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[ad_1] The public health risk from COVID-19 has been assessed as low, but it is the eighth incident involving 12 people fleeing managed isolation so far. Security has been tightened at the Rotorua facility following the latest incident. The initial information is that the man left through a fenced area. …

[ad_1] Nearly 200 people are considered casual contacts after a person with Covid-19 attended an Auckland gym. Up to 195 clients of Les Mills on Auckland’s North Shore were considered casual contacts of a person with Covid-19 who attended gym classes on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Les Mills …

[ad_1] A man escaped from his managed isolation facility at Rotorua’s Sudima hotel last night and was found about 30 minutes later. Your playlist will load after this announcement. This is the eighth such incident, Air Commodore Darryn Webb said today. Source: 1 NEWS He was noticed missing from his …

[ad_1] David Unwin / Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern takes a selfie with fans at Massey University in Palmerston North on Thursday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is confident that Palmerston North will not be a close contest in this year’s election. Ardern was on the campaign trail in Palmerston North …

[ad_1] Lying in a hospital bed in an induced coma and on life support, Covid-19 victim Nigel Te Hiko was unaware that his older brother had died. But at the end of the week, Alan and Nigel Te Hiko will meet once again, the brothers will be buried in the …

[ad_1] Finance Minister Grant Robertson said gross domestic product statistics showing the biggest drop in quarterly GDP since modern records began in 1987 were better than anticipated. Stats NZ accounts on Thursday showed the economy contracting 12.2 percent in the June quarter. “This result was better than the Treasury’s forecast …

[ad_1] Health officials asked all staff and students at an Auckland primary school to get tested for Covid-19 after a contagious student briefly attended Monday. Chapel Downs Elementary School was closed last night until next Monday at the earliest for a deep cleaning, after the school was informed of the …

[ad_1] “However, the vast majority of the school are asked to stay away from other people outside the home until they are tested and receive a negative result,” said a spokesperson. “While casual contacts have a very low risk of developing COVID-19, Public Health has requested that everyone in the …

[ad_1] With a caring wife, five daughters, and eight grandchildren, Tony Sullivan has something to fight for. But extending your life in the battle against bowel cancer will cost your family tens of thousands of dollars. In 2018, Sullivan, now 54, was diagnosed with stage three cancer. They told him …

[ad_1] Before Jamie Méndez’s flight even landed in Christchurch with more than $ 800,000 worth of cocaine in padded jackets, customs officials were suspicious. The 44-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona in the United States had recently flown from her hometown to go on vacation to Africa for 12 days. For his …