Text Title: Prime Minister - New Zealand's shift to traffic light system
Text Type: News Report
Text Creator: Stuff News
Text Purpose: To inform the rest of New Zealand about the upcoming traffic light system
Critical Question: What is the text about? How do we know?
Date: 23/11/21
Critical Question:
This text is about the new traffic light system that is going to enter New Zealand starting December 2nd-3rd we know this because Jacind Ardern had a press conference about it explaining it in more depth. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300460414/covid19-new-zealand-to-enter-trafficlight-system-on-december-3-opening-up-auckland
New Zealand is moving to the new traffic light system from 11:59 pm on Thursday December 2, meaning Kiwis will have to navigate a new set of rules on where they can visit and what they can do. At the announcement, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said setting the date now would give people, communities and businesses time to prepare. The system will involve three settings - green, orange and red. I like this traffic light system idea but I still wonder what will happen once this pandemic goes away.. would the system continue or would we go back to normal. The traffic light system has many advantages and can help us as a community be more aware on how many covid cases is in your supposed community.
I'm still wondering how they would know who has the covid cases and how would everyone follow the rules on the road when travelling this is what court needs to be aware of just in case because thats one potential way that covid could spread. Ardern is asking everyone to stop what they're doing so that they can install the lights all around New Zealand, Auckland would start on the red light system and no location starts on the green light till research has been done about the cases.
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Red
The red setting will allow hospitality to open with vaccine certificates, but gathering limits, physical distancing, masks and other public health measures would be used.
Record keeping and scanning will be required, with face coverings mandatory on flights, public transport, in taxis, retail, and in venues.
Public facilities can open with up to 100 people and 1m distancing. Retail needs to have 1m distancing too.
People are advised to work at home, but ECEs, schools and kura can open with public health measures.
Some outdoor community events will be allowed with limited capacity.
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Orange
At orange, gathering limits can lift. Places that choose not to use vaccination certificates will either be closed or have public health measures in place.
There will be no limits for the following if vaccination certificates are used: Hospitality, gatherings (weddings, worship, marae), events, close contact business, gyms.
Without the use of certificates, hospitality and gatherings will have limits applied
Without the use of certificates, events, gyms and close contact businesses will not be able to operate.
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Green
Green is when there are some Covid-19 cases in the community but at low levels.
Fully vaccinated people can enjoy all events and hospitality and gatherings by showing a vaccine certificate.
Premises choosing not to use certificates will face restrictions similar to the current alert level framework.:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/tvnz/QFULVZNTNNCXJOLTJE6JMQKAOQ.png)
Image Credit:
https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/21/auckland-alert-level-shift-unlikely-before-november-29-pm/
Hi Kaedun, I really like your post about the 'traffic light system'. I think it is a good think to write about because we know that the nation is shifting to the 'traffic light system', but don't know what it means. It's nice how you wrote the critical literacy question brief and wrote the meaning of each of the lights later on in the post. What I also like about the post is an image you included and the link where you adapted the information from. However, there is some things you need to note down for next time; what I have been seeing is that you have been using the same critical literacy question more than one time, which I think you should use some more to increase your critical knowledge. Another thing is to cite the image: where you got the image from. Well, it was an amazing post to read and learn about. Hope reading another wonderful post.
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