Health

[ad_1] Dreamworld’s parent company, Ardent Leisure, has been fined $ 3.6 million for the 2016 Thunder River Rapids ride tragedy that claimed four lives, including a New Zealander. Southport Magistrate Pam Dowse said the company failed in its primary safety duty to the public. New Zealander Cindy Low died, along …

[ad_1] A man has been taken into police custody after allegedly escaping from a managed isolation facility in Auckland by climbing out of a fourth floor window and down a makeshift rope of sheets. The chief of managed isolation and quarantine, Air Commodore Darryn Webb, said around 8:20 a.m. On …

[ad_1] Some 15 people have been arrested after climate activists locked themselves in vehicles to block access to a Canterbury coal mine. More than 30 Extinction Rebellion activists began the protest at 4.30am Monday, blocking the access road to Bathurst Resources’ Canterbury Coal Mine. Other activists are believed to have …

[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern’s travel plans have fallen apart as bad weather hits the South Island. The Labor leader has been campaigning in Invercargill this morning. He was scheduled to take an afternoon flight out of the city of Southland, but it was canceled. He is now heading to Dunedin to …

[ad_1] Today there are no cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, confirmed the Ministry of Health through a statement. Pathogenic viruses that cause infection in the host organism (stock image) Source: istock.com In a statement today, the Ministry of Health confirmed that the total number of active coronavirus cases in …

[ad_1] A man who has fought for 15 years with the Catholic order of San Juan de Dios and two government ministries for compensation for the sexual and physical abuse he suffered, described his life as a “horror movie.” Kerry Johnson * told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse …

[ad_1] Supplied Zachary Gravatt was 22 years old and studying medicine when he contracted meningococcal disease. Two doctors involved in treating a young man who died of meningococcal disease can keep their names secret forever, a Superior Court judge ruled. In a decision released this month, Supreme Court Justice Paul …

[ad_1] Real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson is asking National to scrap its plans to repeal the Healthy Homes Standards. Earlier this month, National proposed removing the heating requirement under the government’s Healthy Home Standards, which take effect in 2021. Barfoot and Thompson Director Kiri Barfoot said landlords had a …

[ad_1] Update on Wednesday’s three community cases The Health Ministry says it continues to track, contact and test close contacts of the three community cases reported Wednesday. These are the cases related to the Christchurch-Auckland charter flight in which a recent positive returnee flew. “All but one passenger on the …

[ad_1] There are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, both in isolation. The new cases are imported cases in a managed isolation facility, and one person arrived from Germany via the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia on September 21, the Health Ministry said. The other person who tested …