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[ad_1] A staff member at Westpac New Zealand’s central office in central Auckland tested positive for Covid-19. The staff member, whose case was announced by Health Director Dr. Ashley Bloomfield on Friday, contracted the virus from a family contact outside the bank. A Westpac New Zealand spokesperson said the employee …

[ad_1] Up to 120 gym-goers can be considered casual contacts from one of Auckland’s recent Covid-19 community cases. The infected man visited Snap Fitness Browns Bay while infected on Saturday, October 17. Brendan Hurrell, general manager of Snap Fitness Auckland, said that between 100 and 120 gym-goers may have to …

[ad_1] Bernadette Courtney / Things Tourists are leaving Wellington for the long working weekend, and traffic is already picking up on State Highway 1 near Peka Peka on the Kāpiti coast. Queues in cities have narrowed after previous congestion hampered drivers heading into Labor Day weekend. Traffic began to reverse …

[ad_1] Westpac says an employee at its Auckland headquarters tested positive for Covid-19. Photo / Archive Westpac has confirmed that a staff member at its head office tested positive for Covid-19 and employees are being asked to monitor their health. The bank spokesman said the non-customer-facing employee hired him through …

[ad_1] Stuff The accident happened on State Highway 8, just north of the small township of Raes Junction, around 9 a.m. Friday. (File photo) A man was seriously injured after crashing and rolling his truck in rural Otago. Emergency services were called for the accident on Ettrick-Rae Junction Rd (State …

[ad_1] A relative of a dock worker with Covid-19 is among the nine people who have contracted the disease. The latest infections, one of which was in the community, were announced by the chief health officer, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, on Friday. Flanked by Health Minister Chris Hipkins at a press …

[ad_1] Politics 22 Oct, 2020 11:45 PM5 minutes to read Health Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo / file There are nine new cases of Covid-19 today: one in the “naval engineer group” and eight in managed isolation. Seven of the cases in managed isolation are among the fishing crew in Christchurch, …

[ad_1] Mark Tantrum / Getty Images Data from the Ministry of Health shows that the number of daily QR code scans with the Covid-19 tracking app has dramatically decreased at alert level 1, despite new community cases in Auckland. Use of the government’s Covid-19 tracking app has fallen to the …

[ad_1] A pub has closed for two weeks, a gym has closed, and schools are alerting parents to links to our latest Covid-19 cases. Luke Kirkness tracks the spread of the virus from a port worker in Taranaki to the north shore of Auckland. A marine engineer who is believed …

[ad_1] A Browns Bay gym on Auckland’s North Shore says it is closed for cleaning after a positive case of Covid-19 visited it. Snap Fitness in Browns Bay says the person was in the gym on October 17. Photo: Supplied A sign outside the Snap Fitness gym says a person …