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[ad_1] The government has secured two more vaccinations, enough for all New Zealanders and their Pacific partners, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Check out the update here: Additional vaccines that are being purchased previously are from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax. A total of 7.6 million doses will come from …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo / Mark Mitchell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said launching the vaccine will be one of the government’s top priorities in 2021. All New Zealanders will be able to receive a Covid-19 vaccine with 15 million doses now …

[ad_1] A young man who had suffered “extreme” psychological and physical abuse drove a car over a cliff, crashing head-on into a bank, in an attempt to kill himself. No one at the New Zealand state children’s home she had escaped from cared or even acknowledged her call for help. …

[ad_1] ANDY JACKSON / Stuff Ramidu Galappaththi finally returned to New Zealand after being trapped in Sri Lanka for nine months. A chef from New Plymouth is finally home, after a five-week dream trip turned into a nine-month struggle to get back to New Zealand. Ramidu Galappaththi of Sri Lanka …

[ad_1] The government has confirmed that it will increase the minimum wage to $ 20 an hour starting April 1 of next year. The Minister for Safety and Workplace Relations Michael Wood said that as New Zealand recovered and rebuilt from Covid-19, the government pledged to support New Zealanders by …

[ad_1] There have been four new Covid-19 cases recorded in New Zealand since Monday, all in isolation. Covid-19 test. Source: istock.com There are no new cases in the community. Two of the new cases reported today arrived in New Zealand on December 9 from the Czech Republic via Germany and …

[ad_1] Deal Dec 15, 2020 11:59 PM2 minutes to read Johnny Appleseed Holdings Ltd was fined $ 14,000 for illegal agrochemical spray after a pair of cyclists covered themselves in chemical spray. Photo / Supplied A Hastings orchard has been fined $ 14,000 for an illegal agrochemical spray after two …

[ad_1] Auckland residents say they were left in the dark after a school fire spread asbestos through their neighborhood. The fire broke out in a technology block at Ponsonby Middle School on December 8. The council later said there were no risks to the neighborhood as the burned building had …

[ad_1] A man driving an international aircrew to and from Sydney Airport was diagnosed with Covid-19, ending 12 consecutive days without a case of the locally acquired virus in New South Wales. Your playlist will load after this ad. The person is a van driver transporting flight crews to and …

[ad_1] An iwi leader and adviser to the Maori king has appeared in court facing charges of fraud. Roger Haare Charles Pikia, 58, appeared in Auckland District Court after a lengthy investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. Pikia, listed as a director of the company in the court documents, is …