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[ad_1] The Ministry of Health has announced there are no new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand for a third straight day today. The information was released electronically as the Government prepares for its media conference at 2pm for this year’s Budget. There have been zero deaths from coronavirus since yesterday’s …

[ad_1] Thrill seekers wanting an aerial view of Christchurch’s Sumner Beach or Hanmer Springs won’t have long to wait with two new skydiving attractions launching this year. Ashburton-based Skydiving Kiwis is in the final stages of prepping skydiving over Sumner Beach, which has been in the works for nearly two …

[ad_1] Alden Williams / Things Christchurch City Council Executive Director Dawn Baxendale says it is unlikely that a zero rate increase can be achieved. A 0 percent rate hike is simply “unrealistic” in light of the Covid-19 crisis, the executive director of the Christchurch City Council warned. Some council members …

[ad_1] OPINION: While Australia will be the first country to which kiwis head when borders are reopened, the trans-Tasmania travel bubble must become trans-Pacific as soon as possible. Many Pacific island nations are in dire economic straits due to a lack of international tourists and New Zealand and Australia, as …

[ad_1] Thrill seekers who want an aerial view of Christchurch’s Sumner Beach or Hanmer Springs won’t have to wait long with the launch of two new skydiving attractions this year. Ashburton-based Skydiving Kiwis is in the final stages of preparing for skydiving over Sumner Beach, which has been in process …

[ad_1] In political terms it was a “sharp reprimand”. In the language of the young it was a “sick burn.” Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters was nervous with National Leader Simon Bridges in the House today, saying he needed to use the first day of Level 2 to “cut his …

[ad_1] Presidents, prime ministers and professors from around the world have signed an open letter calling on health ministers at the World Health Assembly to urgently rally behind a “people’s vaccine” to combat Covid-19. The letter, a joint initiative between Oxfam and UNAIDS, urges that all vaccines, treatments and tests …

[ad_1] Former Kiwis league player and West Coast icon Tony Coll has died. Coll, who played 30 tests for the Kiwis between 1972 and 1982, was captain of the national team at the 1977 Rugby League World Cup. He was listed as a New Zealand Rugby Legend in 2007, and …

[ad_1] COMMENTARY: Meghan and Harry are on the run and what they want they will never have. As the day passes, they drift away from their old lives and slowly become sober to the realities of the new world they have entered. “He is alone!” a new report stated this …

[ad_1] Joseph Johnson / Things Workers preparing for school lunches. The Government has announced that it will greatly expand its school lunch scheme. The state-funded school lunches will feed 200,000 children by the middle of next year, as the government agrees to spend approximately $ 1 billion on needy New …