Ms Ardern has been at pains to let us all know that we should only listen to information from official Government sources. Apparently everything else should be “taken with a grain of salt”.
“We will share with you the most up-to-date information daily. You can trust us as a source of that information,”
Well if this is the case, why then is simple information, such as what flight an infected person was on, still missing from the official information list more than 12 days after the person’s arrival?
How hard is it to find out when a tourist arrived in the country? If we have their name and date of birth (items which are conveniently listed on their passports), then a simple immigration check will give us those details.
Why are people who were potentially on the same flights as these infected people not being given the chance to find out?
Below is the official list which was, at the time of writing (12 noon, Fri 20th March), missing a large amount of pertinent information.
Last updated 1:20 pm, 19 March 2020.
| Case | Location | Age | Gender | Travel details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Southern DHB | Details to come. | ||
| 27 | Southern DHB | Details to come. | ||
| 26 | Auckland | Male | Arrived in Auckland on Sunday 15th March from London to Singapore (flight QF2 on 13 March) to Melbourne (flight QF36 on 14th March) to Auckland on Qantas flight QF153. | |
| 25 | Auckland | 60s | Male | Arrived in Auckland on Friday 13 March from Los Angeles on Air New Zealand flight NZ05. |
| 24 | Rotorua | Male | Arrived from France on Friday 13 March. | |
| 23 | Northland | 20s | Male | Arrived in Auckland on Monday 16th March from Paris to Abu Dhabi (Etihad flight EY38 on 14 March) to Sydney (Etihad flight EY450) on Virgin Australia flight VA0141. |
| 22 | Taranaki | 40s | Male | Arrived in New Plymouth on Sunday 15 March from Cairo to New Plymouth via Frankfurt (Lufthansa LH581), Vancouver (Air New Zealand NZ23) and Auckland (Air New Zealand flight NZ8035). |
| 21 | Taranaki | 40s | Female | Arrived in New Plymouth on Monday 9 March from Cairo to New Plymouth via Dubai on flight Emirates EK926, Auckland on flight Emirates EK448 and Air New Zealand flight NZ8041 to New Plymouth. |
| 20 | Waikato | 70s | Male | Arrived on Sunday 15 March from Europe – flight numbers to come. |
| 19 | Waikato | 20s | Female | Arrived on Sunday 8 March from Sydney – flight numbers to come. |
| 18 | Canterbury | 40s | Female | Arrived on Monday 16 March from London – flight numbers to come. |
| 17 | Invercargill | 40s | Male | Arrived on Tuesday 10 March from the Gold Coast – flight numbers to come. |
| 16 | Auckland | 60s | Male | Arrived on Thursday 12 March from Canada – flight numbers to come. |
| 15 | Auckland | 60s | Male | Arrived in Auckland on Friday 13 March from San Francisco on Air New Zealand flight NZ007. |
| 14 | Auckland | 40s | Female | Arrived in Auckland on Monday 9 March from Europe – flight numbers to come. |
| 13 | Auckland | 50s | Male | Extensive travel through Europe – flight numbers to come. |
| 12 | Dunedin | Teens | Male | Associated with travel of case 11. |
| 11 | Dunedin | 40s | Male | Arrived in Dunedin on Sunday 8 March from Singapore (Air New Zealand flight NZ283, 7 March) via Auckland (Air New Zealand flight NZ675). |
| 10 | Wellington | 70s | Male | Arrived in Wellington on Saturday 14 March from Los Angeles on flight American Airlines AA83 to Auckland and flight Air New Zealand 828 to Wellington. |
| 9 | Wellington | 30s | Male | Arrived in Wellington on Saturday 14 March from Los Angeles on flight American Airlines AA83 to Auckland and flight Air New Zealand 828 to Wellington. |
| 8 | Wellington | 60s | Male | Arrived in Wellington on Saturday 14 March from Brisbane to Wellington via France, Singapore and Brisbane on flight Air New Zealand 828. |
| 7 | Queenstown | 30s | Female | Arrived in Christchurch on Tuesday 10 March from Denmark to Christchurch, via Doha on flight Qatar Airways QR160, Qatar Airways QR920 to Auckland and Jetstar JQ225 to Christchurch. |
| 6 | Auckland | 60s | Male | Arrived in Auckland on Friday 6 March from Houston to Auckland on flight Air New Zealand 029. |
| 5 | Auckland | 40s | Female | Associated with travel – Arrived in Auckland on Sunday 23 February from Doha to Auckland on flight Qatar Airways QR0920. |
| 4 | Auckland | 40s | Male | Arrived in Auckland on Tuesday 25 February from Singapore to Auckland on flight Air New Zealand 283. |
| 3 | Auckland | 40s | Male | Associated with travel – Arrived in Auckland on Sunday 23 February from Doha to Auckland on flight Qatar Airways QR0920. |
| 2 | Auckland | 30s | Female | Arrived in Auckland on Tuesday 25 February from Singapore to Auckland on flight Air New Zealand 283. |
| 1 | Auckland | 60s | Arrived in Auckland on Wednesday 26 February from Iran to Auckland via Bali on flight Emirates EK450. |
The message I send is very clear. We take the health of everyone in New Zealand very seriously.
Jacinda Ardern
Well sorry Prime Minister, it’s not bloody good enough. You must have this information available, so how about doing your job and getting it out to people whose lives might be at risk?
A more incompetent bunch of fools running this ship we have never had!
Trust only information coming from the Government?
Yeah, nah, sorry, but I just can’t trust a single thing that this Government does, and I have absolutely no faith in their ability to control anything. We are solidly in the hope and pray mode now.
What’s the next stage? The International Sign of Distress. Maybe Team America can help us?
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