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[ad_1] World Dec 23, 2020 04:00 PM4 minutes to read New South Wales government announces changes to Christmas restrictions in Sydney. Source: Sky News Australia New South Wales health chiefs are in a race against time to figure out how two of the most recent cases of the Sydney outbreak …

[ad_1] World Dec 22, 2020 11:32 PM4 minutes to read New South Wales government announces changes to Christmas restrictions in Sydney. Source: Sky News Australia New South Wales registered eight new cases of community transmission today, the same number as yesterday. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said just under …

[ad_1] Antarctica New Zealand Scott Base buildings in Antarctica. Antarctica New Zealand says it is not changing its response to Covid-19 at this stage, despite an outbreak at a Chilean research station. Spanish-language media reported that up to 36 people related to the Chilean Army base, General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme, …

[ad_1] By Ashley Smyth The Hokey-pokey ice cream was Mel Sloan’s first trial of freedom after coming out of quarantine in New Zealand last month. the Oamaru Mail has been following the plight of the Palmerston-raised woman, who taught at Oamaru before heading abroad. Miss Sloan was stranded in the …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she still feels there are “molds” that politicians, including herself, are expected to fit into, but says she is trying to be prime minister “my way.” Your playlist will load after this ad. Ardern says she wants to be a progressive leader who recognizes …

[ad_1] A Wellington mother calls for a ban on foot-operated hand sanitizer dispensers and warns parents to be careful after their child suffers serious eye damage from one. James Lapthorn, 3, whose eye was injured with a hand sanitizer from a foot-operated hand sanitizer dispenser. Source: Supplied Liz Partridge and …

[ad_1] Kiwis hoping to fly home from the UK have had their flights canceled due to the new strain of Covid-19 sweeping Britain. More than 50 countries have imposed travel bans on flights from the UK. Singapore Airlines, which offers connecting flights to New Zealand, is among those that have …

[ad_1] MARION VAN DIJK / Things Nelson-Marlborough Health CEO Dr. Peter Bramley will assume the highest permanent position at the CDHB. The new executive director of the Canterbury board of health has assumed “a poisoned chalice” by leading the country’s most indebted and rebellious health board, health commentators say. Nelson-Marlborough …

[ad_1] Pike River mine workers have reached a seal near the end of the mine access tunnel, their latest milestone in the reclamation operation for 2020. The government commissioned the Pike River Recovery Agency to recover the 2.3 km tunnel, or drift, in hopes of finding bodies and evidence of …

[ad_1] Singapore Airlines has cut back on its transit flights from London, leaving many Kiwis stranded as they travel home. Photography / Brett Phibbs Kiwis hoping to fly home from the UK have had their flights canceled due to the new strain of Covid-19 sweeping Britain. More than 50 countries …