Health

[ad_1] Election 2020 The leaders of the five main parties in Parliament shared a washed-out podium for the first time in the election campaign, with the exception of NZ First’s Winston Peters, broadcast live from his bus tour of the South Island. Tim Murphy reports. This was not a debate. …

[ad_1] Today there are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, both in the community. Both cases have an epidemiological link to an existing case and both are associated with the subset of bereavement events that is epidemiologically linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship in Auckland. One of …

[ad_1] A student’s admission is based on his or her grade point average and performance on a clinical aptitude test. But in 2012, the university introduced the Mirror on Society policy, prioritizing students from underrepresented communities within the healthcare workforce. These include Maori and Pasifika students; students from rural or …

[ad_1] 11:07 am, September 11, 2020 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has responded to claims that government quarantine regulations are to blame for Australia securing the Rugby Championship over New Zealand. This comes after the head of the New Zealand Rugby Players Association, Rob Nichol, said on Friday that the government’s …

[ad_1] Thousands of asylum seekers have spent a fourth night sleeping outdoors on the Greek island of Lesbos, after successive fires destroyed a notoriously overcrowded refugee and migrant camp during a coronavirus lockdown. Authorities have said the fires on Tuesday and Wednesday night (local time) were deliberately set by some …

[ad_1] Labor has unveiled its billion-dollar social development policy, which would allow people who receive a benefit who work part-time to earn more and reinforce the flexible salary scheme. If re-elected, he would also reinstate an allowance for single-parent beneficiaries who go to college more than 10 years after removal. …

[ad_1] The Covid-19 death toll in Australia has surpassed 800 after Victoria reported six other deaths. An empty central business district during closure in Melbourne, Australia. Source: Associated Press The virus-ravaged state confirmed the deaths today along with 37 more cases from the past 24 hours. It means that the …

[ad_1] The woman jailed for escaping from a managed isolation facility appeared at a protest rally against the government’s use of lockdowns and other Covid-19 restrictions. A crowd of a few thousand filled Auckland’s Aotea Square this afternoon at the “National Rally for Freedom”, organized by Advanced Party co-leaders Jami …

[ad_1] New Zealand First is committed to increasing funding for the cost of St John Ambulance from 70% to 90% if re-elected. Leader Winston Peters said it was “a real shame” that one of New Zealand’s emergency services relied on charity to provide a service that all Kiwis needed in …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also went to China last year and raised “the question of [human rights] directly “with President Xi Jinping. New Zealand has recently been a signatory to several joint statements calling on China for its practices and the Prime Minister highlighted Aotearoa’s stance on the issue …