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[ad_1] A West Auckland primary school student has been identified as a close contact for a coronavirus case. It comes after a student at nearby St Dominic’s Catholic College tested positive for the virus. The student last attended school on Friday, September 4 and left early after feeling unwell. His …

[ad_1] By RNZ Health Minister Chris Hipkins says it has become clear that some close contacts from the church subgroup Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship were not previously disclosed, including a student who recently tested positive. Police are now helping community health authorities, he said. A student at St Dominic’s Catholic …

[ad_1] This story was originally published in RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Health Minister Chris Hipkins says it has become clear that some close contacts from the church subgroup Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship were not previously disclosed, including a student who recently tested positive. A student at St Dominic’s Catholic …

[ad_1] A gang member whose attack led to the death of a Dunedin man will be released from prison tomorrow. But the victim’s family has not been told whether 27-year-old John-Boy Rakete will live in Dunedin and has decided to move to the North Island to avoid the possibility of …

[ad_1] Schools in West Auckland today are urging parents to keep their children at home if they have another child attending a Catholic university at the center of the latest Covid outbreak. St Dominic’s Catholic College in Auckland is closed for the rest of the week after a senior tested …

[ad_1] It says that close contacts are people who may be at higher risk of contracting the disease since they “were close to a person with COVID-19 during their infectious period.” The letter, dated September 8, says the student “was not unwell and it was highly unlikely that he was …

[ad_1] Cannabis legalization could generate nearly $ 1 billion in government revenue, but cause a short-term spike in use, according to two new reports. The BERL economic think tank published its research on what a legal market for cannabis would look like on Tuesday. Justice Minister Andrew Little warned that …

[ad_1] Almost nine years after causing a fatal accident, a man wrecked his replica of a $ 250,000 sports car on a Dunedin highway, a court has heard. Self-employed builder Andrew John Earl, 48, appeared in Dunedin District Court yesterday, where he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was fined …

[ad_1] General elections are just around the corner, but many New Zealanders understand very little about the basics of who they are voting for and how they can get elected. A third of New Zealanders do not know which political parties are in Parliament, and less than half know how …

[ad_1] As the Prime Minister pressed his elbows on Tauranga and Judith Collins strutted through the streets of Hawke’s Bay with hordes of aid and party loyalists in tow, Matthew Coleman posed in his mother’s classic caravan in his front garden. His campaign poster in the window makes his speech: …