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[ad_1] New Zealand’s “powerful” collective action against Covid remains one of our best lines of defense, says Dr. Siouxsie Wiles. Wiles, a microbiologist and science communicator at the University of Auckland, cautioned that holding out hope that a vaccine will bring life back “to what life was like in 2019” …

[ad_1] West Coasters is concerned that its rivers may be closed to the bite as part of a proposal that is about to be sent to the incoming Minister of Conservation. New research sent to the Department of Conservation (DOC) showed that already healthy rivers were the best candidates for …

[ad_1] Politics October 27, 2020 03:47 am3 minutes to read Chris Liddell when he was president of Xero. Photo / Doug Sherring President Donald Trump’s nomination of his New Zealand staff member to the top post in the OECD has divided New Zealand’s political parties. Chris Liddell, who was born …

[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about Air Force One after participating in the final presidential debate last week. Photo / AP OPINION I was supposed to be with you, safe in Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand and well away from Donald Trump’s America. But I screwed up the plan. …

[ad_1] Having dropped tantalizing clues days ago about an “exciting new discovery on the Moon,” NASA has revealed conclusive evidence of water on our only natural satellite. This illustration highlights the Clavius ​​crater on the Moon with an illustration depicting the water trapped in the lunar soil there. Photo: POT …

[ad_1] Alannah Spankie did not take acetaminophen with the intention of taking her own life, according to an investigation. Medsafe’s drug classification committee will today consider coronary recommendations on the sale of acetaminophen made following the investigation into the death of a Dunedin student. Alannah Lee Spankie, 20, died of …

[ad_1] In the midst of a year of contagion and turmoil, Chileans overwhelmingly voted in favor of a constitutional convention drafting a new charter to replace the guiding principles imposed four decades ago under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. The country’s conservative government had agreed with the center-left …

[ad_1] World October 25, 2020 05:42 am4 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Dr. Li-Meng Yan’s work has been widely discredited by the scientific community, but Trump’s allies have supported her “whistleblower” claims. Video / CNN Frustrations have boiled over …

[ad_1] The US probe that collected samples from an asteroid earlier this week recovered so much material that a rock is wedged into the container door, allowing the rocks to spill back into space, NASA officials say. This capture of video frames from NASA shows the robotic arm of the …

[ad_1] World October 24, 2020 12:15 PM3 minutes to read A NASA spacecraft is littered with so much asteroid debris from this week’s attack that it is stuck. Photo / AP A NASA spacecraft is littered with so much asteroid debris from this week’s attack that it is stuck and …