[ad_1] supplied A skier is lucky to have survived a 400m fall from Mount Aspiring, and just as lucky to have been rescued by New Zealand’s best. A skier has been described as “a very lucky boy” after surviving a 400-meter fall from Mount Aspiring in the Southern Alps. Wanaka …
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[ad_1] By Riley Kennedy of RNZ The sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1 cattle export ship is prompting calls to ban the shipment of live animals. Gulf Livestock 1 left Napier on August 14 with 43 crew members, including two New Zealanders, and 5,800 head of cattle on board. The …
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[ad_1] Warning: this article may be annoying for some people. The death of a Dunedin student from an acetaminophen overdose has led to limits on the sale of the pain reliever in supermarkets. New Zealanders can easily buy as much pain reliever as they want in supermarkets. But many European …
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[ad_1] Germany is the safest country in the world when it comes to Covid-19, followed closely by New Zealand, according to a recently released survey. The ranking places South Korea in third place, while Switzerland, which was first, has returned to fourth and Japan is fifth, according to Forbes Online. …
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[ad_1] Former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands and well-known Auckland physician Joe Williams died from the coronavirus, becoming the second fatality from the second outbreak. Williams, in his 80s, was admitted to Auckland hospital with coronavirus on Aug. 13. The Health Ministry confirmed that Williams was the second Covid-19 …
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[ad_1] A Dunedin nurse has started to open her eyes after being in an induced coma and undergoing two surgeries in the last month. Intensive care nurse Teresa Sevilla was 32 weeks pregnant when she collapsed from work during a night shift on August 3. A CT scan of his …
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[ad_1] The land and the sea were calm. The plume of steam doubled the height of the volcano, but it was pure white. There was none of the ominous black ash that fell the day Whakaari / White Island killed 21 people. On a boat near the shore, filmmaker Geoff …
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[ad_1] Kevin Stent / Stuff An investigation is ongoing at Wellington Hospital. In the photo: your emergency department. It is being investigated how a member of the public was able to enter an operating room at Wellington Hospital under false pretenses while undergoing surgery. Capital and Coast DHB Medical Director …
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[ad_1] A student’s fatal acetaminophen overdose has prompted a coroner to demand limits on the sales of the pain reliever without a prescription, a move that has saved lives abroad. Alannah Lee Spankie, 20, was unresponsive in her Dunedin apartment in June 2017, about three days after an overdose of …
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[ad_1] COMMENTARY: In politics there is a big difference between what you want to happen and what will happen. This is obvious to anyone with half a brain, but in the world of political discourse that requirement is not a threshold of entry. So there is a remarkable amount of …
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