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[ad_1] A Christchurch man occupied the entrance of a Christchurch bus on Monday in an apparent protest against the government’s mandatory mask rule on public transport under alert level 2. Your playlist will load after this announcement. Adam Nuttall stopped a bus for more than an hour, he said, in …

[ad_1] Thousands of primary health care workers are expected to strike in New Zealand tomorrow. About 3,200 nurses and administrative staff are expected to strike for eight hours, calling for pay parity with their colleagues on the district health board. It is scheduled to move forward after mediation with employers, …

[ad_1] Collins told The AM Show on Wednesday morning that she was not behind the fake letterhead, but that she would find out who was. “Well, not me. I’m going to find out today. I’m going to get to the bottom of it. Possibly someone trying to be smart. I’m …

[ad_1] Garden City Helicopters Emergency services were called in for the accident on The Lake Rd in Leeston, 30 kilometers southwest of Christchurch, around 11.05 p.m. Tuesday. (File photo) Five people were injured, including two seriously, after a car accident in Selwyn, Canterbury. Emergency services were called for the accident …

[ad_1] One of New Zealand’s best-known flour brands was fined $ 310,000 after a worker was paralyzed after falling nearly 4 meters from a platform. Champion Flour Milling Limited was also ordered to pay $ 100,000 to the seriously injured woman after WorkSafe successfully prosecuted the company for its failures. …

[ad_1] COMMENTARY The focus on family at the center of the latter group led to a mob mentality on social media and the secret racial biases of ‘confirmed’ people, Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon writes for RNZ. When Auckland returned to level three lockdown a month ago, many New Zealanders …

[ad_1] “These will be distributed starting next week. They allow you to keep a manual paper diary; we are aware that some of our senior citizens in particular prefer to keep a paper record of where they have been.” The brochures will be distributed in packs of 10 and the …

[ad_1] Levin hosted the latest emerging community testing center in the country, and the Mid-Central District Board of Health hosted a testing day for everyone. Photo: RNZ / Harry Lock It came as the Ministry of Health seeks to continue high levels of test numbers, both inside and outside Auckland. …

[ad_1] By Nita Blake-Persen of RNZ You’ve gotten back to basics with the Government’s latest Covid-19 tracking tool – a paper brochure that can be used by anyone without a smartphone. More than two million people have downloaded the NZ Covid Tracer app, but the number of daily scans indicates …

[ad_1] By RNZ’s Matthew Theunissen Five people who tested positive for Covid-19 in isolation facilities in New Zealand tested negative before leaving India. The five new cases detected in isolation yesterday stayed in an isolation hotel in New Delhi for three days, prior to their flight to Christchurch, and all …