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[ad_1] Simon O’Connor / Stuff Pakilau Manase Lua, who is the chair of the Pacific Leadership Forum’s Pacific Response Coordination Team, said this spread was especially common among those with ties to conservative evangelical or Pentecostal churches in the United States. (File photo) This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz …

[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* 125 active cases in New Zealand, with four people in hospital; Worldwide, there have been 27.5 million cases and nearly 900,000 deaths* Who is the Mt Roskill church at the center of the group?* Mike Hosking: Has Australia overtaken NZ in Covid response?Derek Cheng: Why the Mt …

[ad_1] Ricardo Ceppi / Getty Images AstraZeneca confirmed that the Covid-19 vaccine trial had been voluntarily stopped after an unexplained illness in a British participant. Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 candidate vaccine are temporarily on hold while the company investigates whether a patient suffered a serious side effect or if …

[ad_1] A West Auckland primary school student has been identified as a close contact for a coronavirus case. It comes after a student at nearby St Dominic’s Catholic College tested positive for the virus. The student last attended school on Friday, September 4 and left early after feeling unwell. His …

[ad_1] By RNZ Health Minister Chris Hipkins says it has become clear that some close contacts from the church subgroup Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship were not previously disclosed, including a student who recently tested positive. Police are now helping community health authorities, he said. A student at St Dominic’s Catholic …

[ad_1] This story was originally published in RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Health Minister Chris Hipkins says it has become clear that some close contacts from the church subgroup Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship were not previously disclosed, including a student who recently tested positive. A student at St Dominic’s Catholic …

[ad_1] Schools in West Auckland today are urging parents to keep their children at home if they have another child attending a Catholic university at the center of the latest Covid outbreak. St Dominic’s Catholic College in Auckland is closed for the rest of the week after a senior tested …

[ad_1] Less than a third of New Zealand voters can name the current Education Minister, according to a new study. A report, released by the think tank New Zealand Initiative on Wednesday, revealed gaps in civic knowledge of New Zealand adults. Paul Mitchell / Things The New Zealander will vote …

[ad_1] The ministry that pays $ 40 million in costs for next year’s America’s Cup regatta in Auckland, says none of that money should have gone to the New Zealand team to design the AC75 class of monohull foil boats. The opposition of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment …

[ad_1] AUCKLAND ZOO / Supplied These marmoset twins were born at Auckland Zoo on July 17. The twin marmosets are thriving at Auckland Zoo after their mother failed to produce milk, leading to them being hand-reared. The rare golden lion tamarin, a male and a female, were born to Mama …