[ad_1] In open contradiction to leading government health experts, US President Donald Trump predicted on Wednesday (local time) that a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine could be ready next month and in mass distribution shortly thereafter. , undermining the director of the Centers for Disease. Control and Prevention (CDC) and …
Read More »2020 Election: New Zealand Downgrades Acting MP Jenny Marcroft to Number 17 on List
[ad_1] Kevin Stent / Stuff Jenny Marcroft swearing in at the beginning of Parliament after entering the list in 2017. New Zealand’s first MP Jenny Marcroft has been ruthlessly downgraded on the party’s roster to the probably unwinnable position of 17. Marcroft, who entered Parliament on the list in the …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: seven new cases, all at the border
[ad_1] Currently, there are seven new cases of Covid-19, all in managed isolation. Today’s update was issued via press release at 1pm, there is no live press conference. There are no new community cases. Four people are in the hospital, but none are in the ICU. The Health Ministry says …
Read More »American mother jailed for trying to smuggle cocaine in padded vests to New Zealand
[ad_1] An American mother who tried to smuggle cocaine into New Zealand has been incarcerated for almost seven years. Jamie Hudson Mendez, 44, of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty in Christchurch District Court in July of importing about 2.5 kilograms of cocaine into New Zealand and possession of cocaine for supply. …
Read More »Family of a teenager who died after a 30m fall near Kaikōura ‘completely heartbroken’
[ad_1] SUPPLIED Sebastian Frost, 13, died after falling as much as 30 meters down a hill near Kaikoura on September 6. A boy was celebrating Father’s Day with his family when he fell up to 30 meters down a hill near Kaikōura. Sebastian Frost, 13, was taken to Kaikōura after …
Read More »Caravan destroyed as strong winds hit lower South Island
[ad_1] Supplied A caravan was destroyed by strong winds north of Dunedin. Police remind motorists to be careful when towing high-sided vehicles after a caravan was destroyed near Dunedin. The incident occurred on State Highway 1, just north of the town of Waikouaiti in Otago, around 2.50 p.m. Wednesday. Acting …
Read More »Bus driver who died in collision with train adored the children in her care
[ad_1] The bus driver who was killed in a collision with a train cared deeply for the students she drove to school every day. She had been part of the Uzabus team for four years and was familiar with both the route and the children on board, said company director …
Read More »Man who caught and drowned eight cats fined while working
[ad_1] Dmitry Repeat / Unsplash A man was fined for drowning eight cats. (file photo) GRAPHIC CONTENT: A Dunedin man who caught and drowned eight feral cats during a night shift was fined $ 2,000. Donald MacDonald appeared for sentencing in Dunedin District Court on Wednesday after admitting that killing …
Read More »Coronavirus: man flees isolation hotel in Rotorua
[ad_1] Fiona Goodall / Getty Images A man escaped from Sudima Rotorua, shown here earlier, which is used as a managed isolation facility. A man fled a Rotorua isolation facility for half an hour before being discovered by authorities. At around 11 p.m. Wednesday, the man was found missing from …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: man escapes from Rotorua quarantine hotel
[ad_1] Security has been tightened at a managed isolation hotel in Rotorua after a man escaped through a fenced-in area. The man was missing for half an hour at the Sudima Rotorua hotel last night. He was reported missing at 11pm yesterday, prompting a search by New Zealand Defense Force …
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