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[ad_1] Still sick with Covid-19, US President Donald Trump has once again downplayed the illness that hospitalized him for three days and which has so far killed more than 210,000 Americans. He compared it again to the seasonal flu and said he plans to return to the campaign soon. Back …

[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern accused Judith Collins of putting New Zealand’s “clean and green” brand on the line during a heated leaders’ debate in Christchurch last night. But Collins has dismissed this as a “silly” line, adding that National’s promise to boost the tech sector, including science and engineering, would mean …

[ad_1] Scientists at Massey University are reeling from explosive new proposals that they say would be the biggest cut for science academics in New Zealand history. Massey science teaching staff received a revised discussion paper this morning outlining cost reduction measures, with two options presented. Both would reduce academic science …

[ad_1] A wildfire that destroyed most of a village on New Zealand’s South Island has sparked fierce debate among upland farmers and conservationists as those affected struggle to understand the unusually fierce nature of the fire. Lake Ōhau village is located in the foothills of the Ben Ohau mountain range …

[ad_1] The White House has blocked new guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the marketing of potential vaccines for Covid-19 that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the November 3 election. What was at stake was the FDA’s planned requirement that participants in ongoing massive …

[ad_1] COVID-19 You may not have noticed, but the third outbreak in New Zealand started in mid-September and has already been eliminated, reports Marc Daalder. The third outbreak of Covid-19 in New Zealand is finished and dusted, just a couple of weeks after it started. Rapid testing, isolation and tracking …

[ad_1] The Lake Ōhau fire could have been prevented if the Department of Conservation (DOC) managed the highlands better, farmers say. But the DOC says that fire protection for conservation lands is “largely unattainable.” In a statement, Federated Farmers High Country President Rob Stokes said it was not even fire …

[ad_1] National leader Judith Collins says the 90-day trials give companies the confidence to risk hiring one person, even in some cases when a potential employee is of a different ethnicity. Another way to boost the economy was to tap into oil and gas reserves, Collins said today at the …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Geneticist Neil Gemmell is calling for a system to monitor wastewater for potential Covid-19 clusters and carriers of the disease. It is part of a national group led by the Institute for Environmental Science and Research that has …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Geneticist Neil Gemmell is calling for a system to monitor wastewater for potential Covid-19 clusters and carriers of the disease. It is part of a national group led by the Institute for Environmental Science and Research that has …