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[ad_1] Asbestos has been found on the fire-damaged roof at Ponsonby Middle School in Auckland. Photo / Dean Purcell Health officials are warning people close to Auckland’s Ponsonby Middle School to be more careful after asbestos was found on a roof that caught fire earlier this week. The “fierce” fire …

[ad_1] Things Conrad Smith breaks through Fiji’s defense during the All Blacks’ last test against Fiji in 2011. New Zealand Rugby has revealed ambitious plans to play 15 All Blacks events next year, starting with the first game against Fiji in more than a decade, if Covid-19 allows it of …

[ad_1] Things Conrad Smith breaks through Fiji’s defense during the All Blacks’ last test against Fiji in 2011. The All Blacks will kick off a 2021 year by hosting Fiji in the first meeting between the two nations in more than a decade, if Covid-19 allows. Chief Executive Mark Robinson …

[ad_1] Alex Brandon / AP Dr. Anotny Fauci, left, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are among others on this year’s list of the most mispronounced words. Fauci, Kamala … Da Vinci? America’s leading infectious …

[ad_1] The Health Ministry will not announce whether there are any new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, for the first time since March. New Zealand had its first confirmed case of Covid-19 on February 28 and from March 3 onwards, daily updates have been provided to the media and the …

[ad_1] Australian YouTube prankster Willem Powerfish has said 9News will change the way you do business after pleading guilty to five crimes involving the sinking of a car and boat trailer in a river. The Gold Coast internet sensation, real name Willem Ungermann, posted a video allegedly showing himself backing …

[ad_1] Children, young people and women, especially Maori, are forced to stay in detention agencies for too long. These are the findings of a follow-up report that has prompted the Commission on Human Rights to call on detention agencies to reduce, if not completely eliminate, the use of seclusion and …

[ad_1] British regulators warned on Wednesday (local time) that people who have a history of severe allergic reactions should not receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program. The UK Medical and Health Products Regulatory …

[ad_1] World December 9, 2020 at 05:06 pm4 minutes to read PM Jacinda Ardern said that ‘2021 will be the year of the vaccine’ when discussing NZ’s plans for a Covid-19 vaccine. Video / Mark Mitchell British regulators are warning that people with a history of severe allergic reactions should …

[ad_1] Rich countries are piling up doses of Covid vaccines and people living in poor countries will miss them, warns a coalition of campaigning bodies. Photo: AFP The People’s Vaccine Alliance says that nearly 70 low-income countries will only be able to vaccinate one in 10 people. This is despite …