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Feb 1 (Reuters) - The New Zealand Open golf championship has been cancelled for the second year running, due to ongoing travel restrictions to protect the country from the pandemic, the organisers said on Tuesday.

New Zealand's borders have been shut to foreigners since March 2020. The government pushed back plans for a phased reopening from mid-January to the end of February out of concern about a potential Omicron outbreak, as in neighbouring Australia.

"We have done everything within our power to make this event happen," tournament chairman John Hart said on the event's website.

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"However, with the current government restrictions in place, running an event that includes 250 players, 250 caddies, 500 volunteers, nearly 100 tournament staff and officials, plus numerous contractors, as well (as) spectators, is just not possible."

The organisers had announced in December that the championship, part of the PGA Tour Australasia, would go ahead.

It had been scheduled to take place from March 31-April 3 at the Millbrook Resort near Queenstown on the country's South Island. The three leading players would have won direct entry into the prestigious 150th Open Championship at St Andrews.

As of Sunday, New Zealand, had reported 15,910 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 52 deaths since the pandemic first struck. read more

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** Shares of New Zealand's Salmon supplier (NZK.NZ) plunge as much as 16.5% to NZ$1.010, their lowest decline since debut in Oct. 2016

** NZK slashes its FY22 EBITDA to a revised range of NZ$6.5 mln ($4.27 mln)- NZ$7.5 mln from a previous forecast of NZ$10.5 mln - NZ$12.5 mln

** Co says warm seawater temperatures due to the heat of summer is leading to higher than expected sea farm morality, NZK has put measures in place to mitigate these risks by adjusting the farm model

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** Adds that these setbacks will "seriously" impact co's FY22 results and reduce harvest for FY23

** Shares on track for their biggest intraday pct loss since Mar. 2020

** More than 94,800 shares change hands as compared with the 30-day average volume of ~35,500 shares

** Stock down 12.3% as of last close, so far this year

($1 = 1.5216 New Zealand dollars)

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New Zealanders are set to learn more this week about how Aotearoa will reconnect with the rest of the world.

Speaking to media on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson confirmed that Cabinet has had discussions about reconnecting New Zealand.

On Thursday, the prime minister will give a speech outlining our plans to reconnect New Zealand with the world, he said at a post-Cabinet news conference on Tuesday.

Following the update, Robertson was asked by media whether Cabinet had made a decision on New Zealand's border specifically. The deputy prime minister didnt delve into the ins and outs of the Cabinet meeting and exactly what was discussed, but did say: There will be a speech on Thursday on reconnecting New Zealand and as you would expect, we discussed [at Cabinet] all aspects of the Omicron response.

READ MORE:* Charlotte Bellis offered MIQ spot, earlier Covid-19 Response Ministers statement 'incredibly disrespectful* Covid-19: Government lays out three-stage plan to handle Omicron outbreak * Covid-19: Border restrictions shouldn't lift until Omicron wave passes - experts* Covid-19: Chris Hipkins says 'significant' border changes are possible in first half of this year* MIQ, the dark shadow across New Zealand that has to lift* MBIE considered new pregnancy emergency MIQ allocation criteria, decided against making changes* Getting through: How Kiwis are prepping for Omicron

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The PM is expected to outline the Governments plans to reconnect New Zealand with the world on Thursday. (File photo)

Speaking to Stuff last month, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said there may be significant changes to the borders in the first half of 2022.

Despite delays and a vague timeframe, New Zealand is still on course to move to a self-isolation model where there is no longer a reliance on MIQ but where people are asked to stay at home to be sure theyre not infectious.

In November last year, the Government announced New Zealand citizens and residents from Australia could return without MIQ from January 17, and those citizens and residents from all other countries from February 14. April 30 was the date mooted for reopening borders to vaccinated foreign nationals.

But then the rise of the Omicron variant delayed New Zealands phased border reopening, and some MIQ room releases were also paused. The MIQ delay was to help protect New Zealanders, and a focus was placed on getting booster rates up and immunising 5-to-11-year olds.

Last week, the Government outlined a three-stage plan to handle the Omicron outbreak.

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After going public with her struggle with MIQ, Charlotte Bellis has been offered a spot in a facility by the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says.

This week, New Zealand's MIQ system has been in the headlines again due to the case involving pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis.

On Tuesday, Robertson confirmed she had been offered a spot in MIQ.

The case has been assessed, there is a place for her to return to New Zealand, we urge her to take it up, Robertson said at the post-Cabinet briefing.

Speaking about the MIQ system, Robertson told media that there are rules and criteria, and the MIQ process was put in place for a very good reason.

It has supported our public health response and avoided a number of deaths, but Robertson acknowledged that it doesnt make it easy for those at the other end of it trying to come home.

I have enormous sympathy for people in a number of different situations. One of the hardest things during Covid-19 has been the fact that people have not been able to come back for funerals, for weddings, for situations like the birth of children. Thats incredibly tough.

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Cabinet has discussed plans around reconnecting NZ, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will give an update on Thursday.

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In our new column, Thomas Bywater looks at the month's noteworthy events that helped shape our country and its tourism industry

For lovers of travel, February has some lofty anniversaries. On February 5, 1911, brothers Leo and Vivian "Vee" Walsh took off on New Zealand's first controlled powered flight.

The Manurewa No. 1 took off from a park in Papakura, South Auckland. A short hop from the runway of today's airport, father Austin Walsh logged a flight distance of around 300m at an altitude just shy of a double-decker bus.

The Walsh family were a long way from chartering a flight for their next holiday. This didn't stop them establishing New Zealand's first flying school four years later. Nor did the fact that New Zealand was still without a runway. They set up the New Zealand Flying School Kohimarama from Mission Bay. With five Curtiss flying boats, they trained 1000 pilots over the Waitemat Harbour.

At the other end of the harbour, at MOTAT (the Museum of Transport and Technology), you can still see images of their craft and the trainee pilots. The slings and casts worn by the trainee pilots are testimony to the fact that the flying boats didn't have brakes. (motat.org.nz, admission $1019)

In the MOTAT Walsh library and Aviation Hall you'll meet the last flying boat in New Zealand, the TEAL Solent RMA Aranui. In the 1950s it flew the Coral Route to Fiji and the Cook Islands. A distance 10,000 times greater than the Walshes' original flight, though it did take more than 30 hours to get there.

For a taste of the seaplane experience and what those early pilots would have seen from Kohimarama, Auckland Seaplanes fly transfers and scenic flights over the Hauraki Gulf. (aucklandseaplanes.com, from $225)

February is the month that made New Zealand.

Kicking off with Waitangi Day, it's the closest thing the country has to a birthday.Crossing the bridge from Paihia to the Treaty Grounds is something of a pilgrimage for Kiwis, to visit the place the Treaty was agreed upon 180 years ago. (waitangi.org.nz, $30). For Kiwi history buffs, the Bay of Islands is a place steeped in events - ones not always true to the principles of Te Tiriti.

It's a great place to start. But in the spirit of "doing something new" to rediscover something old, where are the places to be this month?

February is full of things that unify us - taking English wickets, the beginnings of national pastimes and brave attempts to bridge the North and South Islands, in nothing but a bathing suit.

Kicking around a track in the Fiordland National Park is as good a place as any. On February 23, 1904, a million hectares of Southland were set aside as the country's largest area for conservation and recreation. All the way from Milford Sound and Mitre Peak to the lighthouse at Puysegur Point, the park is home to three of New Zealand's Great Walks - The Kepler, Routeburn and Milford tracks. However - off the beaten track - the best way to fully immerse yourself in the sounds is on an overnight sailing. (fiordland.org.nz)

Happy Birthday Te Papa Tongarewa. On Valentine's Day - February 14 - The National Museum turns a youthful 24. It's a relatively new addition to the Wellington waterfront, especially compared to the collection of 2.4 million national taonga it contains - including a 137 million-year-old tooth of an iguanodon, the oldest object in the collections. (tepapa.govt.nz, free)

On the subject of places and events that unite Aotearoa. It's a short bowl down Kent Terrace to Wellington's Basin Reserve, site of New Zealand's first test cricket victory over England, on February 15, 1978. Future great Richard Hadlee took six English wickets for just 26 runs.

On sporting achievements that link our islands, February 4, 1975, saw Lynne Cox swim Cook Strait. It took the US swimmer a marathon 12 hours to make the crossing. On the anniversary of the historic swim, Fit & Abel are running a six-day swimming adventure into Fiordland, with transfers and accommodation aboard the PureSalt. For those just looking to "dip their toe" into open water swimming, E-ko Tours runs a dolphin swimming tour from Picton. (fitandabel.com from $5000pp; e-ko.nz from $180pp).

For more New Zealand travel ideas and inspiration, go to newzealand.com

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New Zealand Red Cross has packed the first relief supplies to be sent to Tonga tomorrow and is gathering four technical experts to support the ongoing response.

After a thorough needs assessment, Tonga Red Cross Society has requested supplies including blankets, tarpaulins, masks, solar lanterns and kitchen sets and personnel to bolster the response effort.

The support package includes four Red Cross international delegates specialists highly trained in post-disaster logistics, operations, water and sanitation, and in financial management. At this stage, each delegate will work remotely from New Zealand for three months.

COVID-19 adds another layer of complexity to the response effort, says Vivienne Euini, Acting General Manager International. Tonga remains COVID-19 free and their Government has requested all support be contactless. So our delegates will, at least for now, work remotely from New Zealand.

New Zealand Red Cross will also be contributing to a global Red Cross fund that will provide financial assistance to those who have been displaced from their homes, or have an urgent need for food, water and other supplies.

In addition, New Zealand Red Cross plans to fund and supply a satellite communications platform which will provide communications in a box to support phone and internet connections, which have been severely affected across the Tongan islands.

While the focus is initially on the immediate welfare needs of people following a disaster, the scale of impacts across Tonga means it will be a significant response and recovery effort. Rebuilding homes, infrastructure and the economy is a complex undertaking and requires a long-term, highly-coordinated international effort, says Ms Euini.

More than 6,000 people and community groups have donated to the New Zealand Red Cross Pacific Tsunami Appeal and funds raised will enable the initial $730,000 in support to be provided to Tonga.

Our assistance of supplies and personnel has been made possible by the phenomenal response we have had to our appeal. People have been incredibly generous and that includes the many businesses that have worked hard to support our efforts, particularly Vodafone and our Disaster Response Alliance partners The Warehouse, Countdown and NZ Post.

The first transport of New Zealand Red Cross supplies will be airlifted to Tonga on the next NZDF relief flight due to leave Whenuapai on the morning of Tuesday 1 February 2022.

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) earlier this month released a fact sheet announcing updates on excepted foreign states determinations, including the addition of New Zealand to CFIUSs excepted foreign states list, effective as of January 6, 2022. The fact sheet also details the U.S. Department of Treasurys (Treasury) January 6, 2022 final rule, adopting without change its proposed rule modifying the definitions of excepted foreign state and excepted real estate foreign state, which we previously detailed here. The final rule will be effective February 4, 2022.

With its addition to CFIUSs excepted foreign states list (available here), New Zealand joins a short list of only three other countries also generally considered the closest U.S. allies: Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (UK). These same countries join the United States in the Five Eyes intelligence sharing alliance. Because CFIUSs jurisdiction for less than controlling covered investments and covered real estate transactions contains exceptions where investors are from excepted foreign states (see 31 C.F.R. 800.304(b), 802.302(a)), a countrys status on CFIUSs excepted foreign states list benefits its investors by not subjecting them to CFIUS jurisdiction and scrutiny for certain investments and transactions. New Zealand earned a spot on CFIUSs excepted foreign states list because CFIUS identified, among other factors, New Zealands intelligence-sharing relationship and collective defense arrangement and cooperation with the United States.

Under Treasurys January 6, 2022 final rule, however, New Zealands status on the excepted foreign state list currently lasts only until February 12, 2023. Like the other countries named to the list before it, for New Zealand to maintain its excepted foreign state designation beyond February 12, 2023, CFIUS must make a determination that New Zealand has established and is effectively utilizing a robust process to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security. 31 C.F.R. 800.1001(a), 802.1001(a).

CFIUS is already making moves on these determinations. As announced in its January 6, 2022 fact sheet, CFIUS has determined that Australia and Canada have established and are effectively using robust processes to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security. Accordingly, Australia and Canada have each satisfied the criteria set forth in CFIUSs regulations to qualify as both an excepted foreign state and an excepted foreign real estate state. See 31 C.F.R. 800.1001(a), 802.1001(a). CFIUS has noted that Australia and Canada will remain on the excepted foreign states list absent further action from CFIUS. CFIUS has not yet announced a determination for the UK, whose National Security and Investment Act 2021 did not come into full effect until January 4, 2022.

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Why should the crisis matter to Wellington some 17,000 km away from Kyiv and Moscow?

One reason is that Russia is, like New Zealand, an APEC member. An Asian and Pacific power as much as a European one, Russia lies very much within New Zealand's orbit: Vladivostok is only a two-hour flight away from South Korea, one of New Zealand's closest trading partners.

Indeed, Russia is increasingly looking eastwards in part thanks to the impact of climate change.

Melting Arctic ice means that the 'Northern Sea Route' along Russia's coast is slowly emerging as a new, lucrative shipping route for journeys from Europe to Asia and a much faster alternative to the Suez Canal. As the route becomes more viable, development is likely to accelerate in Russia's Far East.

Moscow is also enjoying increasingly close relations with Beijing, partly as a by-product of its isolation from the West since Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. China and Russia are planning joint military exercises and in a recent video call, Xi Jinping addressed Vladimir Putin as his "old friend", while Putin described Russian-Sino relations as being at an "all-time high."

Indeed, China's relationship with Russia is so good that the US last week called on Beijing to use its influence to try to convince Moscow to deescalate the crisis over Ukraine.

NATO allies, especially the United States and United Kingdom, have been unusually outspoken and blunt about the prospects of Russia launching a war with Ukraine. A constant flow of intelligence has been released throughout January to support the view that Russia is planning an invasion.

For instance, on Saturday, Reuters reported claims from US officials that Russia was moving blood supplies for treating potential war casualties to the border. Earlier, on January 14, the US said it believed Russia was planning a 'false flag' operation to create a pretext for war, which was followed by a British statement on January 23 that said Russia was planning to install a puppet government in Ukraine.

These claims should be taken seriously, but raw intelligence should also be viewed with a healthy degree of scepticism. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the British Government's infamous September 2002 dossier that helped to underpin Tony Blair's case for war on Iraq. The dossier's central claims about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction were later discredited or proven to be false.

Indeed, even Ukraine's own president seems to be doubtful that the current situation really is as dramatic as the US and NATO are making out. A phone call between Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden last week reportedly "did not go well", with Zelensky later telling reporters "we don't need this panicI don't consider the situation now more tense than before."

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Thousands of students around the country are heading back to school this week as two south Auckland schools are impacted by Covid infections in teaching staff before their students have even had a chance to step into the classroom.

Principals are bracing themselves for further disruption over the next few weeks as modelling predicts the number of new Omicron cases could hit 200 daily cases by tomorrow, doubling to 400 by the end of the week.

A staff member at thuhu College tested positive for Covid-19 and three other staff members are self-isolating, while Reremoana School in Wattle Downs has delayed re-opening by a week after all 27 staff members were deemed close contacts of a Covid-19 positive case.

thuhu College principal Neil Watson said it was the school's first case this year, but it wouldn't be its last.

Omicron is already so "dominant", the Ministry of Health announced yesterday it will stop reporting the specific variant of new cases.

The country recorded 91 new Covid-19 new community cases yesterday.

Ten people were in hospital with the virus, none of whom were in intensive care (ICU) or a high-dependency unit (HDU).

Of the 91 new community cases, 65 were in Auckland.

Te Pnaha Matatini modeller Dr Dion O'Neale said this week was likely to see an upwards shift in case numbers.

"Almost every other place in the world that's had an Omicron outbreak's seen a doubling time of around three days. We'd expect New Zealand to be similar."

Daily cases could jump to 200 by the middle of the week then double to 400 by the weekend.

"So that means about 100 cases a day at the start of the week, around the middle of the week we're probably looking at around 200 cases a day, and then doubling to around 400-ish by the end of the week.

"Maybe things will go badly - that will arrive on the Thursday or Friday, maybe things will go well and we'll make it to Sunday before we get to that level - it's that rough pattern of taking around three days to double."

O'Neale told RNZ that even though not all current cases were being confirmed as the Omicron variant, modellers expected it would be the majority soon and were now making their calculations based on its behaviour.

"Omicron cases grow faster than Delta and other variants, so we expect it to out-peak other variants and take over... it's safest for us to be assuming that a case that comes up is Omicron unless we know otherwise."

He warned Omicron had a very fast incubation period, or latent period - the time between a person getting infected and the point they showed symptoms and became infectious themselves.

Once a person realised they were sick, took action to get tested and their results were reported, it could be four or five days from the point of infection.

"That's important to remember: the case numbers we're seeing at the moment, those are infections that are already baked in, that happened some time ago."

This also means that patterns showing comparatively fewer people getting tested for Covid-19 in weekends or on public holidays skew the numbers: "That will affect how those case numbers grow in the short term," he said.

Cabinet is today meeting to consider changes to the current border settings in the coming weeks after the phased reopening announced in November was put on hold when Omicron emerged.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is chairing the meeting remotely. Despite testing negative for Covid-19, she is still isolating after being deemed a close contact of a flight attendant infected with Covid.

Yesterday Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) urged the Government to update its plans for reopening New Zealand's borders because Omicron had changed the game.

"The previous plan was developed to respond to Delta, not Omicron. If Omicron becomes endemic in New Zealand, there will be no health reason to keep our borders closed or to continue self-isolation or MIQ for international arrivals," TIA spokeswoman Ann-Marie Johnson said.

She said New Zealand needed to reconnect with the world and that people were desperate to reunite with family and friends.

For some including pregnant Kiwi journalist Charlotte Bellis who is in Kabul and unable to secure a spot in MIQ, the border reopening couldn't come soon enough.

Grounded Kiwis spokeswoman Alexandra Birt said Bellis' plight had shone a light on the situation in New Zealand.

"We know that this is not a new story ... this is what thousands of Kiwis across the globe are facing," she told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking.

Bellis' story had reached various parts of the world and more people, as a result, had started to realise how strict New Zealand's border restrictions are.

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New Zealand's top 10 car-crash suburbs have been revealed, with Auckland central, Christchurch central and the West Auckland suburb of Henderson claiming the unfortunate honours.

The beachside town of Mt Maunganui, with its flyovers and off-ramps, and east Auckland's busy Mt Wellington also made the top five.

The new data, gleaned from claims information from State Insurance, shows there were 831 claims made resulting from collisions in Auckland central made in 2020.

There were 512 crashes in Christchurch and 478 in Henderson in the same period.

People were more likely to crash between 1pm-6pm, when roads were at their busiest with after-school and work traffic.

Busy intersections, merging traffic, congestion and distracted drivers were a dangerous mix said State's executive general manager of claims, Wayne Tippet.

He said the latest data showed the importance of putting safety first when driving.

"Regardless of your age, driving experience or time of day that you're on the road - safety has got to be the number one priority for all of us when we get behind the wheel," he said.

"Our claims data shows that most of the collisions are happening in busy centres at busy times of the day, and while it's tempting to multi-task while sitting in slow-moving traffic or speed through an intersection as the lights are turning red - it's not worth it."

Tippet said extra care needed to be taken at major intersections and roads where cars merge.

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The top three crash suburbs are known for multiple intersections and heavy traffic volume.

Henderson's busy Lincoln Rd runs right through the suburb joining the motorway to a major intersection with 34 fast-food distractions along the way.

The call for extra caution comes as a recent survey by State and Ipsos revealed that only 44 per cent of Kiwi drivers have considered the value of their vehicle in the past 12 months, and only 48 per cent knew the replacement cost if it was written off or stolen.

The same survey showed that only 64 per cent of car owners were confident their vehicle replacement cover matches their vehicle's current market value.

Tippet said the findings were important because the price of second-hand cars had increased since Covid-19 hit.

New car production had slowed because of a global shortage of computer chips so buyers were turning more to the used car market.

Tippet said car owners should check their insurance details to make sure they were fully covered.

"To ensure there is enough cover in place to replace their vehicle against its current market value, in the event of a total loss."

Stop where it is safe to do so and make sure everyone's okay. Exchange details with the other driver including the other driver's name, address,phone number, email, license number, and vehicle registration number. Take photographs of all damage. Check if the other party has insurance and encourage them to lodge a claim also. Take a note of their insurance company if they know it. Collect the details of any witnesses. Contact your insurer to lodge your claim.

Auckland Central (831)Christchurch Central (512)Henderson (478)Mount Maunganui (397)Mount Wellington (355)Palmerston North (347)Albany (344)Dunedin Central (304)Hamilton Central (295)Hutt Central (286)(Based on State Insurance motor claims in 2020)

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