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[ad_1] The Government is investing $ 3.92 billion in the District Health Boards in the 2020 Budget. But Health Minister David Clark said he would not fix the health system overnight and warned DHBs that the government was still waiting for them to work to improve their financial performance. The …

[ad_1] LAST VIRUSES* 4.1 million cases worldwide, with 283,000 deaths; New Zealand has only 90 active cases* Level 2 at a glance: everything you need to know* Covid-positive traveler imprisoned for 10 days after refusing medical examination* A stoner’s dream: PM comments ignite the Internet* Latest developments and essential information …

[ad_1] iStock Avianca is also one of the oldest airlines in the world. One of Latin America’s largest airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, saying the Covid-19 pandemic has devastated its business. Avianca Holdings said in a statement that the measure aims to continue operations and …

[ad_1] iStock Avianca is also one of the oldest airlines in the world. One of Latin America’s largest airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, saying the Covid-19 pandemic has devastated its business. Avianca Holdings said in a statement that the measure aims to continue operations and …

[ad_1] George Heard / The-Press Courier drivers deliver every day of the week. The national postal service receives an average of 200 packages per minute as staff works 24 hours a day to try to eliminate a large number of delivery delays due to the blockage. In an email to …

[ad_1] Statistics released today show that spending in New Zealand stopped during the Covid-19 coronavirus blockade last month, with Kiwis withholding more than $ 2.6 billion. Spending on retail cards across the country fell more than $ 2.6 billion, Stats NZ said today, as nonessential companies temporarily closed during the …

[ad_1] COMMENTARY: Today’s NZME move to try to intimidate the government into urgent legislation to allow its rejected merger with Stuff could work. This is because NZME and Stuff owner Australian Nine Entertainment threaten a much larger and more politically damaging version of Bauer Media’s early April shutdown in New …

[ad_1] As Chinese zoos and aquariums struggle with new bans on the wildlife trade, a New Zealand tech entrepreneur is seeing unexpected interest in her latest project. Melanie Langlotz has helped build a life-size robot dolphin that looks and swims like a real bottle nose and can react to human …

[ad_1] Another great week begins for New Zealand, with today’s decision to move the country to Level 2 of the Covid-19 alert system and for the Government to release its Budget on Thursday. Some hints on where the money will be spent have already been given, with another pre-Budget announcement …

[ad_1] New Zealand will go to Alert Level 2 at 11.59pm on Wednesday, but a staggered move means that not all companies will be back online immediately on Thursday. Get all the important news and read the full stories at the links below. Key developments in New Zealand • New …