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[ad_1] Google maps A Google Maps screenshot of the Champion Flour Mill on Moorhouse Ave in Christchurch. A Christchurch flour company must pay $ 100,000 to repair a worker who was paralyzed from the waist down after a fall. A Champion Flour Milling Ltd worker fell 3.7 meters from an …

[ad_1] Tributes flowed for a “much loved” and inspiring teacher after she died in a motorcycle accident last week. In a social media post, Upper Hutt College (UHC) said staff and students were “devastated” to learn of the death of Rachel Pawsey, 30, who taught at the school from mid-2016 …

[ad_1] Samuel Rillstone / RNZ Judith Collins has denied knowledge of a National Party advertisement that has been described as “misleading.” This story was originally posted on RNZ.co.nz and is being republished with permission. National Party leader Judith Collins denies knowing of a “misleading” National Party advertisement that appeared to …

[ad_1] Health Minister Chris Hipkins says he is uncomfortable with Auckland residents traveling to conferences in Queenstown and has asked city residents to “do the right thing.” It comes after the Otago Daily Times revealed that a conference held in Queenstown, which includes Aucklanders as guests, will be held despite …

[ad_1] The COVID Tracer app has more than 2 million users The COVID Tracer app, New Zealand’s preferred contact tracing technology, registered more than 2 million users on Tuesday. Hipkins says this means that 50 per cent of kiwis aged 15 and over have registered on the app, far higher …

[ad_1] Health Minister Chris Hipkins says Auckland and the rest of the country could return to alert level 1 normal without a “complete elimination” of Covid-19. Hipkins and Chief Health Officer Dr. Ashley Bloomfield led a last-minute Health Select Committee briefing on the government’s response to the second Covid-19 outbreak …

[ad_1] NZ First leader Winston Peters lashed out at the government’s response to the coronavirus when he relaunched his election campaign this morning, saying Labor ministers could have done a better job fighting the virus. Peters said New Zealand had not been the best in the world and could have …

[ad_1] At least five of the people who tested positive for Covid-19 in administered isolation on Tuesday tested negative before boarding their flight from New Zealand. The five people traveled from India through Fiji, landing in Christchurch on August 27. This included a man in his 20s, a woman in …

[ad_1] The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Trevor Mallard, has forced the National Party to remove a “misleading” ad on social media, which altered and misrepresented a written question. Although the ad was authorized by national leader Judith Collins, Mallard said she assured her that she did not see …

[ad_1] The government should have maintained a travel ban for Auckland residents leaving the city, says University of Otago epidemiologist Michael Baker. Professor Baker’s comments come after the organizer of a conference in Queenstown, which includes Auckland residents as guests, says he will go ahead despite calls from the Prime …