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[ad_1] For 100 days, New Zealand appeared to have cleared the coronavirus, yet on August 11, several cases reappeared in the community, seemingly out of nowhere. Now, just as the country’s largest group, with tentacles stretching from the North Shore to Tokoroa, appears to be mostly contained, the growth of …

[ad_1] On Swedish National Day in June, Australian David Steadson hoisted a flag at half-staff outside his home in the countryside, two hours north of Stockholm. He did so to honor the more than 5,000 Swedes who had died from the coronavirus since the country’s leaders decided to act alone …

[ad_1] Roughly 185,000 workers expect to lose their jobs in the coming months, and another 475,000 think there is a “medium” probability that they will suffer the same fate. The scale of worker pessimism and the threat to household finances, revealed in a Stats NZ statement this week, shocks Mark …

[ad_1] Procter & Gamble is under fire for abusing te reo Māori and exploiting New Zealand’s image with its range of Kiwi Botanicals skincare products. The American company, which owns brands such as Gillette, Pantene, Tampax and Braun, manufactures the Kiwi Botanicals range in the US for the Walmart supermarket …

[ad_1] The Mt Roskill church member who sparked two dozen cases after visiting a grieving family home was destined to be in self-isolation. The person had been examined prior to his visit on August 27, but the test result was pending. But as a close contact of another positive case, …

[ad_1] Auckland and Northland will take the lion’s share of the government’s $ 50 million Regional Events Fund, raising $ 19 million, Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis said Thursday. The fund aimed to boost domestic tourism by investing in New Zealand events. Tourism, which directly employed more than 229,000 people and …

[ad_1] Desperate tourism hotspots are calling on the government to relax the airlines’ physical distancing rules as school holidays approach. Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult says the region is “in dire financial straits” and is in dire need of visitors. He “strongly urged” the government to reconsider the airline’s …

[ad_1] Supplied Gabrielle Mullins died of stage four cancer on August 27. The owner of Powerstation, a popular Auckland music venue, died of cancer. Gabrielle Mullins was diagnosed with stage four cancer in early 2020 that had spread throughout her body. She had been raising funds through Givealittle to pay …

[ad_1] More resource consents, more monitoring, more money and more staff: New government rules for freshwater management will cost the West Coast a lot, says regional council president Allan Birchfield. Final freshwater policies and regulations came into effect last week and regional councils across the country must now enforce them. …

[ad_1] Simon O’Connor / Stuff Green School principal Stuart MacAlpine is understood to have resigned. (File photo) Green School New Zealand’s founding principal, Stuart MacAlpine, resigned after less than a year in office. His resignation came amid political controversy following the Aug. 26 announcement that the Taranaki private school would …