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[ad_1] A wanted man is on the run after leaving Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital, after being admitted with a gunshot wound. Tony Moses. Source: 1 NEWS Police say 29-year-old Tony Moses was admitted to the hospital early this morning with a single gunshot wound to the lower abdomen, Manukau Counties CIB …

[ad_1] The way the University of Otago selects students for its medical program will be challenged in court. University leaders have also confirmed for the first time that the legal challenge has implications for their Mirror on Society policy, which promotes prioritizing students from roads such as Māori and Pasifika. …

[ad_1] Supplied Mathew Kevin John Arrowsmith, 40, was walking on State Highway 65 between Maruia Saddle Rd and Pea Soup Rd at the time of his death on Aug. 29. A father of five was hit by two trucks before his body was found on a highway near Murchison. Mathew …

[ad_1] Rachael Kelly / Stuff / Stuff The rear of Hokonui Dr’s house in Gore, damaged by a fire that is being treated as a suspect. An early morning house fire in Gore is being treated as a suspect. Police confirmed the fire occurred on the same property they attended …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. As of Tuesday, there are 177 Covid-19 cases associated with the Auckland August cluster. The current number of active cases within the cluster is 55. But somewhat confusingly, the Ministry of Health has divided sections of the Auckland …

[ad_1] ANALYSIS: One of the most serious risks of climate change listed in a recent government report was not a threat to nature or the physical environment. It was the threat to the stability of the government’s finances, by paying for escalating disaster relief, lost productivity (and tax collection) caused …

[ad_1] Botany voters are not overly upset by the news. “Fantastic and good for him … He’s disappointed us a lot over the years, so I think it’s time to go,” says one man, adding that Ross had no chance of winning. Another voter said, “Him, I’m not very impressed …

[ad_1] The way the University of Otago selects students for its medical program will be challenged in court. University leaders have also confirmed for the first time that the legal challenge has implications for their Mirror on Society policy, which promotes prioritizing students from roads such as Māori and Pasifika. …

[ad_1] A prisoner who escaped from custody while returning from a visit to Middlemore Hospital on Friday was handcuffed. Photo: New Zealand Police Katrina Epiha, 22, is serving a life sentence for murder at Auckland Regional Women’s Prison. She is still on the run. Epiha was taken to hospital in …

[ad_1] Bill Oxford / UNSPLASH A plan designed to increase the number of students in Maori and Pasifika medical schools faces a legal challenge. The University of Otago says it will fight a legal challenge to its scheme designed to increase the number of Maori and Pasifika students entering its …