[ad_1] Australia has finalized a trans-Tasmanian bubble deal that will allow Kiwis to cross the trench without having to quarantine upon arrival. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday, and the border will reopen on Friday, October 16. ABC reported. Mark Metcalfe / Getty …
Read More »Australia finalizes trans-Tasmania bubble deal, flights expected in ‘weeks’
[ad_1] Australia has finalized a trans-Tasmanian bubble deal that would allow Kiwis to cross the trench without having to quarantine themselves. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday and flights are expected in “weeks”. ABC reported. Mark Metcalfe / Getty Images Australian Prime Minister …
Read More »$ 180 million Canterbury DHB ransom: only CEO can approve new staff
[ad_1] The hiring of new staff and the signing of capital spending plans will need to be approved by the CEO under the strict terms of a $ 180 million government bailout for the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). Health Minister Chris Hipkins revealed on Thursday that the government had …
Read More »Kāwhia shooting test: defense paints picture of scene ‘as scary … as you can imagine’ in final salvo
[ad_1] The intruders who broke into Orren Scott Williams’ family home and were shot on the property weren’t the type to run away from a firearm, his attorney says. Williams, 38, is on trial for murder and three counts of wounding with intent to cause serious bodily harm in the …
Read More »TOP promises major immigration reform, elimination of international students’ right to work
[ad_1] The Royal Commission of Inquiry would assess the success of New Zealand’s immigration system by: addressing skills shortages, reviewing the impacts of high net migration, investigating systematic problems, and recommending policy changes The party also plans to require more testing for applicants for association visas, as there is currently …
Read More »Covid-19: No new cases of coronavirus, seven days without community transmission
[ad_1] New Zealand has gone seven days without a community case of Covid-19. It has been a week since the last community case, the first time New Zealand has gone so long without cases since the second outbreak began on August 11. No new cases of coronavirus were reported on …
Read More »‘Parallel Universe’: New Zealand’s ‘kindest and gentlest’ leaders debate wins over global media
[ad_1] New Zealand’s “civil” elections appear to have provided relief for weary political supporters. After a nasty showdown between US President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, the world’s media turned their attention to the New Zealand equivalent debate this week. The difference in tone between the meeting of …
Read More »Christchurch Hotel Trash Can Named Source of Covid-19 Cases
[ad_1] A garbage can is being blamed after two people from an isolation and quarantine hotel in Christchurch caught Covid-19. Both tested positive for the virus after flying back to Auckland from isolation in September, despite both having two negative tests while at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Christchurch. Public …
Read More »Canterbury driver James Solvander jailed for killing father Clint Hoeben on bicycle with daughter
[ad_1] A drugged driver who killed a father on a bicycle with his daughter during the national coronavirus lockdown has been jailed today for more than five years. James Harrison Solvander, 33, collided with Clint Hoeben, 48, and his 14-year-old daughter while biking near Fernside in North Canterbury on April …
Read More »Covid-19: one of Donald Trump’s closest aides tests positive for coronavirus
[ad_1] Andrew Harnik / AP Hope Hicks (center) traveled with the president several times this week. Hope Hicks, one of the closest aides to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as the president’s advisor and traveled with him to …
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