[ad_1] A single airline passenger who unknowingly fell ill with coronavirus managed to infect 15 other people aboard the 10-hour trip to Vietnam, highlighting the dangers of traveling amid the pandemic. The global health crisis had only just begun to spread across Europe when the plane took off from a …
Read More »Big hit Bryson DeChambeau makes his way to the US Open a divot-sized slice at a time
[ad_1] Golfers like to say they win when it’s their week, when a swing adjustment suddenly clicks, or because they are handling the ball and putting it a little better than everyone else. Bryson DeChambeau has a different opinion: he believes that each week belongs to him. Over the course …
Read More »‘I have to poop so badly’: a woman’s unusual excuse to avoid a speeding ticket
[ad_1] A woman in Oklahoma, USA, refused to cooperate with authorities during a traffic stop and led them to a high-speed chase through the neighborhood. Emily Owings, 28, was arrested for not wearing a seat belt. Police also discovered that she did not have her license or insurance and her …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres returns to TV, addresses misconduct allegations in opening monologue
[ad_1] Beloved American TV show host-turned-TV villain Ellen DeGeneres has premiered the final season of her controversial talk show with a bang. Ahead of the show’s season 18 premiere overnight, the 62-year-old opening monologue was posted on social media ahead of the syndicated broadcast of the full episode. It was …
Read More »Auckland baby homicide: Oranga Tamariki found out shortly before Poseidyn’s death
[ad_1] RYAN ANDERSON / Stuff Police at a home in Manurewa, south Auckland, on the day Poseidyn Hemopo Pickering died at Starship Children’s Hospital. Oranga Tamariki received an anonymous notice expressing concern for the care of a baby several weeks before he sustained intentional head injuries and died. Meanwhile, the …
Read More »Election 2020: Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins will meet in the debate of the first leaders
[ad_1] It was a terror poll for the National Party that put then-leader Bill English in the rear during the first TVNZ leaders debate three years ago. A previously lagging Labor had been ahead of National by two points. A housing crisis and high immigration were the focus. The newly …
Read More »The Detail: What’s Happening With Auckland Harbor Bridge Repairs?
[ad_1] The Detail is a daily news podcast produced for RNZ by Press room and is posted on Stuff with permission. Click on this link to subscribe to the podcast. Over the weekend, we saw what happens when an unstoppable force (gale) meets a moving object. He picks up (that …
Read More »2020 Election: Nation Seeks Greater Role for Private Sector and More Open Borders
[ad_1] The National Party wants any provider to be able to apply to accommodate foreigners under the Covid-19 quarantine standards that its national border agency would establish, inspect and enforce. It could see the private sector play a bigger role in more open borders under nation-led government, and increased isolation …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: government ‘missed an opportunity’ to move to alert level 1.5, says epidemiologist
[ad_1] The government “missed an opportunity” by abandoning the mandate to wear masks in public transport when it returned most of New Zealand to near normalcy, says a leading epidemiologist. University of Otago professor Michael Baker said the cabinet should have moved the country to “alert level 1.5” in case …
Read More »Auckland Harbor Bridge: Latest Traffic Congestion, Insights As Work Begins on Solution to Open Two More Lanes
[ad_1] Work on a temporary fix for Auckland’s Harbor Bridge is likely to begin tonight with the aim of opening two additional lanes later this week. Auckland motorists are warned that significant delays are likely for several weeks until permanent repair of the bridge is established, when all lanes will …
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