COVID-19 Hotline: Skype & Email Address
Skype: COVID-19.deafaotearoa
When: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm
Email: covid@deaf.org.nz
Latest Updates
Group 2 – Protect our high-risk frontline workers and people living in high-risk places
Group 2 Protect our high-risk frontline workers and people living in high-risk places Who – approximately 480,000 High-risk frontline healthcare workforces who are most likely to contract and/or spread COVID-19 through [...]
Group 1 – Protect our border and MIQ workers
Group 1 Protect our border and MIQ workers Who – approximately 50,000 people Border and MIQ employers and employees and the people they live with. This group includes cleaners, nurses [...]
COVID-19 Vaccine: Rollout plan
COVID-19 Vaccine: Rollout plan Updated May 2021 We have a plan to provide a free vaccine to protect everyone in Aotearoa. Some of us are more at risk of getting really sick [...]
COVID-19 vaccination record card
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine will help protect you and other people from getting very sick with COVID-19. A vaccine is an injection in your arm. You will need to get [...]
Travelling to the Cook Islands Quarantine-Free
To travel to the Cook Islands quarantine-free, you must: meet immigration requirements spend 14 full days in either New Zealand or the Cook Islands before you leave — this means you can [...]
Travelling to Australia Quarantine-Free
To travel to Australia quarantine-free, you must: meet immigration requirements spend 14 full days in either New Zealand or Australia before you leave — this means you can travel from [...]
Travelling to New Zealand Quarantine-Free
To travel to New Zealand quarantine-free, you must: meet all immigration requirements have spent 14 full days in New Zealand or the country you’re travelling to. For example, if you’re travelling from Australia you need to have spent [...]
Quarantine-Free Travel
How does Quarantine-Free Travel work? Currently, New Zealand has Quarantine-Free travel arrangements with: Australia the Cook Islands Niue (but only from Niue to NZ) Quarantine-Free Travel is where you can [...]
Alert Level 2
Alert Level 2: Disability support services
All services (disability and non-disability services) will need to follow the Alert Level 2 rules. This means that services will need to carefully and regularly clean surfaces that are touched [...]
Alert Level 2: Other services that are available + some NASC appointments will resume
All equipment, housing and vehicle modifications can now go ahead if services can be done safely. Hearing and vision services (including NZ Sign Language interpreters), rehabilitation therapies and child development [...]
Alert Level 2: Home and community support services
Home-based personal care services such as support with toileting, washing, feeding should be provided under Alert Level 2. Household management such as cleaning can also be provided under Alert Level [...]
Alert Level 2: Day services will open in a limited way
Day services can now open in a limited way following Alert Level 2 safety rules. They will need to follow physical distancing rules (1-metre apart), good hygiene measures and keep [...]
Alert Level 2: Community residential services and residential services provided
Community residential services continue to operate under all alert levels. Under Alert Level 2, residential providers must follow the Alert Level 2 safety rules. You do not need to physically [...]
Alert Level 2: Choice in community living and supported living
If you receive support in your home, including personal cares or household management services such as cleaning, you should follow the rules above for ‘home and community support services’. If [...]
Updates from Deaf Aotearoa
COVID-19 Update: 24th August 2020
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced at 3pm today there will be a short extension of Level Three restrictions in Auckland until 11.59pm this Sunday 30 August. That means from [...]
COVID-19 Update: 19th August 2020
COVID cases 6 new cases today - 1 from overseas and the other 5 are linked to the original cluster. It is important that if you have symptoms then go [...]
COVID-19 Update: 18th August 2020
Misinformation Minister for Health Chris Hipkins spoke about dangerous rumours and misinformation going around on social media recently. The Ministry of Health, Prime Minister and Ministers are the only sources [...]
COVID-19 Update – 17th August
COVID tests COVID tests are FREE – some people have been charged for tests for COVID. If you think you have symptoms of COVID, you should get a test ASAP [...]
COVID-19 Update: 14th August
6:45pm Friday 14th August Auckland will remain at Alert level 3 for 12 days and the rest of the country will remain at Level 2. (finishing at 11.59pm on Wednesday [...]
COVID-19 Update: 13th August
5.30pm Thursday 13th August There are 13 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Auckland. These are all linked to the family of 4. This brings the total number of cases [...]
COVID-19 Update: 12th August
7.00pm Wednesday 12th August From 12 midday today the Auckland region is at Covid-19 Alert Level 3, and the rest of the country is at Alert Level 2. This situation [...]
Level 2 Update for the Deaf Community
Message to the Deaf community and our stakeholders from Deaf Aotearoa We are preparing for Covid-19 Alert Level 2 and we want to let you know what this means for [...]
We are still providing Deaf Aotearoa services
Want you all to know that Deaf Aotearoa services are still ongoing. ALL facilitators are busy working from home making regular contact with service users and members of the Deaf [...]
NEW COVID-19 Hotline: Skype & Email Address
Deaf Aotearoa have set up new Skype and Email specifically relating to COVID-19 If you are already communicating with staff/facilitator at Deaf Aotearoa, you can continue communicating with them. Are [...]
All Deaf Aotearoa offices are closed
Staff are working from home. You can contact staff on text, email or videocall if you have their contact information. You can also email duty@deaf.org.nz or text 021 276 5771 [...]
