We hosted a quiz night last weekend. Thank you to those who participated in ACA Quiz Night and to all who donated to the Mask Bloc. Congratulations to the Gonville Bubble who took out the win!

Heathline is reporting more calls for flu-like illnesses nationwide www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/doctors-u...

New Zealand COVID weekly update: 7 June 2026 1 June to 7 June 2026: 🔹New cases: 172 (-0.5%) 🔹Deaths: (data removed from dashboard) 19 May to 25 May 2026: 🔸Hospitalisations: 26 (-31.5%) @healthnz.govt.nz Source: www.healthnz.govt.nz/about-us/hea...

ACA Quiz Night 🗓 Saturday 13 June, 🕐 7:30pm - 9:00pm Join our online trivia game and support Aotearoa Mask Bloc! You can join with a team or by yourself and we will set you up with a team. Donation/koha suggested but not required for those on a low/no wage.

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hey did you know it’s WORLD MASK WEEK ??? you don’t have to be the most perfect mask wearer of all time to make choices that protect your health—ANY time mask means cleaner air for you n all around you, and that is worth it !!! why not give it a try at The Big 3: • shopping • healthcare • transit

ACA Quiz Night 🗓 Saturday 13 June, 🕐 7:30pm - 9:00pm Join our online trivia game and support Aotearoa Mask Bloc! You can join with a team or by yourself and we will set you up with a team. Donation/koha suggested but not required for those on a low/no wage.

covidaction.nz/en/maskblocs... Promoting @covidactionnz.bsky.social :) Free masks- pick up places for people who’d like to know.

The use of good-fitting respirator masks really does prevent the spread of airborne illnesses. World Mask Week is an occasion to think about adopting this healthy habit, especially in certain settings like healthcare and mass transit. Find out more on our website: covidaction.nz/en/aguidetom...

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland: Free mask locations - Rānui Library and Avondale Library! Both libraries have a box with free 3M Auras and free KN95s.

🚨Please share this #LongCovid #CleanTheAir

From a world-leading response when the Covid pandemic began to this...

“I #MaskUp because I don’t want to become further disabled by another infection.”—Melissa Mazur @phillyphile215.bsky.social, a first wave COVID long hauler who got sick in March 2020 and never got better. Read Interview by @MsJulieSLam.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DXFc5ecEcvD/

More than 400,000 New Zealanders have experienced Long Covid and nearly half are still symptomatic. Long Covid is a stark reminder of the pandemic’s persistence with real and ongoing health, social, and economic impacts. So where is the government response? www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/lon...

Université de Sherbrooke, 150 people, blood tests found a distinct post COVID protein pattern 3 months after mild infection. Long COVID cases also showed more oxidative stress and signs of DNA damage. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is fundamental to how we plan for preventing Covid #nzpol

Study links long COVID in kids to worse grades, attention span, and social life. School-aged children with long COVID had more than double the risk of decreased academic performance than those without the condition. 📝 Read more: ow.ly/uLlh50YLc1t

New public health briefing on Long Covid www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/lon...

Shoutout to this Artemis science team member who is all about that evidence-based life #StillCoviding #PublicHealth 🧪 🛟

I’m struggling to sleep, ruminating about what the future holds… check on your disabled/chronically ill friends & family… I can bet you they aren’t doing well right now. #Kikorangi

It is not good enough that Long Covid sufferers have to form support groups to get any kind of help. It is not good enough that Covid is still circulating leading to more Long Covid and we are not using the tools available to us, particularly clean air measures. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Health policy people’s aversion to masking needs to be studied

Cicada variant BA.3.2 #cicada #covid #maskup

Serj Tankian chose to wear a mask while signing autographs at his new coffee venue Kavat Coffee earlier this week. Protecting your health and the community around you is still relevant and still matters. Clean air and small precautions aren’t overreactions, they’re care in action. #MaskUp

Tl;dr Yes, we should! www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

"Policymakers and the public are reluctant to even speak of Covid in the present tense, but the evidence shows it is still a major infectious disease in Aotearoa New Zealand, with wide-ranging negative impacts". #longcovid www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...

(please feel free to add suggestions for anyone reading) Online gatherings: @covidactionnz.bsky.social has been organising online meet ups & poetry nights In person, outdoors: - any rally for justice - cyclists prob know already: your local 'coffee outdoors' initiative - community hubs & gardens

I love to get on a meeting and have everyone spend the first 5 mins doing an inventory of illness. “I thought it was hayfever but it feels worse” “there’s definitely something going around” “probably a good thing you don’t come into the office”

Yes, the "how you know you're a novid" stood out to me. I have certainly been exposed at a casual contact environmental level, but I understand testing negative means I wasn't infectious at time of test (and with multiple tests over days, that the exposure didn't make it to a level to be infectious)

And from Baker: "Anyone with respiratory symptoms should stay home, whether they test or not." Not just from work (I wish my colleagues would take note!) but things like being called to a jury...hours spent in close proximity with many dozens of other people as the ballotting process happens.

Scoop: NZ has rejected post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason, making it one of just five countries to do so. "This is reputation-wrecking. People will think that we’ve lost our mind," says former PM Helen Clark. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/18/n...

We greatly appreciate RNZ continuing to spotlight our Covid problem. Like your quoted experts, ACA supports vaccination. We advocate for extending eligibility for boosters for under 30s, as well as prompt and adequate self-isolation and convalescence. However... www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...

A new report has come out on the scale of Long Covid in New Zealand. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

By not improving ventilation we are creating generations of chronic health and disability in our tamariki. #dobetter

Should have been a priority in wave 1 (or as soon as understood).

Tapping the sign…also sign the petition if you care even a bit about other people. Yes I’m trying to guilt you in to signing. No I’m not ashamed. And stay safe out there 😷

Have you seen this from The Spinoff? We agree! #covid #longcovid #maskup youtu.be/JqWx2W39Zbw?...

Time to button up, poops don't lie: poops.nz #Covid #MaskUp

Mask bloc locations: - Haven Avondale in West Auckland. The address is 1855 Great North Road, Avondale, 1026. Doors are sometimes locked so staff advise calling ahead of time: 09 828 5672 - Newtown Library in Pōneke Wellington - Western Community Centre in Kirikiriroa Hamilton

"With our booster uptake falling and with little tracking of Long Covid, experts are now warning that we may be underestimating the real impact of the virus." pocketcasts.com/podcast/the-...

“The government is making changes that will mean that annual and sick leave will accumulate based on hours worked, rather than as a set entitlement.” What this means in practice is people will be forced to work sick, and the NZ government undermines every attempt at a health response, every wave.

Facts ⬇️

Having sufficient leave is really important. People need to be able to isolate while infectious. Also resting with a Covid infection can lower the risk of long term effects. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Adding a note to say if you've any capacity to donate $ &/or masks themselves, please contact @covidactionnz.bsky.social donations: chuffed.org/project/1510... there is a contact email address on the chuffed donations blurb, for if you've got masks or can volunteer time-wise

With Aotearoa in its ninth wave, it is vital to stop Covid spreading in schools.

New Zealand is in our ninth Covid wave, with 19 fatalities last week. More must be done to prevent Covid. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cl...

It’s a good time to chuck on a respirator mask, esp in health care settings, public transport & busy places (indoors and out). @covidactionnz.bsky.social have set up a couple of mask blocs around the country if you’re close to one and need some masks.