Zealand have
been tested for COVID-19. At
the Port of Auckland, more
than 5,000 staff working from
around 800 different
organisations have accessed
the port since 21 July.
As at 6:00pm last night, 2,194
of those people had been
tested. A dedicated testing
team is operating extended
hours, to ensure that workers
all have access to COVID-19
testing, including those who
are working the nightshift and
the twilight shift.
At the Port of Tauranga, a
dedicated site was established
yesterday to begin testing

Maori: 
Kua paahitia te whakamatautau
ki te rohe, i nga taunga
rererangi a i nga kokuru. Te
whakamtautau i nga piha
kwanatanga me nga kaimahi o
mua i te. Te rohe o Akarana-
ara ko te Custom, biosecurity,
Immigration. Aotearoa, te
haumaru rererangi me era atu-
ka oti wawe. Ki tenei ra, neke
atu i te 3,485 kaimahi i nga
tauranga huri noa i te motu kua
whakamatautauhia mo COVID-19. I
te Port of Auckland, neke atu i
te 5,000 nga kaimahi e mahi ana
mai i te 800 nga whakahaere
rereke kua uru ki te tauranga
mai i te waa o mua 21 Hurae. Ka
rite ki te 6:00 pm inanahi nei,
2,194 o aua iwi kua
whakamatautauria. Kei te
whakahaerehia e tetahi tira
whakamatautau mo nga haora roa
te me whakarite ka whai waahi
nga kaimahi katoa ki te
whakamatautau COVID-19, tae atu
ki te hunga e mahi ana i te po
tuatoru me te nekehanga o te
ahiahi. I te whanga o Tauranga,
he papa whakatapu i
whakapumautia inanahi hei

English: 
around 6,000 potential workers
at that site.
I'm advised that workers who
had been assessed as
high-priority had been tested
along with others. I'm advised
that testing continues around
New Zealand. As of 6:00pm last
night, Auckland airport, the
testing station there, had
swabbed 2,407 of the 4,474
potential workers with a
testing teamworking through
the night last night to
capture nightshift workers.
With regard to testing in MIQ
facilities - and again I note
that Dr Woods and Air
Commodore Webb are here to
answer questions on this later
on, we had 2,806 tests
completed. That's 97% of the
workforce in Auckland. So
that's Auckland and across the
rest of the country, 1,599

Maori: 
timata i te whakamatautau mo te
6,000 nga kaimahi pea ki taua
waahi. Kei te tohutohu au ko
nga kaimahi i aromatawaihia i
te mea i whakamatauria i runga
i te taumata tuatahi me etahi
atu. I tohutohu au kei te tohe
tonu nga whakamatautau ki te
taha o Aotearoa. Ka rite ki te
6:00 i te po inanahi, Tamaki
Makaurau, rererangi te
whakamatautau. Teihana i reira,
i haruru. 2,407 o nga 4,474 nga
kaimahi whai waahi me te
whakamatautau. Ka mahi tahi te
po i te po whakamutunga ki te
hopu i nga kaimahi po. Mo te
whakamatautau i nga whakaurunga
MIQ- ko ano hoki ahau. Kia
mahara kei konei a Dr Woods me
Air Commodore Webb hei whakautu
i nga paatai. I tenei wa i muri
mai, he 2,806 i oti nga
whakamatautau kua oti. Ko 97% o
nga kaimahi mahi i Akarana. Ana
ko Auckland a kei nga rohe

English: 
staff working in MIQ have been
swabbed.
Happy to take your questions.
>> How likely is it there
knows cluster linked to the US
strain?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: I'll get the
director-general comment on
that but all the evidence we
have is that this is
contained, that this is just
one person.
Obviously, that investigation
with immediate close contact,
with the household and work
contact that have been tested
have all come back negative.
So that is very encouraging
sign at this early stage.
We want to identify an
incursion quickly and stamp it
out. If that is what happens
with every case, then further
alert-level restrictions are
not necessary, because that's
the way the system is designed
to operate.
>> Does it speak to a lack of
testing? Given this person
presumably wasn't tested for 3

Maori: 
katoa o te motu, 1,599 nga
kaimahi e mahi ana i MIQ kua
paahitia. Harikoa ki te tango i
o patai. He pehea pea te mohio
ki reira he hono ki te hono o
te US? CHRIS
HIPKINS: Ka whiwhi ahau i nga
korero a te tumuaki mo taua mea
engari ko nga tohu katoa kei a
matou ko tenei kei roto, tera
kotahi noa tenei tangata. E
tika ana, ko taua
whakatewhatotanga me te tata
tonu. Whakap, me te whare me
te whakap mahi kua oti Kua
whakamatauria kua hoki mai
katoa. Na ko te tohu tino
akiaki i tenei waahanga wawe.
Kei te hiahia mtou ki te
tautuhi wawe i te parekura ka
pau. Mena koinei te mea e pa
ana ki nga keehi katoa, na e
kore e tika ana te
aukati-mata-mata, no te mea
koina te huarahi ka hangaia e
te punaha ki te whakahaere. Ka
korero mo te kore

Maori: 
whakamatautau? I mohio tenei
kaore pea i whakamatauhia mo
tenei ra 3, 4 ra ranei. I muri
mai i te tmatanga o nga tohu
me te kore i whakamutuhia kia
tae noa ki e ono nga ra i muri
mai o te tiimata? HOHIKI
HIPKINS: Ka patai ahau ki te
Tumuaki mo te. Korero ano,
engari i whakamatauria tenei
tangata i te timatanga. I muri
i te whakaatu tohu me te
whakamatau i te E rua wiki i
mua i te Rydges Hotel. Ko te
punaha whakamatau, i pera ta
taatau i korero, kua
whakahekehia. I tohuhia tenei
tangata i te wa e tika ana
engari ko au tono i te Tumuaki
ki te korero. Kaore he tangata
o te whare e uru ki tetahi o
nga kaimahi. Rydges- ko wai i
whakamatauria i te wiki
whakamutunga- kua whakamatauria
katoa ratau kaore ano kia hoki
mai nga whakamatautau pai,
haunga tenei tangata. Ko ana
hua whakamatautau kua kii mai i
te timatatanga o te mate, a i
whakamatautauhia ia i te 13th.
Ka rite te hua o te
whakamatautau ka pai ia i roto

English: 
or 4 days after the onset of
symptoms and weren't
quarantined until six days
after the onset?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: I'll ask the
director-general to comment
again, but this person was
tested early on after
displaying symptoms and there
was testing at the Rydges
Hotel a couple of weeks before
this. The testing system, as
we've said, has been ramping
up. This person was identified
right at the appropriate time
but I'll ask the
director-general to comment.
>> None of the household
contact and none of the staff
at Rydges - who were all
tested last week - they've all
been tested and none have
returned positive tests, other
than this person.
His test results suggest
recent onset of the infection,
and he was tested on the 13th.
As soon as the test result
came back positive, he was in
self-isolation, close contact

Maori: 
i te wehenga i a koe ano, te
whakapiripiri tata tonu kua
tohua me era atu. He maha o nga
whakaponotanga mai i tetahi
ratonga i roto i te tuku
ppho. 56 nga tangata katoa
kua ... I pa ki nga
whakapaparanga, haunga nga
tokorua, e tatari noa ana. He
karanga atu kei te noho
motuhake ratou i to raatau noho
motuhake Whakamatauria rite te
pai. Na tenei te ahua tino, kei
te tino pai kei roto ko ... Ka
whakahoutia e matou. HISKOHANGA
HOKI: Ka mutu ta maatau ka tae
atu ki a koe. Kei te mohio koe
ko nga kaimahi katoa kei nga
whakaurunga kua oti te
whakahaere he pai te
whakamarumaru? A ko te nuinga o
to raatau haumaru? Kaore ano
koe kia whakatauhia nga hononga
tangata-ki-tangata, tenei i
whakawhiwhia te tangata ki te
PPE tika? Nahea tenei ka tupu?
He HIPKIN
TUARUA: Titiro, Minita Woods,
ki taku whakaaro, ka whai
korero ano mo nga mea e puta
ana i te whare. Tenei tetahi
kei te mahi tiaki tiaki e mahi
ana mo kaimahi hotera, na kaore

English: 
identified and so on. There is
a number of casual contact
from a service in the media
release. 56 people all have
been... Had contact made,
except for two, who are just
waiting for a callback and
they're in self-isolation and
they've been tested as well.
So this seems very, very well
contained and that's... We'll
keep you updated.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: We'll finish
and then come to you.
>> Are you sure that all the
staff at the managed isolation
facilities have adequate
protection? And their safety
is paramount? Have you haven't
ruled out person-to-person
links, was this person given
the proper PPE? How could this
happen?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Look,
Minister Woods, I think, will
talk about what happens at the
facility. This is someone who
is a maintenance worker who
works for hotel staff, so
doesn't have interaction
directly with any of the
guests. So once again a

Maori: 
he taunekeneke tika me tetahi
atu Tuhinga o mua. Heoi ano
tetahi mea ngaro i konei. Ka
kii ahau i te wa e haere ana
nga kaimahi tiaki ki tetahi
ruuma ina kua tau pai tetahi,
kei a raatau te PPE tika. Ko te
mea he mea tino pai te korero?
Kaua e mohio ki te ahu mai i
hea? Kaore ranei e korero mo te
korenga o nga punaha, koina nga
mea horoia ma te tika, kaore i
akohia nga tukanga? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Ko tena kaore ano
kia mohio tatou. HIPKIN
KRIS: I te mutunga, kei te
whakahaerehia e tatou he
huaketo i konei. Ki taku
whakaaro ko te mea ka rongohia
e koe i te wa poto, i te meneti
15 pea. He nui nga waahi hei
whakaora i te waahi MIQ
whakaurunga. Inaianei, e
maataki ana te tirohanga, e
mohio ana taatau, ka haere i
runga i nga mea katoa- Ko te
waahanga CCTV o te iwi katoa e
pa ana ki te mohio he aha te
whakaputanga i pa mai ai. E
whakaatu mai ana ko teenei o te
huaketo tino huakore. Ngawari
ki te tiki, a, e mohio ana koe,
kei te mahi matou i nga mea
katoa e taea ana kia

English: 
mystery here.
I will say that when
maintenance workers go into
any room where someone
positive may have been, they
have appropriate PPE.
>> Is saying it's a mystery
good enough? Shouldn't we know
where it comes from? Doesn't
it talk to a system failure,
that things were cleaned
properly, that processes
weren't in place?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: It's
that we don't know yet.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Ultimately,
we're dealing with a virus
here. I think what you'll hear
very shortly, in about 15
minutes, is that there are
very extensive protective
measures in place at MIQ
facilities.
Now, the investigation so far,
you know, we go through
everything - CCTV footage of
all of the people concerned to
identify where contact may
have happened. It does show
that this is a highly
contagious virus that is easy
to get, and, you know, we are
doing everything we can to put
protective measures in place.
I can say you can put very,
very stringent protective

Maori: 
maka he waahi wawao. Ka taea e
au te kii, ka taea e koe te
tino tangi. He mea hei
whakamaru, engari kaore he mea
penei 100% taurangi, ahakoa kei
a koe nga tikanga tiaki tino
pai rawa atu i roto i te waahi.
He aha koe i whakarereke ai i
nga kaihoe waka rererangi haere
mai ki te whenua mai i te
whakamatautau? HIPKIN
KRISITA: Titiro, he rereke nga
whakaritenga no nga kaiwhaiwhai
rererangi e haere mai ana ki te
motu. He tino whakarite nga
whakaritenga mo a raatau mahi.
Kei runga i te waka rererangi,
he aha ta ratau mahi i te wa
kua kore atu ratau rererangi,
me te oki i tetahi whenua kee
hei whakarite kaore ratau e
hono atu ki a COVID-19 mena ka
noho ratou he wehe ki tetahi
atu whenua. Ka ... He 48 haora
te roa o to raatau ka hoki mai
ki Aotearoa. Kei te
whakamatauria i te mutunga o
tenei waa 48-haora. Na he
rereke nga whakaritenga mo te
waka rererangi. Ae, he tika, he
maha nga mahi arai i tangohia
mo nga waka rererangi. A ko te
whakamatautau i whakahuahia e
koe he mea noa mo nga tangata e
ahu mai ana nga whenua tino
morearea. Ka taea e koe te
homai tauira ki te nui o te
mate-nui, reanga-waatea me te

English: 
measures in place, but there
is no such thing as a 100%
guarantee, even if you have
the very best protective
measures in place.
>> Why have you still exempted
airline crew coming into the
country from testing?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Look, there
are different arrangements for
airline crew coming into the
country. There are very strict
arrangements around what they
do when they're on the plane,
what they do when they're off
the plane, and stopping in
another country to ensure that
they're not coming into
contact with COVID-19 if
they're having a layover in
another country. They are
then... They have a 48-hour
standown when they return to
New Zealand. They are tested
at the end of that 48-hour
period. So there are different
arrangements in place for
aircrew. There, of course, are
a lot of protective measures
taken for aircrew.
>> And the testing you
mentioned is just for people
coming from high-risk
countries. Can you give us
examples of high-risk,
medium-risk and low-risk?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: No, all
aircrew coming from overseas

English: 
should be tested at the end of
their 48-hour standown period.
One of the things I'm going to
be doing in the next few days
to eliminate doubt - because
we continue to get questions
about this - by the end of the
week, I will issue another
order that specifies all of
this so that there is absolute
clarity around it, but the
rules are very clear to those
who are following them at the
moment but to avoid any public
confusion about that, I will
issue another order that makes
that very clear.
>> Why are crew working on
transfer flights - taking
people between managed
isolation facilities to
Auckland managed eyelation
facilities, why are they not
required to be tested or
isolated?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: I'll come
back to you on that.
>> Can you clarify was the man
tested on 13 August? Was that
what you said?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: Yes. He
was tested on 13 August.
>> Was he tested because he
the was symptomatic, or
because there was mandatory
testing in the facilities?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD:
Everybody at that facility was
tested on the 13th.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: That's part

Maori: 
iti-tupur HIPKINITARAU
KORE: Kaore, nga rererangi
katoa e haere mai ana kia
whakamatautauria nga iwi o waho
ki te mutunga o to ratau haora
48 haora. Ko tetahi o nga mea e
kaha ana ahau ki nga mahi i
muri ake nei nga ra hei
whakakore i te feaa- no te mea
ka mau tonu taatau. He paatai
mo tenei- i te mutunga o te
wiki, ka tukuna e au tetahi atu
ota e tohu ana i enei mea katoa
kia tino kitea karapotia a
tawewe, engari ko nga ture kei
te tino maarama ki te hunga e
tu ana whai ia ratau i te waa
engari kia kore e
whakakorekoretia e te iwi. Mo
runga i tera, ka whakaputaina e
au tetahi ota ka maarama. He
aha te mahi a nga kaihauturu i
runga i nga whakawhiti
whakawhiti- te kawe tangata. I
waenga i nga whakawehenga
whakawehe i whakahaerehia ki
Akarana te whakahaere.
Whakaurunga o te tirohanga
kanohi, he aha i kore ai e
hiahiatia kia whakamatauria ki A
HUAWAI: Ka hoki mai ahau ki a
koe i runga. Ka taea e koe te
whakamarama i whakamatauria te
taangata i te 13 o Akuhata? Ko
koe tena korero? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Ae. I whakamatauhia
ia i te 13 Akuhata. I
whakamatauria ia na te mea he
ahua whakararaaro ranei ia, na
te mea ranei i reira he
whakamana ture i roto i nga
whakaurunga? ASHLEY

Maori: 
BLOOMFIELD: Ko nga tangata
katoa o taua whare i
whakamatauria i te 13 a. HAKAI
HANA
KARAWEI: Koinei te waahanga o
te whakamatautau mahi tikanga e
tuu nei tatou i nga waahi, ko
ia tonu. I tangohia ake hei
waahanga whakamatautau i nga
mahi tirotiro. Na ka mea ia i
te tmatanga- ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Akene ka taea e au
korero ki tera, ma te mohio ki
nga pikitia haumanu. He rongoa
ngawari tana e rua nga ra i mua
o tana whakapae Tuhinga o mua.
Ka haere era. I hoki ia ki te
mahi. Kaore ia i kitea nga tohu
i tana hokinga mai i te mahi.
Kua kii mai tetahi o nga
rangatira o te taangata
torangapu ki nga kaimahi kei I
tono te rohe mo tetahi kaupapa
whakamatautau mo nga wiki i
mua. I tukuna tenei. I kii ano
nga Uniana kaore he take o o
ratau mema. He aha koe e ngana
ai ki te huri i te whakah me
te kii atu ki nga kaimahi rohe
kihai i hiahia whakamatautau?
HIPKIN
KORENEI: Titiro, ki taku
whakaaro kua paahitia e matou
ko nga ra whakamutunga. Te mea
e kite ana koe mai i nga nama
ko te reiti o kei te kaha haere
te whakamatautauranga i nga
wiki e toru kua hipa ranei
pera. Kia tino marama ana, me
pai taatau i kite aua tere kua

English: 
of the routine testing regime
that we have been putting in
place, which is he was picked
up as part of the routine
surveillance testing.
>> And he'd had the onset -
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: Perhaps
I can talk to that, knowing
the clinical pictures. He had
some mild symptoms two days
before that he attributed to a
pre-existing condition. They
then went away. He was then
back at work. He didn't have
symptoms when he was back at
work.
>> A senior quarantine officer
has told us that staff at the
border had asked for a regular
testing programme weeks ago.
This was declined. Unions also
say their members didn't have
an issue with tests. Why are
you trying to shift blame and
say the border workers didn't
want tests?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Look, I
think we've been through this
over the last few days. What
you'll see from the numbers is
that the rate of testing has
been steadily increasing over
the last three weeks or so. To
be very clear were, we would
have liked to have seen those
numbers increasing faster. We
also know not everyone was

English: 
being tested at work. Those
who got tested through a
community-based assessment
centre, or who got tested at
their GPs, up until now, we're
not necessarily recording them
in the right column to
categorise the nature of their
work.
>> You also said there'd been
reluctant among staff to be
tested. Why did you say that
when the border officials are
saying that's absolutely not
the case?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Look, there
has been some reluctance among
staff. That's certainly the
advice we have had. There
certainly isn't now, which I
think I said three or four
days ago as well, which is a
good sign.
>> But it paints a picture
that the workforce weren't
keen when the reality was that
it wasn't being offered to
them.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: It was a
variety of factors. I've never
I said that was the only
factor. Hesitancy to be tested
has been something we've been
grappling with a lot across
the country up until now,
including for staff who are in
that category. It's not been
the only one.
We've, as I've said, the line

Maori: 
piki haere. E mohio ana hoki
tatou kaore te katoa i
whakamatautauhia i te mahi. Ko
te hunga i whakamatauhia ma te
hapori-a-iwi. Pokap
aromatawai, ko wai ranei i
whakamatauhia ki o raatau GP,
tae noa ki te mut. Na,
kaore ratau i te tuhi i a
raatau ki te whaarangi tika ki
te whakariteritehia te ahua o a
raatau mahi. I ki mai hoki koe
i puta ke te aro ki nga kaimahi
ki te whakamatau. He aha i kii
ai koe i te wa e kii ana nga
rangatira o nga rohe e kore
rawa te take? HISKOHU
HORIKI: Titiro, kua ruarua tonu
etahi o nga kaimahi. Ina hoki
ko ta matou korero. Akuanei
kaore pea inaianei, ko taku
whakaaro kua korero ahau e toru
e wha nga ra ki muri, ko te
tino tohu. Engari e peita ana
he pikitia kaore i tino aro te
kaimahi ki te waa. Te mea mau
na te kore i tukuna ki a
raatau. HIPKIN
KRISITA: He momo ahuatanga.
Kaore ano au kia kii he koinei
anake te take. Ko te raru ki te
whakamatau he mea kei a maatau
he maha nga mahi puta noa i te
motu a tae noa ki tenei wa, tae
atu ki tenei mo nga kaimahi kei

English: 
of sight issue around, you
know, people who were being
tested and making sure that
that was recorded in the right
way, has been a challenge as
well. That has now been
addressed. So there has been
more testing taking place than
people might necessarily think
but it hasn't necessarily been
recorded and reported in the
way that we're now doing.
>> Are you aware that another
factor is that people who've
been volunteering themselves
for test and have been
declined those tests.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: They should
not have been declined tests!
Were you aware that that was
happening? Minister, are you
aware that that was happening?
Because that's what we're
hearing anecdotally.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Beyond
anecdotes - I get anecdotal
reports all the time and I
will tell you and Dr
Bloomfield will tell you,
every one of those I've
followed up with the ministry.
We've been working hard to get
testing happening at higher
volumes and more frequently.
>> Just on the maintenance
worker, you say it's a mystery
how they contracted the virus.
What are the different

Maori: 
roto i tera waahanga. Ehara i
te mea kotahi anake. Ko ta
matou i korero ai, ko te raina
o te kitenga mata huri noa. e
mohio ana koe, ko nga iwi i
whakamatautauria me te
whakarite kia mau i tuhia i te
huarahi tika, he wero ano hoki.
Kua whakatutukihia tenei. Na he
maha atu nga whakamatautau kua
puta i nga tangata Me whai
whakaaro engari kaore ano kia
tuhia, aa korerotia i roto i te
huarahi e mahi ai tatou i teie
nei. Kei te mohio koe kei
tetahi keehi ano ko nga tangata
kua pa ke atu ko te tuku i a
ratau ano mo te whakamatautau
ka kua heke enei whakamatautau.
HIPKIN
TUARUA: Kaore pea i whakaitihia
nga whakamatautau! Kei te mohio
koe kei te tupu tenei? E te
Minita, kei te mohio koe kei te
tupu tenei? Na te mea ko taatau
e rongohia ana e koe i nga ra
tuatahi. HIPKIN
KRS: I tua atu i nga anecdotes-
Kei te whiwhi ahau i nga
purongo anecdotal ka. Ko te
waa ka kii atu ahau ki a koe ko
Dr Bloomfield ka korero tena
koutou, nga tangata katoa i
whai au i taau minita. I kaha
taatau mahi ki te whakamatautau
i nga mahi i teitei teitei me
te maha tonu atu. A noa i te
kaimahi tiaki, ka mea koe he

English: 
theories you're investigating?
And just to be clear, this
worker never entered the room
of the returnee?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: I think
it's best in that regard for
Minister Woods to talk to that
shortly. I think there are a
couple of possibilities.
Human-to-human transmission,
directly. And it may well be -
and that's part of the reason
why all the guests and the
staff are being retested, to
see whether it was someone who
was an intermediary between
the guest who tested positive
on the 31st and then this man,
who has tested positive.
And the other is through
environmental contamination,
because we know this virus can
survive on surfaces, not for
long, but it can survive and
infect people.
>> On the Ministry of Health
website, it says, "On return
or if you're coming back from
low and medium risk cups, they
complete a health assessment
and then can return home and
operate as usual."
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: I'll get the

Maori: 
mea ngaro te pehea i mahi ratou
i te huaketo. He aha nga rereke
rereke kua tirohia e koe? Na ko
noa. Kia maarama, kaore tenei
kaimahi i uru ki te ruuma o te
hokomaha? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Ki taku whakaaro he
pai rawa atu mo tera mo te
Minita Woods me korero poto ake
ki tera mea. Ki taku whakaaro
kei te tupu takirua pea. Te
whakawhiti tangata-ki-te
tangata, tika. Ana ka pai noa
pea- koinei te waahanga o te
take he aha te katoa. Nga
manuhiri me nga kaimahi kei te
tirotirohia kia tirohia mena.
He tangata takawaenga i waenga
i te manuhiri nei.
Whakamatauria whaihua i runga i
te 31st i muri ka tenei
tangata, nana nei i whakamat Nae
mate taiao, na te mea nei.
Mohio kei te ora tonu tenei
huaketo ki papa, kaua mo te
roa, engari ka taea e te ora te
mate me te pa atu i te tangata.
I runga i te paetukutuku a te
Manat Hauora, e ki ana, "Kia
hoki mai. Ki te hoki mai koe
mai i nga kapu mate iti me te
waatea, ka oti ratou. He

English: 
director-general to answer
that.
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: I don't
have the technical detail on
that but we can come back to
you on that.
>> Can you further detail the
order you'll bring in later in
the week?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: There will
be two orders that I will be
issuing, that I'm endeavouring
to issue by the end of the
week. One is an order that
clarifies exactly - they may
be one and the same order but
there will be twoish us auto.
One is around formalising the
regime for aircrew. While
there is a regime in place,
there are still a lot of
questions around it, so
formalising that in an order
will make it more transparent
to people. The second will be
routine, formalising the
routine testing that will go
forward from here. The order
I've put in place this week,
or the two orders I've put in
place this week are around
this surge of testing and the
next order will make sure that
we are maintaining our
surveillance testing and it
will specify exactly what's
expected there.

Maori: 
aromatawai hauora, katahi ka
taea te hoki mai ki te kaainga
me te whakahaere i ng"
HISKRANGI
HORIKI: Ka whiwhi ahau i te
Kaiwhakahaere-a-iwi ki Whakautu
ake. ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Kaore au i te
korero hangarau ki runga engari
ka taea e matou te hoki mai ki
a koe i runga i taua. Ka taea e
koe te taipitopito atu i te ota
ka kawea mai e koe i muri mai i
te wiki? HAKAI
HORIKI: E rua nga tono ka
tukuna e ahau, kei te whaia e
ahau ki te whakaputa i te
mutunga o te wiki. Ko tetahi
tetahi ota e maarama tika ana-
he kotahi pea te kia kotahi ano
te motuka engari ka rua ai
taatau. Ko tetahi kei te
haangai i te kawanatanga mo te
waka rererangi. Ahakoa kua ea
te rangatiratanga, he nui tonu.
O nga paatai a tawhio noa, na
reira ka whakatauhia e te
raupapa he maarama ake ki te
iwi. Ko te tuarua ko te mahi,
me te whakamana i nga
whakamatautau mahi ka haere atu
i konei. Ko te ota i
whakatakotoria e ahau i tenei
wiki, ko nga ota e rua kua
whakaritea e ah. Tuu tenei
wahi i tenei wiki kei te
haangai tenei whakamatautau me
te. Te ota i muri mai ka tino
mohio kei te pupuri tatou ko ta

Maori: 
maatau whakamatautau tirotiro
ka tohua ake. He aha e tohua e
koe? Kei te whakaaro koe mo te
wiki? HISKRANGI
HOKI: Koinei tonu te mea e mahi
ana matou i Ka ahu mai te mea
ki runga i te anga-tuitui-mate,
na reira nga ko te tupono
teitei ka tino
whakamatautauhia. I runga i te
ota i puta mai i runga i te
huarahi whakap whakaritenga
mo nga umanga i te Papa 2. Te
ahua nei kei te heke mai te ota
i roto i te waa ko koe nga
rangatira- kei te rapu nga
rangatira ki te whakahaere.
HIPKIN
TENEI: Ka whakahoutia ano tenei
wiki. Ko te ota hou ka waiho
hei kaupapa whakahau mo Ko nga
waehere QR kia whakaatuhia. Kei
te kaha tonu te noho koretake o
te mea e hiahia ana te iwi. Kia
tohu te tangata i tetahi rehita
-ringa me te tirotiro i te
whakamahi he waehere QR. Na me
maarama maarama e tika ana/ me
maarama tonu koe tino mohio kei
a koe tetahi punaha mo te tuhi
i nga taangata katoa e uru mai

English: 
>> What will you specify?
Weekly do you think?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: That's
exactly what we're working
through at the moment. It will
be based on a risk-based
framework, so those at higher
risk will be the most
frequently tested.
>> On the order that was
forthcoming on the contact
tracing requirements for
businesses at Level 2.
Apparently there's redundancy
in the existing order you're
officers are -- your officers
are seeking to handle.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: That will be
updated this week as well. The
latest order puts in place a
mandatory requirement for QR
codes to be displayed. There's
still an ambiguity around
whether or not people need to
be making people sign a manual
register and scan in using a
QR code. So we'll make clear
that it's an either/or but you
need to make sure there's a
system for recording everybody
that's entering but it does
not have to be both. We'll
clarify that in the next order
we're putting out.

Maori: 
ana engari e kore e riro i te
rua. Ka whakamramahia e
maatau te waa ka heke mai. Dr
Bloomfield, e hia o te 70 nga
keehi i roto i te kua roa te
kaupapa a te hapori, ka whai
ranei? Ko te mahere ki te
raupapa katoa? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Nga take hou katoa,
kei te maatau te whakatipuranga
o te ira tangata me nga keehi i
roto i te wehenga e
whakahaerehia  kia
whakahaua. Na roto i te mahi
maatau i te wa, ka mohio maatau
pea he te raupapa angitu e
hangaia ana na te mea ka puta
te RNA rauemi i roto i te
tauira. Ko nga keehi hou katoa
kei te whakariterite me tera
atu, ara. Na te tauturu ia
tatou kmaka. Kei waho te
hononga i waenga i nga keehi ka
puta. He maarama taatau mo te
tuatahi i pangia e te mate. Na
te mea ka whakarewehia te
huaketo ki te nuinga, ko te
nuinga o nga kapa kei reira
Me ki atu ahau he iti rawa te
huringa i roto i nga
momo-ake-a-ira. O te huaketo,
kia taea ai e ratou te mapi he
aha te mekameka o te mate. I

English: 
>> Dr Bloomfield, how many of
the 70 cases in the community
have had their genome
sequenced or will have it? Is
the plan to sequence all of
them?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: All new
cases, we're getting the
genome sequenced and any cases
in managed isolation will be
sequenced. By doing them at
the time, we know it's more
likely to be a successful
genome sequencing done because
there will be RNA material in
the sample. All new cases are
being sequenced and
furthermore, that will help us
sort of out line the
relationship between the cases
so it gives us a clue about
who was infected first and who
they thin infected because
each time the virus is passed
on, most teams there's a...
Should I say there is a very
small change in the genetic
make-up of the virus, so they
can map through what the chain
of infection is. At this
point, I can say that it seems

Maori: 
tenei wa, ka taea e au te mea
kua penei ke teera i penei ai
te ahuatanga. I ko te tuatahi
ko. Mai Te Whaiao Amerika, na
wai kua puta nga tohu 31 Hurae.
Ko te raupapa ko te korero ko
ia te tangata tuatahi i pangia
tenei tautau. Ka taea e au te
tirotiro tika me nga nama kei
runga i te He putiputi o
Akarana. Ko tetahi atu 13
inaianei. Kaore pea e puta ke
he warea. Kei te haere tonu te
kaupapa kia nui ake nga puuroro
nui i roto i te mate urutaru?
Akene me kamata ano nga taarua
o Akarana ki te whakarite mo te
wa nui ki roto i nga 
HISKOHANGA
HOROHUA: Te waahanga
whakamutunga o to patai kei te
moata i tenei wa, mo nga
ahuatanga ki te whakaaro he aha
nga mea ka puta. Kua maarama
tonu maatau tonu e maataki tonu
enei mea. Kei te arotakehia
tonu e matou nga taumata
mataara kaore au mua-whakamana
nga whakatau katoa mo tera. He
roa rawa ake. I runga i nga
kupu ko te mea nui rawa, ka
tukuna atu e au ki te
Kaiwhakahaere-rangat ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Ki taku whakaaro e
tika ana koe. Kei runga ko te
mea nui rawa atu. Ko tetahi mea
he rereke inaianei ki nga

English: 
so far that the case that was
the first is is the from the
Americol facility, whose
symptoms was on 31 July. The
sequence suggests he was the
first person infected in this
cluster.
>> Can I just check in with
the numbers on the Auckland
cluster. Another 13 today. It
doesn't appear to be
dissipating. Is it on track to
be becoming the biggest
cluster in the pandemic? And
should Aucklanders start
preparing for more time in
lockdown?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: The last
part of your question is
premature at this point, in
terms of speculating about
what may happen. We've always
been clear that would keep a
constant watch on these
things. We're constantly
reviewing the alert levels and
I won't pre-empt any decisions
about that. It's still far too
early. In terms of whether
it's the biggest, I'll hand
over to the director-general.
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: I think
you're right. It's on track to
being the biggest. One of the
things that is different now
with the clusters when we had

Maori: 
tautau. I te tatou i te
pakarutanga o mua me te ka te
mataara taumata 4 me 3, kei te
piki haere te maia kei te
maatau me te mohio. Nga keehi
katoa me te pupuri i te waatea
me te whakamatau i a raatau, ka
pai ake o tatou whakaaro mo nga
keehi katoa e whai waahi ana ki
te tautau. Tenei ta tatou e
hiahia ana ki te whai. I a
maatau tautau, ka penei ano
etahi atu keehi. Khai i
tautuhia, engari na te mea kua
tutakina nga raka, kaore ano
kia nui ake te mahi a te
hapori. HAKAI
HOKI: Ka taea e au te whakaputa
korero ano. Na, na te mea o te
taumata 3 e mau tonu ana, i a
tatou e tautuhi ana i nga
whakapei te tino pai
ke ratou i te wehenga na te
taumata 3. No reira kua awhina
ki te whakauru i te huaketo i a
tatou e haere i te tukanga
whakapapa whakap. Ko te
tangata i tiimata i te ari
whakatakotoranga ia koe kua
whakahuatia ki te mutunga o te
wiki, he aha te mahi tika ki te
mahi ki a ratou? HIPKINITARAU
HOKI: Titiro, he take tera mo
te nga mana whakahaere. Kaore

English: 
the outbreak earlier and when
alert level 4 and 3, is we are
increasingly confident we're
tracing and identifying all
cases and by keeping them in
isolation and testing them, we
will have a better idea of all
the cases associated with the
cluster. This is what we want
to have. In our earlier
clusters, there would have
been other cases that were not
identified, but because of the
lockdown arrangements, there
was no further community
onward traps mission.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Can I make
one further comment on that,
because of the level 3
lockdown, as we identify new
contact, they're effectively
already in isolation because
of level 3 requirements so
that has helped to contain the
virus while we've been going
through the contact tracing
process.
>> The person who started the
conspiracy theory you referred
to over the weekend, what is
the appropriation action to
take against them?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Look, that's
a matter for the appropriate
authorities. I don't have all
the details. I've seen that
there's a transcript of a
conversation with that person

Maori: 
au i te katoa o nga korero. Kua
kite ahau he tuhinga korero ki
tera te tangata i tukuna. Kaore
au i te tupono ki te tiro i
tera, ki te panui ranei. E tika
ana, kei kona ano nga mihi. He
mea whakatenatena tenei. Na, ka
rangahau nga ra o tenei ra e
whakaatu ana i te tini o nga
iwi o Niu Tireni inu nui te
whare. He aha te awangawanga i
a koe mo te kino i te waa o te
kati me te. Ka tirohia e te
kawanatanga kaupapa here hei
whakatau i nga take o inu
waipiro HISKOHANGA
HOKI: Kei te akiaki ahau i nga
iwi katoa o Aotearoa inu inu
tika ka tae ratou ki te kainga.
Ka tono koe mo tetahi
whakahoutanga mo nga whakatau?
He aha te roa o te wa e roa
ana? Ana he aha e kore ai nga
iwi e tauwehe ana i mua kei te
raka tonu nga mea ka kawe ki a
raatau? HIPKIN
KOHENEI: Na te mea he rereke
nga ahuatanga kei roto i nga
arai i roto i te tikanga ko nga
waahanga whenua rereke o te Kei
te whakahaerehia te whenua
rereke. So nekeneke mai i te
taumata 3 ki te taumata 3
waahanga, mena he waatea tohe
nekehanga i te waa o mua, kaore
i tino tika ko te tikanga me
whai korekore koe i roto i

English: 
being released. I haven't had
a chance to look at that or to
read that. Obviously there's
some remorse on their part.
That's encouraging.
>> So research out today shows
a lot of New Zealanders drink
heavily at home. How worried
are you about that worsening
during lockdown and will the
government look at policy to
tackle the issue of takeaway
alcohol?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: I encourage
all New Zealanders to drink
responsibly when they're at
home.
>> Will you ask for an update
on exemptions? Why are they
taking so long to come
through? And why can't people
who had exemptions in the
previous lockdown just have
those carried over and use
those?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Because it's
a different situation in in
lockdown in the sense that
different geographical areas
of the country are being
treated differently.
So movement from a level 3 to
a level 3 area, if you had
free movement during the
previous lockdown, it doesn't
necessarily mean you should
have free movement during this
one. That previous exemption
you had assumed that the place
you were going was under the

Maori: 
tenei waa. Ko te whakarerenga o
mua i kiia ko koe te waahi i a
koe ko te haere i raro i nga
tikanga whakamarumaru penei i
te waahi mou i. Ehara ko tera
te take i te waa. He mahinga
rereke. Kei te mohio ahau ka
whakapiki ake tetahi waa. Kei
te ripoatahia e maatau atu i te
7 nga ra. He mea tika ranei na
nga mea e pa ana ki taatau i te
wa? Kua tae atu koe ki nga
ripoata he puhoi? HIPKIN
KRISITA: Titiro, kei te tere te
mahi o nga tangata katoa. Ka
taea e raatau te whakarite kia
mahia tenei i roto i te waa kia
taea. I korero koe mo te
whakamatautau mo te haora-haora
48-haora. Engari e mohio ana
tatou ki nga taangata kei te
noho wehe te hunga kua tatari
mai e wha nga ra mo te
whakamatautau whakamutunga. He
aha te take o muri? Kei te
mahia tetahi mea hei whakamana
i a? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: He panui ki au. Ka
whai ata maatau ki taua korero.
Ko nga whakamtautau tuuturu e
whakahaerehia ana, ina koa ko
nga taangata me hoki mai he
whakamatautau kino i mua i te
haere atu, ka ngana taatau ki

English: 
same protective measures as
the place you had been. That
is certainly not the case at
the moment. It is a different
process. I acknowledge that
that will add a little bit of
time.
>> We're getting reported of
up to 7 days. Is that
appropriate given the
circumstances we're operating
in at the moment? Have you had
reports that it's been too
slow?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Look,
everyone is working as quickly
as they can to make sure that
this is done in as timely a
manner as possible.
>> You were talking about a
48-hour turnaround testing but
we know people in managed
isolation who have been
waiting four days for their
final test. What's the
reasoning behind that? Is
anything being done to
accelerate it?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: It's
news to me. We'll have a look
at that.
The managed isolation tests,
particularly where people have
to return a negative test
before they go, we try to
prioritise those.
The Auckland labs have been
processing high volumes but

Maori: 
te whakar era. Ko nga
tapanga o Tamaki Makaurau e
tukatuka ana i nga tohu nui.
Engari ka mahi maatau me nga
whakaurunga e whakahaerehia ana
ki te kia matua whakatau i aua
whakamatautau. I runga i te
whakapiri tata, kua mahia
tetahi o nga whakamatautau
tuarua te wa e tika ana? Kei te
akohia ratou ki te haere mo
era? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Ka taea e au anake
te korero mo taua? Ka
whakamatauhia te iwi engari ko
te whakapiripiri piri tonu ka
noho i te wehenga-a-
mo nga ra 14 katoa ano hoki.
Kua whakamatauria? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Ehara i te mea noa,
na te mea kua paahitia e ratau
kia mataara mo taua waa. Mena
ka whakawhanakehia e raatau nga
tohu, ka whakamatautauhia ano.
HIPKIN
TUARUA: Kua whai wa taatau i
mua i te patai. Te waa me taku
hiahia kia tuku a Dr Woods me
Air Commodore Webb ki te tango
ki te konutai. Ka nui ake nga
paatai ka puta taatau ka hoki
mai ano apopo mo reira nui te
wa mo nga paatai. Kua
whakaarohia he aha hei
whakarite i te uiui te arotake
ranei i te urupare a Aotearoa
mo te mate uruta? HISKOHANGA
HOKI: Kaore pea he maatau ka
tae atu ki nga tohu te wahi e
mohio ana engari ko te wa katoa

English: 
we'll work with managed
isolation facilities to make
sure those tests get
prioritised.
>> On close contact, has
anything been done for second
test as soon as are they
necessary? Are they encouraged
to go for those?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: Can I
just comment on that? People
are tested but close contact
remain in self-isolation for
the full 14 days as well.
>> Are they tested?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: Not
routinely, because they're on
symptom watch for that period.
If they develop symptoms,
they're tested again.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: We've got a
little bit of time before
question time and I want to
allow Dr Woods and Air
Commodore Webb to take to the
podium. We'll take more
questions and we'll be back
tomorrow so there's plenty
time for questions then.
>> Has any thought been given
to setting up an inquiry or
review into New Zealand's
response to the pandemic?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: It's
inevitable that we'll get to
the point where that is
sensible but at the moment all
our focus is on the response.
I don't want to take the foot

Maori: 
ka aro ki a maatau kei runga i
te whakautu. Kaore au e pai ki
te tango i nga waewae ki te
whakautu kia nui rawa atu to
whakautu whakaaro huritao ina
hiahia ana tatou ki te titiro
whakamua ki te whakatau. Kia
mohio kei te waihangahia matou
i mua i a tatou inaianei. Kei
kona nga purongo a nga kaimahi
e mahi ana i etahi waahanga hei
mahi i etahi atu waahi o te
motu. HOHIKI
HORIKI: Ka taea e koe te rere i
mua i ahau? Kei te maarama
tatou kua wehe nga kaimahi rohe
te Papa rererangi o Akarana ki
Tamaki Makaurau kahore he
whakamatautau ki ka mahi i
etahi atu rohe o te motu. He
raru tera? HIPKIN
TUARUA: Titiro, titiro ano, ka
taea e au te tiro ki tera.
Engari ka taea e au te korero
ko nga taangata katoa kei nga
rohe kei te waa haere i tetahi
huringa whakamatautau ka mahi
tera. A, ko te whai i tera ka
whakaaro koe he maamaa, he
haumaru ranei kia whai
rererangi rererangi o te ao kia
kore e rere ki nga hotera i
Akarana whakamahia e te iwi
whnui? HAKAI
KOREUTU: I whakaatuhia nga
tikanga me era hotera kia
mawehe ke atu nga waka
rererangi i nga mema katoa o te

English: 
off the response to do too
much reflective thinking when
we need all eyes focused
forward on making sure that
we're dealing with what's in
front of us right now.
>> There are reports of
workers leaving areas to work
in other areas of the country.
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: You can run
that past me again?
>> We understand border
workers have been leaving the
International Airport in
Auckland without tests to work
in other parts of the country.
Is that a problem?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: Look, again,
I can look into that.
But I can tell you that
everybody in the borders is
currently going through a
testing cycle and that will be
routine.
>> And following that, do you
think it's smart or safe to
have international aircrews
have layovers at hotels in
Auckland used by the general
public?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: The
protocols put in place with
those hotels keep those
aircrew well separate from any
members of the public.
>> Dr Bloomfield, following up
on Ben's question, there's

English: 
been dozens of new cases. Has
there been clarity on when
these people were infected?
Has anyone been infected I
since Auckland went into level
3?
>> ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD: Yes,
within households and the
diagram we're updating daily
on our website includes for
each case their date of their
positive test and also, where
pertinent if they're
symptomatic, the day of the
symptom onset to create a
picture of how all these
things fit together. And
secondly as I talked about,
the genomic sequencing helps
us develop a picture of how
the infection progressed
through the community. As I
said, and we found earlier in
the year, most infections
occur within households even
when they go into quarantine
because they may have been
infected before that happened.
>> Just quickly -
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: It's a bit
cheeky but go on.
>> How soon could we see Year
12 and 13 return to school?
And are you confident schools
can manage this safely?
>> CHRIS HIPKINS: It's not
automatic that Year 12-13

Maori: 
iwi. Dr Bloomfield, e whai ake
nei mo te patai a Ben. kua maha
nga keehi hou. Kua oti te
whakamarama o te wa i pangia ai
enei iwi? Kua mate tetahi i
ahau mai i Akarana i uru ki te
taumata 3? ASHLEY
BLOOMFIELD: Ae, kei roto i nga
kaainga me te taatai kei a
matou. Ko te whakahou i a ra i
runga i ta maatau paetukutuku
kei roto i ia keehi. Te r o
 rtou whakamtautau
mauritau, , mehemea e whai
whi ana. He tohu ano to
ratau, ko te ra o te tohu ka
tiimata mai te hanga pikitia me
pehea e hono enei katoa. Na ko
te tuarua e korero ana ahau, ma
te raupapa ira e awhina mai ki
a maatau whakawhanake i tetahi
pikitia o te ahuatanga i tupu
te mate i roto i te hapori. Ka
rite ki taku korero, i kite
matou i te wa o te tau tuatahi,
ka tupu te nuinga o n i
roto i nga whare ahakoa ka uru
ratou ki te kuare no te mea
penei kua pangia e ratau i mua
i tera. Me tere noa- HISKOHORU
HOKI: He maakaa engari haere
tonu. Kia pehea te roa ka kite
tatou i te Tau 12 me te 13 ka
hoki mai ki te kura? A kei te
whakawhirinaki koe kei te kaha
ki te whakahaere i tenei kura?

English: 
students can go back to
school. They is a prothinks
they have to apply for. They
have to demonstrate they can
meet all the restrictions in
place for people who are at
work under Alert Level 3.
They'll be treated the same as
everybody other -- as every
other workplace. They have to
demonstrate before students
can be allowed to return. They
have to demonstrate that to
the secretary for education
and then they would be allowed
to do that. I would envisage
that the schools that will be
using that will be using that
sparingly for students who
need to be on site, so there
are some applied subjects you
can't easily do from home.
That's the group of students
we're wanting to make
provision for, bearing in mind
that for those in potentially
their last year of schooling,
they've effectively lost a
term out of a 4-term year.
We're trying to be as
accommodating as we can,
whilst not doing anything that
treats young students and
schools differently to any
other workplace. That's the
key criteria there. Dr

Maori: 
HIPKIN
TAKUARAU: Ehara i te mea aunoa
i tera Tau 12-13 Ka taea e nga
akonga te hoki ki te kura. He
raupatutanga enei ka tono
ratou. Me whakaatu maatau i a
raatau ka taea te whakatutuki i
nga aukati katoa. Hei waahi mo
nga tangata e mahi ana i raro i
te Alert Taumata 3. Ka rite ki
ta raatau katoa- me era atu
waahi mahi. Me whakaatu e ratou
i mua i te wa e whakaae ana nga
akonga ki te hoki mai. E ai ki
a raatau me whakaatu ki te
hkeretari mo te maatauranga
me katahi ka whakaaetia kia
mahia era. Ka whakaaro au ko
nga kura tera e whakamahi i
tera. Ka whakamahi maatau i nga
maatau mo nga akonga e tika ana.
Papanga, na reira kei etahi
kaupapa tono kaore koe e
ngawari ki te mahi mai i te
kainga. Koina te roopu akonga e
hiahia ana mätou hanga
whakariterite mo, ma te mahara
ki te hunga i roto ko ratou te
tau whakamutunga o te kura, he
kaha ta ratou ngaro tetahi
tuunga mai i te 4-tau tau. Ko
ta matou e whai nei kia rite ki
ta matou ka taea, ahakoa kaore
te mahi i tetahi mea ka atawhai
i nga akonga rangatahi me nga
kura rerek ki tetahi atu

English: 
Bloomfield and I will be back
tomorrow. So we'll now hand
over to Dr Woods and Air
Commodore Webb. Thank you.
>> MEGAN WOODS: Thank you.
Well, as you've just heard
from the Health Minister and
the Director-General of
Health, there is a case of a
worker at a managed isolation
facility contracting COVID-19.
I want to give you a quick
rundown and update and
obviously take any questions
around that. As soon as we had
notice of the positive result,
a number of planned procedures
were activated.
The case of the maintenance
worker is not linked to any
incident system breakdown or
any wider outbreak at the
facility. In fact, the
facility is one which has had
no serious incidents reported
or, indeed, happen at them. As
described by the
director-general, there is a
genomic link between the
maintenance worker's case and

Maori: 
whi mahi. Ko nga paearu matua
kei reira. Ka hoki mai a Dr
Bloomfield apopo. Na, ma kona e
tuku atu inaianei ki a Dr Woods
me Air Commodore Webb. Kia
akameitakiia kotou. He
Manaakitanga
MEGAN: Tena koe. Ana, pera me
kua rongo i a koe mai i te
Minita Hauora me te.
Kaiwhakahaere-Tuarua o te
Hauora, he keehi no te kaimahi
i whakahaere whakaurunga whare
kirimana COVID-19. Kei te
hiahia ahau ki te tuku tere ki
a koe me te whakahou me te tino
marama tango ptai a tawhio
noa. I to matou kitenga i te
hua pai, he maha o nga i
whakauruhia nga tikanga
whakamaherehere. Ko te keehi o
te kaimahi tiaki e kore e hono
te raru o nga punaha raru
ranei, he raru nui ranei kei te
whare. Ina hoki, ko te whare
tetahi ko te mea kaore i pa Ko
nga aitua e ripoatahia ana, e
tupu ana ranei i enei mea. I
runga i te whakaahuatia e te

English: 
a positive case of a US
returnee who was in the hotel
between 28 July and 31 July.
The room the US returnee was
in as not been occupied since
her transfer to the Jet Park
quarantine facility on 31 July
and it is still empty. The
room underwent hospital-grade
cleaning with hydrogen
peroxide sanitiser on 14
August.
To date, there is no obvious
evidence of person-to-person
contact between the worker and
the returnee.
In fact, this case highlights
how tricky and insitous this
virus can be. I'll now hand
over to Air Commodore Webb to
outline some more details and
then we'll take your
questions.
>> DARRYN WEBB: As the
Minister outlined, we took
immediate action to mitigate
the risk in this situation. A
person testing for COVID in a
managed isolation facility is

Maori: 
kaiwhakahaere-ropu, kei reira
he puninga. Te hono i waenga i
te keehi a te kaimahi tiaki me
tetahi keehi pai. Tuhinga o
mua. Ko te US returnee i noho i
te hotera i waenganui i te 28
Hurae me te  Ko te
rma kua hoki mai te US ki te
kore e nohoia. Mai i tana
huringa ki te papanga taraiwa i
Jet Park i te 31 Hrae me te
tmau tonu. Ko te ruuma e
horoi ana i te hhipera-kura
Sanitiser hydrogen peroxide i
te 14 o Akuhata. I tenei wa,
kaore he taunakitanga e kitea
ana i nga hononga
tangata-a-tangata te kaimahi me
te hokinga mai. Ina hoki, ko
tenei keehi e whakaatu he pehea
te uaua me te whakangaro o
tenei huaket Inaianei ka tuku
atu ahau ki te Air Commodore
Webb ki te whakaatu i etahi atu
korero ka mutu maatau ka paatai
i o patai. DARRYN
WEBB: Kia rite ki ta te Minita
i whakaatu, ka tere wawe ta
tatou mahi ki te whakaiti i te
tuponotanga i roto i tenei

Maori: 
ahuatanga. He whakamatautau mo
te COVID i roto i tetahi
whakaurunga e whakahaerehia ana
tetahi mea kua rite matou mo te
mahi hei apopo mo te apopo. He
tino kaha a matou tikanga. Ma
te papu, he rerekee tenei i te
mea koinei te te w tuatahi
kua whakamatautauhia te kaimahi
ki tetahi whare. I kii a Dr
Bloomfield, he mea tika kia
whakatikatika i. Tenei ko te
keehi o tetahi keehi a Rydges
kaimahi hotera hotera kaore nei
i te taunekeneke. I te wa kua
whakatauhia he whakamatautau
pai, he raupapa o i taua mahi
tonu. Ko te hotera ka uru wawe
atu ki nga hotera i te ata o te
Rtapu i te mea ka whakahokia
mai he whakamatautau pai. Te
whakatutukitanga i nga waahanga
o te hotera i whakatutukihia.
Ko te whakap tata atu o te
kaimahi kua tohua ko ratou i
whakamutua ano kia paahitia. Te
aukati i nga nekehanga i
whakatutukihia, a kei roto i
tenei tetahi arotake a CCTV. I
tirohia ano hoki e matou nga

English: 
something we're prepared for
and practise responding
tomorrow. We had strong
protocols in place. Obviously,
this is slightly different in
that it was the first time a
staff member connected to a
facility has tested positive.
As Dr Bloomfield mentioned,
it's worth emphasising at this
point that this particular
case involves a Rydges hotel
maintenance worker who does
not routinely interact with
those returnees. As soon as a
positive test was established,
a series of action were
undertaken immediately. The
hotel went into immediate
lockdown on Sunday morning as
soon as a positive test was
returned. Thorough clining of
shared areas of the hotel were
carried out.
Close contact of the staff
member were identified and
they were put into
self-isolation until tested.
Close analysis of movements
were undertaken and this
includes a review of CCTV.
We've also reviewed room entry
data to look for connection to

English: 
cases with other guests.
Genomic sequencing has been
sought through ESR. Health
advice is sought on subsequent
actions and further testing of
all returnees and other cases
and staff were undertaken.
Confirmation of infection
prevention control measures
were correct has also been
followed.
Once we had confident in
health advice that it was
appropriate to do so, normal
procedures within that
facility were then resumed.
Minister.
>> MEGAN WOODS: Thank you.
We'll take your questions! You
talk about protocols but how
you can say that when
obviously there was an error
if they were able to have
person-to-person contact and
infect each other.
>> MEGAN WOODS: I'll start off
and ask Air Commodore Webb to
comment more broadly on that.
There is, at this stage, there
is no evidence that there is
person-to-person contact.
We're obviously still
investigating how that may
have occurred and that will
also include looking whether
there's a possibility of
surface contamination. It's
something that we can't rule

Maori: 
raraunga urunga o te ruma ki te
rapu hononga ki nga keehi me
etahi atu manuhiri. Kua rapuhia
te raupapa Genomic ma te ESR.
Kei te rapu tohutohu hauora mo
runga i nga mahi o muri mai me
etahi atu whakamatauta. O te
katoa o te hokinga mai me etahi
atu take, me nga kaimahi i
whakatutukihia. Te whakamana o
nga tikanga aukati i te mate
wero ko te tika he mea i whai.
I te wa i whakawhirinaki matou
ki nga tohutohu hauora ka
peehia. I te tika ki te mahi,
ko nga tikanga noa kei roto i
taua whakaurunga I whakaohohia
ano. Minita. He Manaakitanga
MEGAN: Tena koe. Ka tangohia o
maatau patai! Ka korero koe mo
nga kawa engari me pehea koe e
kii ai i te maarama i puta he
he mena ka taea e raatau te
whakapiri tangata-a-tangata ka
rere ke tetahi ki tetahi. He
Manaakitanga
MEGAN: Ka tiimata ahau ka patai
atu ki te Air Commodore Webb
hei korero paanui atu i runga i
tena. Ana, i tenei wa, kaore he
taunakitanga kei reira he
whakap tangata-tangata-ki.
Kei te maataki tonu mätou e
pehea ana tera pea i puta ko
tera ka uru ano ki te titiro
mehemea kei reira te

English: 
out. It's something we will
investigate. In terms of our
confidence level, in terms of
the procedures that were
required by the staff at this
facility, it was an incredibly
well-run facility, there have
been no incidents at this
facility, and in terms of the
reports that we've been
receiving back on a daily
basis, from the NZ DF team
that have been the operational
leads, all the reports we've
been receiving is that this is
a well-run facility, but I'll
ask Air Commodore Webb to give
it more.
>> The fact that it could be
surface-to-surface contact -
doesn't that point to a system
failure, that it wasn't
cleaned, wasn't protected so
that people were able to
contaminate each other?
>> MEGAN WOODS: We know the
maintenance worker was not in
the room the US returnee after
it was vacated on 31 July. In

Maori: 
tponotanga o te paitini o te
mata. Ko te mea kaore e taea te
whakatau. He mea ka maataki e
matou. Tuhinga o mua taumata
whakawhirinaki, in. Tikanga o
nga tikanga e hiahiatia ana e
nga kaimahi i. Tenei
whakaurunga, he whare tino
pai-whakahaere, kei reira.
Kaore he aitua i tenei whare, i
runga ano i nga whakaritenga.
Nga ripoata kua hoki mai taatau
i te waa. no te roopu roopu NZ
DF e kua Ko nga arahi
whakahaere, ko nga ripoata
katoa i whakawhiwhia e matou.
He pai rawa tenei whare, engari
ka patai au ki Air Commodore
Webb hoatu atu atu. Ko te meka
ka taea pea te papaki
mata-ki-mata- kaore. E tohu ana
ki te ngoikore o te punaha,
kaore i horoia, Kaore i tiakina
kia taea ai e te iwi te paitini
tahi? Nga Mea Pai
MEGAN: E mohio ana matou ki nga
kaimahi tiaki. Kaore i roto i

English: 
fact, no-one in the hotel
entered the room until 14 July
when it was entered to be
cleaned. We have verified that
using the room entry
demonstratia, the card-swipe
access to the room.
It's only that we've
interrogated -- it's something
we've interrogated quite
closely. In terms of that
being a problem, we have ruled
that out through those
processes.
Obviously there's been
interviews, as Air Commodore
Webb said, with the
maintenance worker and
interviews with the returnee,
trying to establish if there
is any link, if they were in
any common area. We are not
seeing any glaringly obvious
points of connection. This
does not mean that we don't
continue to keep
investigating, but in terms of
procedures around use of PPE
by the maintenance worker and
coupled with the knowledge of
when he was in that particular

Maori: 
te ruma ko te US backee i muri
i te wa i whakakorehia i te 31
o Hurae I roto meka, kaore
tetahi i roto i te hotera tomo.
Te ruma tae noa ki te 14 o
Hurae i te wa i uru atu ai ki
te horoi. Kua whakatauhia e
maatau ko te whakamahi i te
whakaaturanga urunga o te
rma, te uru kri-swipe ki te
ruuma. Te mea noa kua uiui
matou- he mea tena na matou
uiui tino. I runga i nga
tikanga o taua raru, kua
whakatauhia e maatau ko aua
tikanga. Ma te papu, i reira
nga uiui, i pera ki te Air
Commodore Webb, me te kaimahi
tiaki me nga uiuinga me nga Ka
hoki mai, ka ngana ki te
whakapumau mena he hononga
taapiri, mehemea mena tera i
roto i tetahi waahi noa. Kaore
e kitea ana e matou nga
ahuatanga o te hononga
honohono. Ehara tenei i te kii
kaua e haere tonu ki te
tirotiro, engari. I roto i nga
whakaritenga tikanga huri noa i
te whakamahi i te PPE na te
kaimahi tia. Me ng Tuhinga

English: 
room is something we're
satisfied with. What we have
also done through looking
through swipe-card access, is
seen the times when the US
returnee was out of the room.
She was a particularly... A
returnee who stayed in her
room a lot for the three days
that she was in the facility.
I think two or three occasions
when she left. So we are
looking at CCTV footage for
the periods of time, to
establish whether or not there
was any contact, but I really
want to emphasise that a
maintenance worker is not
someone who has routine
contact with returnees. They
entered unoccupied rooms.
>> Do you accept that you have
failed in your duty to
actually test the MIQ
facilities that was supposed
to be happening from 23 June?
>> MEGAN WOODS: Look, I think
you heard a deal of discussion
about testing, obviously with
the Minister of Health and
with the director-general. It
is something that we've been
working with health over a

Maori: 
ka whai mai ia i roto i taua
ruuma tetahi mea e makona ana e
tatou. He aha ta tatou i mahi
ma te maataki i roto i te kaari
kapi-kaari, Kei te kite i nga
wa ka puta te US returnee i
waho o te ruma. Ko ia te tino
... He hokihoki e noho ana i
tona ruma mo nga ra e toru i
tera ra I a ia i te whare. E
whakaaro ana ahau kia rua, e
toru ranei nga waa i tona
wehenga atu. Na e titiro ana
matou ki nga rekoata CCTV mo
nga waa roa, ki te whakapumau
he aha ranei te tuku atu, ko au
tino hiahia ki te haapapu ko
tetahi kaimahi tiaki kaore i te
tangata nana i te whakapau kaha
ki nga hokinga mai. I uru atu
ratau ki nga ruma korekore. Kei
te whakaae koe kua kore i a
koutou mahi. Ki te
whakamatautau pono i nga
whakaurunga MIQ e tika ana kia
tupu mai te 23 o Hune? MEGAN
NGA
MAHI: Titiro, ki taku whakaaro
kua rongo koe te korerorero mo
te whakamatautau, me te maarama
me te Minita mo te Hauora me te

English: 
period of time, particularly
around surveillance testing
and testing of non-symptomatic
staff. Asymptomatic testing is
something we've been feeding
through and something that is
being rolled out. We're seeing
we now have that mandatory
regime in place.
>> You would have been getting
daily numbers of tests out of
that facilities -
>> MEGAN WOODS: The daily
reporting we were getting were
around returnees. I want you
to bear in mind until Friday
there not a mandatory testing
regime for staff, which meant
it was inyesibly difficult to
monitor and collect that data
is the advice we were getting
from Health because they
weren't all happening on site.
Some people were electing to
go to a community testing
station or to go to a CBAC.
>> Can the public be reassured
that those workers were being
tested and you didn't follow
up and ask questions -

Maori: 
kairiri-whakahaere. He mea e
mahi ana matou me te hauora i
roto i te waa. Tuhinga o mua te
whakamatautau mo nga kaimahi
kore-tohu. Ko te whakamatautau
Asymptomatic tetahi mea i
whangangahia e maatau me tetahi
mea ka tarai. Kei te kite
taatau kei a raatau nga
kawanatanga kua whakaritea. Ka
whiwhi koe i nga tau
whakamatautau i ia ra. WANANGA-
NGOOD KAUPAPA
MEGAN: Te ripoata mo ia ra ka
riro ia matou Tuhinga o mua.
Kei te hiahia ahau ki a koe kia
maumahara koe tae noa ki te
Paraire kaore i te. Te
rehitatanga whakamana ture mo
nga kaimahi, koinei te tikanga.
He uaua ki te aroturuki me te
kohikohi i taua raraunga ko te.
Kupu tohutohu kei a maatau mai
i te Hauora no te mea kaore
katoa i te tupu i runga i te
pae. I tohatohahia etahi
tangata kia haere ki tetahi
hapori whakamtautau teihana
ranei ki te haere ki te CBAC.
Ka taea te whakamana i te iwi

Maori: 
ka whakamatauria aua kaimahi.
Kaore ano koe i whai ake, ka
patai nga paatai- Kua timata te
whakamatautau mo te tirotiro
tirotiro i nga kaimahi
asymptomatic. I timata tenei i
raro i te kawanatanga o te iwi
ki te mutunga Tuhinga o mua. Ae
ra, i te wa i noho ai ratou i
tenei kaainga. Te wahi i tu ai
tenei keehi, i te timatanga o
Hurae- ka whakaaro au a tawhio
noa 30% 40% ranei- DARRYN
WEBB: 40%. NGWHANAU
MEGAN: 40% o nga kaimahi i
tenei hotera i mahia kua
whakamatauhia nga whakamatautau
tirotiro i mua o te pakarutanga
mai. E hiahia ana ahau ki te
tohu ko te whakamatautau kaua
tera. I runga i te waahi ka
whakahokia mai e tenei takitahi
te whakamatautau taatai. I
mauria ia ki raro i te punaha
whakahau hou mo nga kaimahi
katoa kei, i te papaanga hoki.
I korerotia mai ki a maatau
kaore e tika kia whakamatauhia
te maatauranga ture Kei te

English: 
>> MEGAN WOODS: Surveillance
testing had started in terms
of asymptomatic staff. That
had started under the
voluntary regime towards the
end of July. And actually,
they were on site at this
particular facility where this
case has been, earlier in July
- I think around 30% or 40% -
>> DARRYN WEBB: 40%.
>> MEGAN WOODS: 40% of staff
at this hotel did have
surveillance testing carried
out prior to this outbreak. I
would like to point out that
that surveillance testing was
not on site when this
individual has returned the
symptomatic test. He was
picked up under the new
mandatory system where all
staff are and that was onsite.
>> We were told that mandatory
testing wasn't necessary
because voluntary testing was
being done. So why was that
not happening? Where has the

English: 
miscommunication occurred? Why
did you not know they were not
being tested?
>> MEGAN WOODS: What we've
said consistently - and you've
heard us say on this platform
many times - we're continuing
to work with Health to ensure
that it's not just symptomatic
staff can be tested, to roll
out the system that we now
have rolled out and has been
out, that we are having
routine testing for all staff
whether or not they are
symptomatic or non-symptomatic
and broader surveillance
testing. That's something
we've continued to work with
Health on and something we'll
continue to work with Health
with. As I've stood on this
platform and said, it's
something we've heard from
staff about access to testing
and it is the reason why it is
something we've been working
with Health on.
>> People seem universally
outraged by this. What should
they make about the accountant
gulf between Ministry of
Health, between your ministry,
and between the PM?
>> MEGAN WOODS: First of all,

Maori: 
mahia te whakamatautau. No
reira he aha te take kaore e
tupu? Kei hea te pohehe? He aha
koe i mohio ai kaore i
whakamatauhia? HE WHAKAMAHI
MEGAN: Nga mea kua korerotia e
matou i nga wa katoa- kua rongo
hoki koe mea matou i runga i
tenei papamahi he maha nga wa-
kei te haere tonu tatou mahi me
te Hauora ma te whakarite kia
kore noa Ka taea te
whakamatautau i nga kaimahi
tohu, kia hurihuri i te punaha
penei. I tenei kua hurihia e
tatou ki waho, kua waho tatou.
He whakamtautau haere tonu mo
nga kaimahi katoa ahakoa kaore
ranei he tohu, kaore-tohu ranei
me te whakamatautau whanui.
Koinei te mea i kaha tonu
taatau ki te mahi me te Hauora
kei runga tetahi mea ka mahi
tonu tatou me te Hauora me. Ka
rite ki au kua tu ki runga i
tenei paparanga me te kii, he
mea. Kua rongo matou i nga
kaimahi e pa ana ki te whakauru
ki nga whakamatautau ka koinei
. He aha te mea kua mahi tahi
matou me te Hauora. He nui te
riri a te iwi i tenei. He aha
kia mahia e ratou mo te keehi
kaute i waenga i waenganui Te
Manat Hauora, i waenga i to
tari tari, me waenganui i te

Maori: 
Pirimia? HE MEGAN
MAUANA: Tuatahi, ka paopao atu
au i nga putake o to patai
Tuhinga o mua. Ko ta matou he
mea he kawanatanga noa. He
whakamtautau mo nga kaimahi
tohu katoa. Ko tetahi mea e
tika kia maarama. Ko te
patapatai e pa ana ki te
whakamatautau mo nga kaimahi
asummitmatic na te mea ko te
tohutohu haumanu mai i te
Hauora ehara i a koe me
whakamtautau haere tonu. Ko
tetahi o nga waahanga korero i
whangangahia e maatau. Me te
Hauora kua tika te pupuri- ko
te nuinga. Te huarahi whai hua
ki te pupuri i a tatou
whakaurunga. Kia waiho hei
COVID-kore na roto i te
whakamahinga o te PPE, na roto
i te pai me nga mana whakahaere
aukati i roto i nga whakaurunga
me te whakarite kia tika
taatau. Ko nga whakamatautau he
mahi noa noa. He taputapu
kotahi kei roto i to maatau
pouaka taputapu. Engari i runga
i nga korero o to maatau kei a
tatou inaianei te waahi hei

English: 
I reject the premise of your
question in terms of the
accountability. What we had
was a voluntary regime. There
was testing for all
symptomatic staff. That's
something that needs to be
well understood. The question
was around testing for
asummitmatic staff because the
clinical advice from Health
was that you did not need to
be routinely testing. One of
the pieces of information that
we've fed through that - and
Health have rightly maintained
- that the most important
proactive way in which we
maintain our facilities to be
COVID-free is through the use
of PPE, through good and
effective prevention controls
inside facilities and making
sure we have those procedures
right. Testing is only ever a
reactive mechanism. It is one
tool in our tool box. But in
terms of the fact that we now
have that in place as a
mandatory system, what we can
report to you now is the fact
that at the facility where

Maori: 
whakahau pnaha, ta maatau
korero e whakaatu atu ki a koe
inaianei ko te meka i. Te
whakaurunga kua oti nei te
mahi, 100% o nga kaimahi katoa.
Kua whakamatauria ki roto o te
whatunga i Akarana, Ki taku
whakaaro ko te 97% o nga
kaimahi katoa kei roto i te MIQ
kua whakamatauria. E he ana koe
kei te he kei konei ko te
Manatu Hauora he mea whakamutu
i nga whakamatautau kaore a nga
kaimahi. Te whakauru ki a
raatau, kaore i taea e raatau
ki te tiki i nga whakamatautau,
ana t he aha te puranga?
Kahore, ko taku e korero ana
kei te mahi tahi matou me ratou.
I kite matou i te he mea takahi
te punaha waenganui-Hurae,
Whakaaro ahau. Ko te 25
Hngongoi, kei a matou te
whakamatautau mo te whakamatau
tirotiro, ehara i te mea noa mo
nga kaimahi tohu. E tika ana, i
mua atu i tera, ko te panui mai
i nga kaihokohoko. Ka taea e te
tangata te haere ki etahi o nga
whakaurunga hei whakamatautau.
na reira he punaha tenei i
hurihia. Kaore ranei he
rereketanga i waenga i nga
whakamatautau tirotiro me ko te
whakamatau i nga raanei me nga

English: 
this has taken place, 100% of
all staff have within been
tested and across the network
in Auckland, I think it's 97%
of all staff within MIQ have
been tested.
>> Are you saying at fault
here is that the Ministry of
Health was essentially
withholding tests that staff
didn't have access to them,
they weren't able to get the
tests, and that's what the
hold-up was? No, what I'm
saying is we were working with
them and what we saw was a
system being rolled out from
mid-July, I think it was, 25
July, we did have the rollout
of surveillance testing, which
wasn't just for symptomatic
staff. Obviously, before that,
it was the issuing of vouchers
for people to be able to go to
other facilities to have
tests, so this was a system
that was being rolled out.
>> Isn't there a difference
between surveillance testing
and routine testing and
routine testing was seen to
have begun to occur from 23
June?
>> MEGAN WOODS: So

English: 
surveillance testing and
routine testing, yes, there is
a difference, but in order to
have routine testing, we found
out it understooded to be
mandatory and an order was
foot in place.
>> Why are the public only
finding this out today?
>> MEGAN WOODS: Of course the
case was reported at the time
any other case was. Health
wanted to do some further
investigations in terms of the
length of the case. The case
was reported yesterday as it
would have been at any
other... As with any other
case in terms of going into
the details of the case, we
were waiting on the genomic
sequencing to be able to link
it to the cluster or not. That
only arrived with us this
morning and that's why we're
giving the further detail. But
the case was reported in the
same way, but from our
perspective, from a facility's
point of view - and Air
Commodore Webb can speak to
this - everything that needed
to happen happened from Sunday
morning onwards.

Maori: 
whakamatautau i nga waahanga ka
kitea i timata kia tupu mai i
te 23 o Hune? TE MAU
MEGAN: Na reira ko te
whakamatautau tirotiro me te
whakamatautau tonu. Ae, he
rereketanga ano, engari kia
puta ai nga whakaritenga.
Whakamatau, i kitea e maarama
he tikanga whakahau te ture he
waewae ki te waahi. He aha te
take ka kitea ai e te iwi ka
kitea ra inaianei? HE MEGAN NGA
MAHI: Ae ra i korerohia te
keehi i te tetahi atu take ko
tera. Kei te hiahia te hauora
ki te mahi i etahi atu tirotiro
mo nga te roa o te keehi. I
korerotia tenei keehi inanahi
penei i te mea kua puta ke
tetahi atu ... Pnei i etahi
atu keehi mo te haere ki nga
korero o. Te keehi, i tatari
tatou i runga i te whakaturanga
genomic kia taea kia hono atu
ki te hono ki te kore ranei. Ko
tera i tae mai ki a matou i
tenei ata, koinei te take e
tukuna ana e matou taipitopito.
Engari ko te keehi i korerotia
i te wa ano, engari mai i. Ta
maatau tirohanga, mai i te
whakakitenga mai o tetahi
whakaurunga- me te Komihana .
Ka taea e te paetukutuku te
korero ki tenei- nga mea katoa
e tika ana kia mahia i puta mai

Maori: 
i te ata o te Rtapu ka haere
atu. DARRYN
WEBB: E tika ana. I te wa kua
mohio matou ki te whakamatautau
pai i mau kua riro mai, ka
urupare i te hotera me te katoa.
Ko te hunga i hoki mai ka noho
wehe mai ki o ratau ruma, ko te
whai i nga mahi. I tangohia nga
mahi, tae atu ki te whakapiri
piri. Haere atu me te wehe i te
whakapaparotanga tata, ka
timata tonu te whakamatautau me
te mahi-whai ake me te
whakapiki i te waa e whai ana
ki tera. He aha te whakaroa,
ahakoa? He aha e kore ai e
whakamhiotia atu ki te iwi
inanahi koinei te mahi tupu ke
atu ... I hiahia koe ki te
tatari kia kite tonu ai na, e
mohio ana koe ... He aha te
tatari? DARRYN
WEBB: Ki taku whakaaro ko te
whiwhi i nga taipitopito tino
nui i roto i te huarahi o te
whai-ake. Na te whakamtautau
ira mo te ako ahakoa he
putiputi ranei taatau kua
maarama hoki ko tetahi waahanga
nui o te ttaritanga. I te
1:00 pm te ripoata inanahi i
rite tahi. Ko nga korero i a
maatau, katahi ano ka whai ake

English: 
>> DARRYN WEBB: That's right.
As soon as we understood the
positive test had been
received, the hotel reacted
immediately and all returnees
were isolated in their rooms,
normal follow-up measures were
taken, which included making
close contact away and
isolating close contact,
immediately starting testing
and follow-up work and the
contact tracing that follows
with that.
>> Why the delay, though? Why
not let the public know
yesterday that this process
was happening rather than
just... Did you want to wait
and see so that, you know...
Why wait?
>> DARRYN WEBB: I think
getting the detail is actually
quite important in the process
of follow-up. So the genomic
testing to learn whether it's
a cluster we're already aware
of is a key part of the
analysis. The normal 1:00pm
reporting yesterday was
consistent with the
information that we had and
then that follow-up genomic
testing has taken through to
this morning.
>> Isn't it important that the

English: 
public know, though, with
things like Church gatherings
and things like that? Doesn't
it help people come forward
and stop the spread. People
yesterday would have said
no-one is reporting that or
talking about that.
>> MEGAN WOODS: To be
absolutely clear, all the
contact tracing has been
taking place. Nothing has
changed. Because we haven't
given -- nothing has changed
because we haven't given the
details of the case. The
contact from the church group
have been and testing is under
way. There is no delay in any
processes that need to take
place because of this. The
Ministry of Health wanted to
wait for the details of the
ebbing testing so we could
establish or disestablish the
link with a known cluster.
That came through this morning
and that's why we're in the
position to be able to give
you these details today. But
in terms of the processes and
procedures that we needed to
put in place at the facility,
they were activated as soon as
information came through.

Maori: 
he whakamtautau genomic kua
pa ki tenei ata. Ehara i te mea
nui kia mohio te iwi whnui me
nga mea rite nga huihuinga a te
Ekalesia me nga mea pera? Kaore
ranei e awhina i nga tangata
kia haere whakamua me te aukati
i te horapa. I kii inanahi nei
kaore he tangata e korero ana,
e korero ana ranei ko. HE
WHAKAMAHI
MEGAN: Kia tino maamaa, ko nga
whakaputanga katoa kua haere te
huarahi. Kaore he mea hei
whakarereke. Na te mea kaore i
hoatu ki a matou- kaore he mea
i rereke, no te mea kaore o
matou i homai nga korero mo te
keehi. Ko te whakaputanga mai i
te roopu hahi kua oti te
whakamatautau me te
whakamatautau. Kaore he roa o
nga whakaritenga e tika ana kia
mahia o tenei. I hiahia te
Manatu Hauora ki te tatari mo
nga taipitopito o. Te
whakamtautau ahuru kia taea
ai e tatou te whakatuu ranei te
hono me te tautau mohiotia. Na
i puta mai i tenei ata koinei
te take kei roto tatou te
tiakitanga kia taea ki te hoatu
ki a koe enei korero i enei ra.
Engari i runga i nga
whakaritenga me nga tikanga e
hiahiatia ana e matou. Ki te

English: 
>> Just back on testing, you
said there was... That
symptomatic testing was still
occurring but there was no
real clarity around
asymptomatic testing. Is that
right? Is that where the
miscommunication is?
>> MEGAN WOODS: In terms of
the ability to have 100%
across everybody, the systems
weren't in place for that. One
of the things that we know,
and we've identified to health
and we've looked at ways to
bridge the system... To ensure
that can happen, is that of
course, our staff, who are
MIQs, can't simply leave to go
to community testing stations
because we're asking them to
do a job in facilities,
oftenty time those station
stations are open. We've been
working to Health to identify
some barriers to higher
uptake. Another is the time of
day you do the testing,
because obviously we run 24/7
operations at our MIQ
facilities. It's not a
9:00-to-5:00 operation. We've

Maori: 
tuu i te waahi i te whare, i
whakahohehia ratau na roto i
nga korero i puta. Me hoki ano
ki te whakamatautau, i ki mai
koe kei reira ... Ko tera
whakamatautau tohu kei te tupu
tonu engari kei reira kahore he
maramatanga tuuturu e karapoti
ana i te whakamatautau mate.
Kei te tika? Kei whea ra te
pohehe o te korero? NG KAIAKO
MEGAN: I runga i nga ahuatanga
ka taea te 100% puta noa katoa,
ko nga punaha kaore i te waahi
mo tera. He mea kotahi e mohio
ana tatou, kua mohiotia ano e
tatou. Te hauora me te titiro
ki nga huarahi hei whakatika i
te punaha ... Hei whakarite kia
taea tera, tera pea o taatau
kaimahi, ko wai hoki. Ko nga
MIQs, kaore e taea te waiho ma
te haere ki te whakamatautau
hapori nga teihana no te mea ka
tono atu taatau ki a raatau ki
te mahi whakaurunga, he maha te
wa e tuwhera ana nga teihana.
Kua mahi matou ki te Hauora ki
te tautuhi i etahi arai piki
ake. Ko tetahi atu ko te waa o
te ra ka mahi koe i te
whakamatautau, na te mea maamaa
kei te whakahaerehia e matou
nga mahi 24/7 i a maatau
whakaurunga MIQ. Ehara i te mea

Maori: 
he mahinga
9:
00-to-5: 00. Kua whai hua
taatau ki te tiki i nga kapa
whakamatautau ki nga
whakaurunga kia piri tahi me te
huringa nekehanga kia taea ai e
koe te tuku i nga taha e rua o
t He ahua pouri
ahau mo te take e rua nga
marama e haere ana ia. Ki te
mahi i tera i korerotia mai i
te 23 o Hune i taua hauora auau.
Tirohia me te whakamtautau
asymptomatic a nga kaimahi
katoa e fehangahangai ana. Ka
puta hei waahanga o nga
whakamatautau a te Kawanatanga
rautaki. He Manaakitanga
MEGAN: Ki taku whakaaro ko te
Minita mo te Hauora me te
Tumuaki-nui ka taea te kawe i
nga take huri noa i te
whakamatautau. Kaore koe i
korero ki a matou he aha i mutu
ai. Nga MEGAN MAU
KORE: I runga i nga tikanga mo
te hurihuri i te tikanga
whakamatautau, he take mo te
Hauora me taku whakaaro ko te
kaiwhakahaere-kaiwhakahaere me
te I whakautua e te Minita nga
paatai. Me whakaarahia e koe
etahi awangawanga ki a ratou, e
ki ana nga kaimahi kaore koe i
tino whakamatautauhia? Ko wai
kaore i whakautu? Nga Mea Pai
MEGAN: Titiro, kua mahi tahi
matou me te Te Manat Hauora.
Koinei te take i hurihia e
matou te whakamatautau
tirotiro, ko matou i kite i te
nekehanga, mai i te Hurae i
kite maatau i nga mahi tirotiro
whakamatautau, he mea hou, e
uru mai ana ki roto i to maatau

English: 
been trying to get testing
teams into the facilities to
coincide with shift change so
you can give both sides of a
shift.
>> I'm a little bit confused
as to why it's taken two
months to do that when we were
told on 23 June that regular
health check and asymptomatic
testing of all border-facing
workers would be happening as
part of the Government's
testing strategy.
>> MEGAN WOODS: I think the
Minister of Health and
director-general have can
Vassed the issues around
testing.
>> You haven't told us why it
hasn't happened.
>> MEGAN WOODS: In terms of
rolling out the testing
regime, that's a matter for
Health and I think the
director-general and Minister
answered questions on it.
>> Had you raised concerns
with them, that your staff
were telling you they weren't
getting tested enough? Who
didn't respond?
>> MEGAN WOODS: Look, we have
been working with the Ministry
of Health. It's the reason we
had rolled out surveillance
testing, we had seen a shift,
that from July we saw
surveillance testing, which
was new, coming into our
facilitiless. There could be

English: 
greater access to testing.
>> Minister, you said that
this man had been tested
Thursday as part of new
mandatory testing. Does that
mean he wouldn't have been
tested, had that cluster not
occurred on Tuesday, not been
found on Tuesday?
>> MEGAN WOODS: Look, that's a
hypothetical. I don't have the
detail about what the existing
that got overridden for
getting more testing into that
facility were.
>> Whenever we talking about
testing, Dr Bloomfield says
before someone goes to work in
the morning, their temperature
is taken. This man had
symptoms two days earlier,
which, if I'm doing the math
right, the cluster was right.
>> MEGAN WOODS: He passed the
health checks in terms of the
temperature bit, and Dr
Bloomfield outlined this, that
he did have a cough but it was
put down to a pre-existing
medical condition that he has.

Maori: 
pukenga. He nui ake pea te
whakauru ki nga mahi
whakamatautau. Minita, kua ki
koe i whakamatautauria tenei
tangata i te Rpare hei
waahanga o te whakamatautau
hou. Te auraa ra, e kore ia i
whakamatautauria, i
whakamatauhia e ia. Kore te
cluster i puta i te Rtapu,
kaore i kitea i te Rt? He
MEGAN NGA
MAHI: Kite, he ahuatanga
hypothetical. ahau. Kaua e whai
kiko nga korero mo nga mea kua
oti ke te mahi no te mea ka nui
ake te whakamatau i taua whare.
I nga wa e korero ana matou mo
te whakamatautau, Dr Bloomfield
e ai ki a i mua i te haere o
tetahi ki te mahi i te ata, na
ratou tangohia te pmahana. I
paahitia e tenei taima nga ra e
rua i mua atu, ko te mea mena
kei te mahi au te kaiparau, he
tika te tautau. MEGAN
HEIWAI: I paahitia e ia nga
tirotiro hauora mo nga. Te
pmahana iti, a ko Dr
Bloomfield te tohu i tenei, ko
ia. I mate i te marea engari i

English: 
He wasn't picked up through
that. What we have checked and
can confirm is that the health
checks occurred on each day
they should have
>> Should they have been more
rigorous, though. It wasn't a
pre-existing condition. If
someone goes into a health
check with a symptom, should
they not go to work.
>> MEGAN WOODS: Did you say we
know it wasn't a pre-existing
condition?
>> MEGAN WOODS: When he
reported his symptoms, he
attributed it to a
pre-existing can be condition.
I think the important thing is
the temperature checks and
some of the others. We know
this is an incredibly tricky
virus. We have people all
around the world who test
positive who display a range
of different symptoms. It
shows why we have to ensure
we're putting many measures
and laird measures of
security. I can hear the bells
starting to ring so we'll take
a couple more. Over here.
>> When you're talking about
30% to 40% of people covered
by the voluntary regime, the

Maori: 
tukuna ki te rongoa o mua kei a
ia. Kihai i tangohia e ia i
roto i tera. Nga mea kua
tirohia e matou ka taea te
whakaoti ko te Ko nga
tirotirohanga hauora i puta i
ia ra me whai waahanga Ahakoa
kua kaha ke atu, ahakoa. Ehara
i te mea noa. Mena ka uru
tetahi ki tetahi arowhai hauora
me te tohu, me aata kaua e
haere ki te mahi. Nga MORAN
MAITAI: I kii koe e mohio ana
ehara i te mea tikanga o mua?
He MEGAN NGA
MAHI: I tana korero i ana tohu,
i kii ia Ka taea pea e te mate
i mua atu. Ki taku whakaaro ko
te mea nui ko te arowhai
pmahana me etahi atu. Kei te
mohio matou he tino raru tenei.
He tangata kei a tatou katoa
huri noa i te ao. E
whakamatautau ana i nga
ahuatanga e whakaatu ana i nga
tohu rereke. E whakaatu ana he
aha te take me whakarite e
taatau he maha mehua me te
inenga puuturu. Ka rongo ahau i
nga pere e tiimata ana ki te
tangi, ka piki ake taatau ki te

Maori: 
tokorua I konei. Me korero e
koe mo te 30% ki te 40% o te
hunga e kapi ana. Ko te
kawanatanga, ko te
Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Rp
Hauora o Niu Tireni. E
whakaekea ana ko aua ota
arowhai hauora, nga kaimahi e
whakahaere ana. Te tirotiro
hauora- a kei a raatau nga
kaimahi katoa o te 18
whakahaere whakahaere- e kii
ana ia he kore noa o ana
kaimahi kua whakamatauria. Ma
te 30% tae atu ki te 40% ka
kapi i nga tangata kua kirimana
ki nga whakaurunga? Ranei ko te
kaimahi tonu? MEGAN NGA
MAHI: Kei te whakaaro ahau kei
te hipoki i te. Nga kaimahi
kirimana mai i nga raraunga i
kitea e matou na te mea he te
maha o nga kaimahi kirimana
puta noa i te maha o nga
umanga, engari he pai tatou ki
te whai ake me te manatoko i
taua. Ki te whai ake i runga i
te patai a Justin, mena ka
whakaatu atu aia ki te mahi. I
te Rt,  he pkahukahu,
he r te hapori. Kua pakaru te
tautau, he pono kua pohehe koe
i te taha o e whakatupato ana
kia tukuna atu ki tona kainga.
He Manaakitanga
MEGAN: I whaaia e ia tana
huringa hauora ... He puawai
hou taatau. He pono e tika ana
kia hoki koe ki te kaainga me
te whakamatau haere totika. He

English: 
CEO of the New Zealand Health
Group which contracts those
health check orders, the
workers conducting the health
check - and they have workers
in all 18 managediselation
facilities - she said that
zero of her employees had been
tested. Would that 30% to 40%
cover the people who are
contracted to the facilities?
Or just the full-time staff?
>> MEGAN WOODS: I am assuming
that it covers the contract
workers from the data we've
seen because there's a number
of contracted staff across a
range of professions, but
we're happy to follow up and
verify that for you.
>> To follow up on Justin's
question, if he shows up to
work on a Tuesday and he has a
cough, it's the day the
community cluster had broken
out, surely you'd err on the
side of caution and send him
home.
>>
MEGAN WOODS: He passed his
health check...
>> We have a new cluster.
Surely common sense here is
you should go home and be
tested straightaway.
>> MEGAN WOODS: Look, as we
can say, he passed his health

English: 
check in terms of temperature,
which is one of the important
parts of that he had a test on
Thursday. That's all we can
tell you at this point in
time.
>> So do health checks need to
be stricter if someone can go
into a facility with a cough,
even with a pre-existing
condition?
>> MEGAN WOODS: We've always
said managed isolation has to
be part of a process of
continuous improvement. We
need to look at further
measures to put in place to
pick up people who are
displaying symptoms, even if
they may be going through the
routine health check and
deemed OK. We need to look at
ways in which we can
strengthen that and we
certainly will do that as a
result of this
>> Was there ever asymptomatic
testing at MIQ?
>> MEGAN WOODS: Yes, testing
of asymptomatic workers
started occurring in July. We
can get it for you, but my
understanding is the... That
will be both symptomatic and
surveillance testing, so we'll
need to get the number to you.
>> Just to be clear, we went a

Maori: 
MEGAN NGA
MAHI: Tirohia, ma taatau e
korero, ka paahitia e ia. Ko te
tirotiro hauora i nga paatai o
te pmahana, ko tetahi o nga
nga waahanga nui o tana
whakamatautau i te Rpare. Ko
te mea noa ka taea e taatau te
korero ki a koe i tenei wa. Na
me kaha tonu te tirotiro i nga
mahi hauora mehemea ka uru atu
tetahi ki roto. Tetahi papanga
e mate mare ana, ahakoa he ahua
o mua? MAHI
MEGAN: Kua kii tonu maatau ke
he wehe ke kia noho hei
waahanga o te whakapai tonu. Me
titiro ake e maatau ana etahi
mahi hei whiriwhiri maatau. Ki
nga taangata e whakaatu ana i
nga tohu, ahakoa ahakoa e haere
ana na roto i te huringa hauora
maamaa tonu ka kiia he OK. Me
tirotiro e tatou nga huarahi ka
taea ai e tatou te whakapakari
i tera. Tatou tino ka mahi i te
reira rite. Hua o tenei I kitea
ano tetahi whakamatautau
hakihaki ki MIQ? Nga Mahi
MEGAN: Ae, he whakamatautau i
te asymptomatic i timata nga
kaimahi i te marama o Hurae. Ka
taea e maua mai maau, engari ko
taku maarama ... Ko tera e rua
nga tohu whakamatautau me te

English: 
month without it after you
promised it?
>> MEGAN WOODS: I can get you
the dates around where
surveillance testing started
but they are questions to put
to the Ministry of Health. OK.
Thank you.

Maori: 
tirotiro tirotiro, na e ti'a ia
tatou ki te tiki i te tau ki a
koe. Kia marama noa, i haere
matou i te marama kaore e mutu
ua fafau anei koe i te reira?
Nga MORAN
MAHI: Ka taea e au te kii atu i
a koe i nga ra te wahi i
tiimata ai te whakamatautau mo
nga tirotiro engari he patai
tonu ratou hoatu ki te Manat
Hauora. ok. Kia akameitakiia
kotou.
