Boil Water Notice
All residents reliant on the public supply of water straight off the mains for drinking and cooking purposes need to remember to continue boiling their water.
February 5, 2021
Media Release
Rarotonga Dengue Clean-Up plans in place
Operation Namu 2021 (a mass-clean up programme) will be launched on Rarotonga from 12 February to eliminate mosquito breeding sites.
February 5, 2021
Dengue Outbreak Declared
The government is urging the public to help reduce the number of mosquitos in the wake of confirmation of 8 Dengue cases.
February 2, 2021
World Cancer Day
To commemorate World Cancer Day on Thursday 4 February 2021, Te Marae Ora is encouraging everyone to wear orange.
February 2, 2021
Supervised Quarantine to end this evening
Passengers who arrived on Friday 29 January entered Supervised Quarantine and were tested for COVID-19 on arrival. All 54 test results came back negative. With no new community cases confirmed in the NZ COVID update this afternoon, passengers currently in Supervised Quarantine will be released from the facility at 6pm today.
January 31, 2021
Category Quarantine Order – International Arrivals 29 Jan 2021
`The Secretary of Health hereby issues a category quarantine order for passengers arriving to Rarotonga on 29 January 2021.
January 28, 2021
Arrangements for flight arriving Friday 29 January
Acting Secretary of Health Bob Williams with the support of Cabinet has confirmed that those passengers departing Auckland tomorrow morning will be entering Supervised Quarantine on arrival in Rarotonga.
January 28, 2021
Critical Health Infrastructure Upgrades
It has been almost a year since the relocation of Rarotonga Hospital’s Out-Patients and Emergency Department (OPED) services moved to the Tupapa Community Clinic in March 2020.
Since that time, upgrades to the country’s critical health infrastructure have continued at pace, both on Rarotonga and the Pa Enua.
January 22, 2021
PCR Laboratory Update
Although Te Marae Ora has had the ability to test for COVID-19 in-country since May 2020, the ministry has been working towards setting up a PCR lab for several months now.
January 19, 2021
Te Marae Ora Mourns Former Colleague
The staff and management of Te Marae Ora expresses deepest condolences to the anau of Karen Tairea (a strong health advocate and former colleague).
January 11, 2021
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