[ad_1] 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 New Zealand Rugby Players Association head Rob Nichol said on Friday that the government’s reluctance to allow visiting teams to train effectively …
Read More »Coronavirus: Second West Auckland Student Tests Positive for Covid-19
[ad_1] Another student at the West Auckland school tested positive for coronavirus. The student, from Henderson North School, was a close contact for a student at nearby St Dominic’s Catholic College who tested positive for the virus on Tuesday. The Henderson North student tested positive Thursday. RICKY WILSON / Stuff …
Read More »Countdown limiting acetaminophen sales after accidental student overdose
[ad_1] One of the two main supermarket chains in the country is limiting the sale of paracetamol to one packet per customer, following an accidental fatal overdose of a student. Alannah Lee Spankie, 20, was unresponsive in her Dunedin apartment on June 20, 2017, about three days after an overdose …
Read More »‘The Sailing Family’ one of hundreds in ‘Covid limbo’ in the South Pacific
[ad_1] Seth Hynes was destined to be in New Zealand. Instead, he and his family are stuck in the South Pacific on a yacht as cyclone season approaches. The American family of five left New Zealand in July on their catamaran. Goalkeeper for Fiji, but with the next cyclone season …
Read More »Coronavirus: a new case of coronavirus, linked to the Auckland cluster
[ad_1] There is a new coronavirus case to report in New Zealand on Friday and it is in the community. The new case has an epidemiological link to an existing case and is associated with the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship bereavement subgroup. The Health Ministry said in a statement shortly …
Read More »Rugby Championship to be held in Australia while New Zealand loses
[ad_1] Cameron Spencer / Getty Images The All Blacks may have to play the entire Rugby Championship in Australia this year. Sanzaar is expected to announce at 3pm on Friday that the Rugby Championship will be held in Australia. None of the contending countries’ respective rugby governing bodies have yet …
Read More »Coronavirus: Second West Auckland student tests positive at elementary school
[ad_1] Another student at the West Auckland school tested positive for coronavirus. The student, from Henderson North School Elementary School, was a close contact for another, at nearby St Dominic’s Catholic College, who tested positive for the virus Tuesday. Henderson North School confirmed the news on its website on Friday, …
Read More »450-space parking building to be built near Christchurch Hospital in two years
[ad_1] Supplied A map showing the new parking plans around Christchurch Hospital. Within two years, a new 450-space parking building will be constructed near Christchurch Hospital. It is part of a package to bring more than 650 new car parks to the area. Two floors and 238 parks will also …
Read More »Covid 19 Coronavirus: Second West Auckland School Student Tests Positive for Infection
[ad_1] Another student at a West Auckland primary school tested positive for Covid-19. Henderson North School has told its school community that the student was a close contact from a previous case that has now tested positive. The Auckland Regional Public Health Service has confirmed to the school that there …
Read More »Former Tawa man, now head of UNICEF Greece, makes a passionate plea to the kiwis
[ad_1] Four sleeping faces could be mistaken for a pajama party if it weren’t for the asphalt that is now your bed. They all appear to be under the age of five, none have pillows, but that’s the least of their problems. The four babies and their families escaped from …
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