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Focus Morning Bulletin: 10 Feb, 2022

Police stay coy on actions against protestors, firearms legislation progresses and Pfizer under fire in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Revealed: Sinister message left at Parliament by 'freedom' protesters

"And they wonder why the politicians will not come to see them."

New York announces an end to masks

Governor says infection rates have declined and it is safe to rescind the masking order.

Boris Johnson confirms Covid isolation laws will be scrapped

UK intends to end all restrictions a month early with a plan to "live with Covid".

Mike Hosking: Even Labour voters feel shunned and disillusioned

OPINION: There is a huge price to pay for pulling the drawbridge up.

Far North school forced to close senior school due to lack of staff after vax mandate

56 students have been told they will have no schooling for at least the first term.

'Staggering ... punch-drunk and weary': MIQ doctor's frontline view as Omicron outbreak threatens

OPINION: 'Relentless, angry calls from guests who don't get what they want, immediately.'

Editorial: Has NZ really gone hard on Covid?

OPINION: Our editorial on NZ's reputation for harsh restrictions to repress Covid.

Sweden ends Covid-19 testing as pandemic restrictions lifted

"The pandemic is not over but has entered a totally new phase."

204 new community cases, 46 at the border; 1200 isolating at home in Auckland

New modelling has indicated that over one million Kiwis will be infected with Omicron.

Six new cases of Covid-19 in Wellington, restaurant named a location of interest

Three cases are in Porirua and three are in the Hutt.

'Infuriated' MIQ returnees finally released from Rotorua hotel

The MIQ returnees were finally released five hours later than planned.

'It's a part of NZ': PM on protesters camped out at Parliament

'The only reason they can move around like this is majority of people are vaccinated.'

South Auckland primary schools consider onsite vaccination clinics

Counties Manukau DHB has asked primary schools to allow vaccinations on their sites.

Te Mata School students tested for Covid, no new cases yet

Te Mata School principal is cautiously optimistic after no new Covid cases in the region.

Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest Covid-19 surge

Hospitalisations fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant have begun falling.

Customers asked to wear surgical masks at Auckland beauty store

The real problem is people refusing to wear any mask, says industry body.

Stuart Nash quits the Mike Hosking Breakfast live on air

Labour Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash quits the Mike Hosking Breakfast on air, calling time on five years of banter with the controversial breakfast host. Audio / Newstalk ZB