ISMNZ Auckland

Hi！
Everyone in Auckland is welcome to invite your friends to the 25th August concert from 18:00-19:30 at Ensign Baptist Church (4 Inverary Ave Epsom Auckland), which is a concert by several Chinese musicians who are currently serving in the Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra to raise funds for the ISMNZ and to give back to the community and promote community exchange.

Looking forward to your participation！

... a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices...
Sharing with you the glory, the wonder, the miracle of this Holy Season
Wishing you a blessed Christmas 🎄 from ISMNZ!

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Hi everyone,

We are back in lockdown in New Zealand again (Day 2), hope everyone is doing alright in your bubbles and everything moving back online again.

Even though we are asked to keep physical distancing and stay home, please don’t isolate yourself emotionally from your loved ones.

Please reach out to our family of staff workers and volunteers if you are feeling overwhelmed or upset about everything that is happening right now.

We are here for you.

Photo by Jason Gardner on Unsplash

Christmas potluck dinner at Allen & Sweedee's house.
Merry Christmas! :)

Community Lunch at Mt Eden.
All Welcome including international students.
If you have any questions, please message May!😀

Our BBQ at One Tree Hill last Friday! 23 of us, coming 8 different nationalities made it for good food, chit chat, play frisbee and kick a ball around 🥏⚽️🍗🌭

Auckland is now in Alert Level 1:

You can keep up to date on what this means for you as an international student at the NauMaiNZ website and also ENZ

https://enz.govt.nz/news-and-research/ed-news/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-information-for-students-agents-and-peak-bodies/

https://naumainz.studyinnewzealand.govt.nz/help-and-advice/healthcare/the-coronavirus-what-you-need-to-know

Coronavirus in New Zealand | NauMai NZ Official information for international students about the situation in New Zealand.

Some cool activities with ISM friends at Raglan. Small group tour. You are most welcome to join us next time! 🙂

Hi all, we won't be having the usual Friday Auckland
Central Fellowship at Dominion Road today in light of the current level 3 lockdown.

But we will be holding it remotely via Zoom from 7pm to 9pm.

Link is in the event page.

Hope everyone is doing well under the level 3 restrictions!

Do remember to take care of your well-being

COVID-19 Update​
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We have four additional probable cases of COVID-19 linked to the new outbreak in Auckland. There is one new case in managed isolation.​
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The four probable cases are awaiting test results and are in full isolation. Full contact tracing has also been initiated. ​ ​
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The new case in managed isolation is a woman in her 50s who arrived from Islamabad via Dubai on August 7 and has been moved to a quarantine facility in Auckland.​
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The total number of confirmed cases is 1225, 22 of which are active. Yesterday, 4225 tests were processed, which brings the total to 502,705 tests processed overall.​
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The Rotorua visit of two of the four family members who tested positive yesterday has not resulted in anyone being considered a close contact.​
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The two family members were in Rotorua from August 8 to 11, and visited a number of eateries, details of which were not yet available. They stayed at the WaiOra Lakeside Hotel and visited the Skyline Gondola and Lodge from 4pm-6pm on August 9, and Heritage Farm and 3D Gallery from 3-4pm on August 10.​
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Once we have the complete list of locations, we will make that information public. We will also send out an alert via the COVID Tracer app. ​
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Testing in our managed isolation and quarantine facilities is progressing alongside community testing. ​
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With regard to the 4 active cases in Auckland, just over 200 close contacts had been identified, most of whom are from two work places: Americold Mt Wellington and the Dominion Road branch of Finance Now. Just over 100 of them had been contacted so far.​
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The Director General of Health has given an oral order under Section 70 of the Public Health act for the following people to isolate at home and not go to work until they are contacted by our National Contact Tracing service. This applies to:​
- Any employees or contractors of Americold in Mount Wellington and Finance Now Dominion Road Branch in Auckland​
-Any visitors to those workplaces in the last 14 days​
- Any people who ordinarily live with those employees or contractors​
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There has been two changes to the previous level three order. The first makes it mandatory for any business or service to display a QR code for the Contact Tracer app prominently at every entry point allowing everyone to sign in via the tracing app.​
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Businesses will be allowed one week to download and display their QR code.​
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The second makes it mandatory for those leaving Auckland via plane to wear a face mask. Those who are leaving Auckland on a plane should only do so if they are returning to their usual place of residence.​
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The COVID-19 leave support scheme would be available for all businesses experiencing financial hardship, and applications for the wage subsidy scheme extension remain open until September 1.​
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The small business cashflow scheme would be available until December 31 for businesses with fewer than 50 employees. COVID income relief payment will be available for people who lose their job between March 1 and October 30 as a result of COVID-19. It’s paid at same rate as wage subsidy, for 12 weeks.

Join us for some hiking at Lake Wainamu this coming Saturday! (8th August) We postponed it last time, but it's definitely happening this time round unless it's pouring rain the whole morning. 😀

Meeting at Lake Wainamu Car Park, 0781/224 Bethells Road, Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Bethells Beach by 10.30 am. It will take 2 hour one-way. We will have lunch (bring something to eat) by the lake continue to the waterfall and head back to the car park (2 hour) around 4PM.

If you are interested in coming, please message us. (Car pooling available from city)

Hiking with International students.

Hi Everyone! Some of us are going for a hike at Lake Wainamu this coming Saturday (18th) and would love to see more people joining us. :) If you are interested, please message me! We will organize car pooling together.

For our friends in Massey Albany:

This is where we meet on Fridays for Bible study and friendship. We also enjoy going out for dinner on dominion road. Come and join us. :)

ISMNZ Auckland updated their business hours.

Hiking with International students.

Hi Everyone! Some of us are going for a hike at Lake Wainamu this coming Saturday (18th) and would love to see more people joining us. :) If you are interested, please message me! We will organize car pooling together.