[ad_1] One person was killed in a frontal collision between a truck and a car in a section of controlled highway works on State Highway 6 on the West Coast. The accident occurred around 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, just north of Hokitika on the Kumara Junction Highway, between Seaview Hill Rd …
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[ad_1] Kavinda Herath / Things Invercargill City Council by-election candidate Marcus Lush. Prominent broadcaster Marcus Lush has been elected to the Invercargill City Council. Interim results indicate that Newstalk ZB won the by-elections for a vacant seat at the Invercargill City Council table. The position became available when Toni Biddle …
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[ad_1] There are two new cases of Covid-19 in the community, says Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins. The new cases are both students. One is a close contact from the Papatoetoe High School community case that tested positive last week. The other is the brother of the new case, says …
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[ad_1] By RNZ’s Katie Scotcher The government is actively considering requiring the use of the Covid-19 tracking app, in an attempt to increase the number of people who scan. There are more than two million people registered for the app, but in January the average number of scans per day …
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[ad_1] The Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security committee accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of inciting a deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent the Congress certifies the results of the presidential elections. lost to …
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[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* Escape from Auckland: data confirms mass departure before lockdown* Explained: What are saliva tests and can they reinforce our borders?* The challenge of launching a new vaccine Freedom or a cautious continuation of elevated alert levels? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s cabinet will decide today whether to remove …
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[ad_1] A ferry that has been at sea for 12 hours due to strong winds has docked at Picton. A passenger along with hundreds of people aboard a stranded inter-island ferry told Stuff that a new captain had taken over the navigation of the Kaitaki. At 9:10 p.m., the ferry …
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[ad_1] Axar Patel won 5-60 when India beat England by 317 runs in the second cricket test to level the four-game series 1-1. Patel became the ninth Indian bowler to take a five-wicket course in the test debut when England were eliminated by 164 runs in the second inning and …
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[ad_1] Hundreds of ferry passengers spent more than the equivalent of a flight to Los Angeles when their vessel finally docked in Picton after being delayed due to high winds. The Interislander Kaitiaki ferry left Wellington at 9 am today with 570 passengers on board, and was due to arrive …
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[ad_1] A decision on alert levels will be announced tomorrow, use of the Covid-19 Tracer app may be mandatory, and a bank warns another recession is coming. Two days after the confirmation of three community cases, a South Auckland family, the Director General of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield and the …
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