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The Health Minister has labelled Ashley Bloomfield an absolute hero.The Director-General of Health resigned earlier today, and will finish up in the role in late July - a year before his contract ends.Bloomfield says dealing with a pandemic is a 24/7 job and it's time for a break.Minister Andrew Little told Andrew Dickens Bloomfield has kept politicians and the Health Ministry focused on the fight.“I could not think of a person who has had to juggle as many issues and various other things that Ashley has done and done it with his low-key, very measured approach as well.”LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.