[ad_1] One of the country’s leading public health scholars believes the government should stop using hotels to quarantine people who test positive for the virus. University of Otago professor of public health Nick Wilson says that if officials are serious about reducing another major outbreak, specially designed facilities should be …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: stop using hotels for quarantine, urges public health expert
[ad_1] One of the country’s leading public health scholars believes the government should stop using hotels to quarantine people who test positive for the virus. University of Otago professor of public health Nick Wilson says that if officials are serious about reducing another major outbreak, specially designed facilities should be …
Read More »2020 election: John Tamihere dominates the raucous minor party debate
[ad_1] Maori politics was at the forefront and at the center of the first electoral debate of the leaders of the minor parties. The Newshub Powerbrokers debate, featuring Marama Davidson of the Greens, David Seymour of ACT, John Tamihere of the Māori Party and Winston Peters of NZ First, was …
Read More »Repeated shots in Kā ?? fatal than shooting ‘could never be reasonable’: prosecutor
[ad_1] MARK TAYLOR / Stuff Orren Scott Williams shot four intruders at his home near Kāwhia in June 2019. All four were injured and one did not survive. Armed and masked men who broke into the home of a man accused of shooting them, one of them fatally, were on …
Read More »Wireless Ford, 30, sentenced to life in prison for ‘particularly brutal murder’ of father-in-law
[ad_1] A Tokoroa man who killed his father-in-law by inflicting “at least 11 blows” to the head with a chainsaw bar has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum period of 15 years. Wireless Ford, 30, was sentenced in Rotorua High Court Thursday after pleading guilty to one count …
Read More »Man who allegedly escaped isolation managed using sheets in pretrial detention
[ad_1] RYAN ANDERSON / Stuff The Ramada Hotel on Federal St, Auckland, is used as a managed seclusion hotel. A man who allegedly escaped from a run isolation facility in Auckland by lowering the covers from a fourth floor window has appeared in court. The man, who was granted provisional …
Read More »Rugby: New Zealand Rugby refutes claims that they approved the Rugby Championship schedule
[ad_1] New Zealand Rugby has rejected reports that they have approved the Rugby Championship schedule, which could see the All Blacks spend Christmas Day in quarantine and has fueled the organization’s recent bitter feud with Rugby Australia. NZR Chairman Brent Impey said leaked minutes of a meeting, allegedly involving Sanzaar …
Read More »2020 election: John Tamihere dominates the raucous minor party debate
[ad_1] Maori politics was at the forefront and at the center of the first electoral debate of the leaders of the minor parties. The Newshub Powerbrokers debate, featuring Marama Davidson of the Greens, David Seymour of ACT, John Tamihere of the Māori Party and Winston Peters of NZ First, was …
Read More »Canterbury professor remembered as ‘visionary educator, colleague and friend’
[ad_1] Saint Thomas of Canterbury / Supplied Brad Milne was a professor at Rolleston College, but previously taught at St Thomas of Canterbury College. A Canterbury school teacher who died suddenly has been remembered as a “visionary educator, colleague and friend.” Rolleston College announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that …
Read More »Andrew Little Orders Major Review of Gloriavale Practices After Viewing Critical 2017 Report
[ad_1] The report was completed by the Labor Inspectorate of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in July 2017. But after the findings were made, nothing happened. Gloriavale residents are taught from childhood that the outside world is evil and full of sin. But the Labor Inspection report …
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