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[ad_1] Stuff Two Auckland City Council employees have died suddenly in the space of a week. (File photo) The Auckland Council is launching an internal review of its mental health policies and procedures following the suspected suicide of an employee. Jenny Gargiulo, a leading environmental specialist, died on December 1 …

[ad_1] Supplied Nga Roimata Beattie-Rihari, center, pictured with her siblings, was 18 years old and six months pregnant when she died in a drunk driving accident caused by Ioakimi Sale. A man who drove drunk during New Zealand’s Covid-19 alert level 4 lockdown, killing a teenage girl and her unborn …

[ad_1] Fiji has declared a state of natural disaster as Cyclone Yasa approaches the mainland bringing gusts of up to 345 kilometers per hour. The Category 5 cyclone is scheduled to make landfall in Bua, Vanua Levu, at 8pm Thursday (9pm New Zealand time). Niwa predicts it will have “destructive …

[ad_1] Supplied Nga Roimata Beattie-Rihari, center, pictured with her siblings, was 18 years old and six months pregnant when she died in a drunk driving accident caused by Ioakimi Sale. A man who drove drunk during New Zealand’s Covid-19 alert level 4 lockdown, killing a teenage girl and her unborn …

[ad_1] Mark Lennihan / AP A total of 7.6 million doses will come from AstraZeneca, enough for 3.8 million people and 10.72 million doses of Novavax, enough for 5.36 million people. Both vaccines require the administration of two doses. This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. …

[ad_1] Supplied Former Gloriavale resident Peter Faithful has been missing since Saturday. Concern is mounting for a former Gloriavale resident in his 40s who has been missing for five days. Peter Faithful, 62, has been missing from his home in the Christchurch suburb of Bishopdale since Saturday morning. Gloriavale Leavers’ …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s Covid-19 vaccines will be rolled out in 2021. The government said it expected front-line workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the second quarter of 2021 and then begin vaccinating the public in the second half of the year. Subsequently, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that despite …

[ad_1] Jonathan Guildford / Stuff A woman was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle at an apartment complex on Eureka St in Aranui. Police cordoned off a section of apartments in Christchurch after a woman was struck by a vehicle and seriously injured. Emergency services were called to …

[ad_1] Police were justified in shooting a Tauranga man who held his two daughters hostage for 15 hours, says the Independent Police Conduct Authority. On November 24, 2019, the man’s partner called police at the home of Bellevue, who had managed to escape. There, police found Ethan Kerapa, also known …

[ad_1] NZSAS Private Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea was 35 years old. Photo / New Zealand Army The Defense Force was taken to court after the death of Corporal Nicholas Kahotea, who was fatally injured in a training accident. But the court heard that the existence of classified information related to …