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[ad_1] SUPPLIED Nick was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2018, at just 49 years old. His wife Helen says they have been through a couple of “horrible” years. A woman whose husband was diagnosed with dementia at age 49 says there is a “great need” for more support for the …

[ad_1] New Zealand has signed a $ 27 million agreement to guarantee Covid-19 vaccines for half the population, if an international effort to create a vaccine is successful. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday, while announcing that the country would lower alert levels for Covid-19 next week, said that the …

[ad_1] A ruling has identified a series of failures in care by the Hutt Valley District Board of Health. “A series of failures” led to a woman being found in “excruciating pain” while unsupervised and deteriorating during a six-hour delay for facial surgery. A report released today by the Office …

[ad_1] Foreign yachts seeking refuge in New Zealand from the seasonal Pacific cyclones are baffled by the response of not letting them in. The UK-based Ocean Cruising Club received an official notice yesterday that foreign yachts waiting to leave the Pacific will not be allowed to enter New Zealand, and …

[ad_1] A judge approved a request from a group of US WeChat users to delay impending federal government restrictions that could make the popular app nearly impossible to use. In a ruling dated Saturday, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in California said the government’s actions would affect users’ First Amendment rights, …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Two people in the Solomon Islands have died after being injured by a bomb blast in Honiara. Police said the two, an Australian and a British citizen, were working for a Norwegian aid agency conducting a survey on …

[ad_1] Call him a mad scientist in a tamo’shanter cap. Call him a revolutionary in golf. Any description of Bryson DeChambeau now starts with the US Open champion. In an impressive performance Sunday at Winged Foot, on a field so demanding no one else broke par, DeChambeau lunged with his …

[ad_1] His position on how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic puts him at odds with the New Zealand government, which is committed to removing the virus from the country. “The answer is a degree of restraint, I think, and those countries – and cities in Australia’s case – that …

[ad_1] Daniel Andrews has hinted for the first time that Melbourne could come out of lockdown before October 26, maybe even in a couple of weeks. Melbourne residents are waking up today to the prospect of having to endure just a couple more weeks of lockdown as the state’s cases …

[ad_1] In this election, 1 NEWS looks at the top five issues of most concern to New Zealanders. This week we take a look at what Kiwis want from border control. New Zealand’s border controls will be a key issue in the 2020 elections, as a pandemic continues to sweep …