[ad_1] The impact of Sonny Bill Williams’ return to the NRL has been immediate and extensive, according to newly appointed CEO Andrew Abdo. The 35-year-old returns to the Roosters’ team for the first time since 2014 when he takes on the Raiders at Canberra’s GIO Stadium on Saturday night. Abdo …
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[ad_1] The father of a Christchurch schoolgirl who drowned on the West Coast last year has designed a drift device to help prevent further deaths in the water. Emily Branje, 9, was swept out to sea by a rogue wave while sitting watching her grandfather bite on the banks of …
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[ad_1] MARK TAYLOR / Stuff The first of the wagons of the new Te Huia passenger rail service from Waikato to Auckland arriving in Hamilton. The first of the cars of the new Te Huia passenger rail service from Waikato to Auckland stopped in Hamilton on Saturday in a move …
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[ad_1] The Ministry of Health is investigating a possible case of Covid-19 in Canterbury. The person is currently in controlled isolation, however, it is unclear whether he has come from abroad or has been in the community. “There is a case currently under investigation in Canterbury,” the Ministry said in …
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[ad_1] The future is a difficult concept for Ryan Grieve, whose terminal cancer diagnosis was hopefully prolonged with access to an unfunded $ 80,000 immunotherapy treatment in New Zealand. The pharmaceutical company Roche has given the 22-year-old from Hamilton compassionate access to two new drugs designed to give him more …
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[ad_1] A skier has amazingly survived after falling 400 meters in the high alps of New Zealand onto a glacier. The man had climbed Mount Aspiring, northwest of Wanaka, with a friend on Thursday and was skiing down its technical west face when the descent went awry. Despite seeing his …
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[ad_1] RICKY WILSON / THINGS Restaurant social workers enjoy a few after-work drinks on the first Friday night of Alert Level 2. Auckland residents enjoy Alert Level 2.5 freedoms, with bars and restaurants on the city’s waterfront “as crowded as they get” on the first weekend of eased restrictions. Some …
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[ad_1] “Deep Knowledge Group’s new special analytical case study COVID-19 is designed to classify, analyze and rank the economic, social and health stability achieved by each of the 250 countries and regions included in its analysis, as well as the strengths , weaknesses, opportunities and the threats or risks they …
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[ad_1] As if there weren’t enough obstacles in the way to establish the Rugby Championship in 2020, another has emerged in the form of positive tests for Covid-19. The Argentine Rugby Union has announced that six of the players on its national team have tested positive for the virus and …
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[ad_1] Stu Forster / Getty Images Argentine Emiliano Boffelli is one of six players who tested positive for Covid-19 during the team’s training camp. The difficult became almost impossible, with the disputed New Zealand-based Rugby Championship dealing what seems like a fatal blow from the latest Covid-19 revelations in Argentina. …
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