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[ad_1] Universities like the University of Auckland (above) will be able to bring in 250 graduate students starting next month. Photo / Dean Purcell New Zealand’s door has been reopened to foreign students, but only to 250 graduate students who will have to pay for their own quarantine. Education Minister …

[ad_1] The government has signed its first Covid-19 purchase agreement, securing 1.5 million doses, enough for 750,000 people, from Pfizer and BioNTech. The deal, which is subject to the vaccine successfully completing all clinical trials and passing New Zealand regulatory approval, could see doses delivered as early as the first …

[ad_1] The agreement is subject to the vaccine successfully completing all clinical trials and passing regulatory approvals. Photo / file The Government has signed an agreement to buy 1.5 million Covid-19 vaccines, enough for 750,000 people. The deal will allow the purchase of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech, subject to …

[ad_1] Identical twin TV presenters Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff have kept up when it comes to plastic surgery. Photo / Getty Images Twenty years ago, South African-born billionaire Jocelyn Wildenstein was seen as a rare example of extreme plastic surgery. Nicknamed “Catwoman” because her multiple injections, implants, fillers, tensioners and …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s largest salmon producer is rechecking the results after half of its farms failed to meet environmental standards. The Marlborough District Council issued two fines and a warning after the Cawthron Institute’s inspection of New Zealand’s King Salmon farms found that five out of nine were not in …

[ad_1] Anisa Ghanizada and her husband Noorullah Habibi were almost inseparable during their tragically short married life. On Tuesday, Noorullah, a student at the University of Auckland, had to prepare for a mid-semester exam and was unable to join Anisa and the rest of her family for a field trip …

[ad_1] OPINION: We all know that we have nine years to act on climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is the United Nations Organization to assess science related to climate change, concludes that we need to cut our emissions by almost half by 2030 to keep global …

[ad_1] Jade Star Child Care and Learning Center Director Amanda Dore tests a new Covid-19 breath analyzer, which may be available for distribution in New Zealand next month. Photo / Peter McIntosh A prototype respiration testing device that can instantly detect if a person has Covid-19 was showcased yesterday in …

[ad_1] CAMPAIGN JOURNAL: While waiting for the prime minister’s bus to arrive, a fan congratulated Labor Party member Aupito William Sio on winning the election. Sio smiled, reminding the man that this hadn’t happened yet. But the work Jacinda Ardern did in South Auckland on Saturday has started to look …

[ad_1] The Black Ferns perform the haka. Photo / Photosport World Rugby has become the first global sports federation to recommend that transgender women not participate at the elite and international levels of women’s play. The organization released a statement on Saturday that, while it does not strictly prohibit their …