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[ad_1] South Australia has announced that it will head for a strict six-day lockdown in an attempt to rise to the top of a growing Covid-19 cluster in Adelaide. South Australian Prime Minister Steven Marshall unveiled the new lockdown measures on Wednesday, saying they faced their “biggest test to date.” …

[ad_1] Cameron Burnell / Stuff The United States Ambassador, Scott Brown. The US government paid for the US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown and his wife to fly domestically in New Zealand on a private jet to avoid going into quarantine at the border, documents show. Almost everyone who …

[ad_1] A man in his 30s who dies of cancer has been released from home detention on compassionate medical grounds. Armand Ameal Jarom Pene, 34, was serving a six-month house arrest sentence for a series of driving-related offenses. He has terminal lung cancer and appeared in a wheelchair in August …

[ad_1] More than 22,000 coronavirus tests have been carried out in Auckland since an AUT University student tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. The Health Ministry said Wednesday that with the extensive testing it had “greater confidence” that there were no potential undetected links in the recent community transmission chain. …

[ad_1] More than 22,000 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Auckland since an AUT University student tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that with the extensive testing it had “greater confidence” that there were no possible undetected links in the recent community transmission chain. …

[ad_1] Things Waste Management NZ were sentenced in Hamilton District Court after a worker was seriously injured. One company was fined $ 400,000 after a worker was seriously injured when his arm was caught in a machine used to shred tires. Waste Management NZ was found guilty of health and …

[ad_1] Climate Change Minister James Shaw wants to see a new ban on gasoline and diesel cars, which will be implemented at the same time as the UK ban. During an interview with Stuff about his priorities for the second term, Shaw said he would recommend the policy to the …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Some supermarkets threaten to “remove” vendor products from the shelves if they talk about tactics like 45 percent margins and theft billing, says a vendor industry group. The accusations come as the government orders supermarkets to carry out …

[ad_1] The mayor of Christchurch says the city’s low leadership approval rating is partly due to residents’ lack of understanding of the limited powers of the city council. A recent report from the Christchurch Foundation included a report card for “things that matter” in the city, rating 20 categories from …

[ad_1] Family members struggle to understand how a woman crashed her vehicle into a tree, killing herself and her two children, in a grim echo of the death of her partner a month earlier. Tiny Tibble, 43, was killed Monday morning along with his 14-year-old son Ashton-Lee Rangihuna and 10-year-old …