[ad_1] Garden City Helicopters Two rescue helicopters were called into a two-car accident in Selwyn that left two people in critical condition. (File photo) One person is in critical condition and another is seriously injured after a car accident near Mt Hutt, Canterbury. Police were called to the accident at …
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[ad_1] Kavinda Herath / Things The scene of the double fatal accident on Wednesday. A young father and his five-month-old baby were the two people who died in a fatal crash in Southland this week. Matthew Dale Harris, 22, and his little daughter Ruby Jane Harris died after the vehicle …
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[ad_1] A 27-year-old mother allegedly poisoned five of her six children in Germany on Thursday before attempting to kill herself. The mother, locally named Christiane K, remains in serious condition after she tried to kill herself at Dusseldorf station, 20 miles from the apartment in Solingen, near Cologne and Duesseldorf, …
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[ad_1] A man in his 50s died today at Middlemore Hospital, the Health Ministry has confirmed. He is the youngest person to die from the virus in New Zealand and the first Covid-related death here since May 28. It is also the first death of the Auckland group, of which …
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[ad_1] Satellite images have captured what appears to be a koru forming in the clouds over New Zealand. Koru in the clouds! We were delighted to see these beautiful Von Karmen Votices drifting past Auckland this morning. One of the advantages of having a view from 36,000 km! ^ AH …
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[ad_1] The second person pulled out of the water after a cattle boat capsized off the coast of Japan died. The Japanese Coast Guard said Friday afternoon that the man was not breathing or moving, but was being taken to hospital. The man later died, according to Kyodo News. It …
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[ad_1] MARK GEE / Stuff The Milky Way over southern Wairarapa taken from an overlook in the Tararua mountain range. Warmer-hued street lighting and restrictions on sports field lights are part of a plan to make Wairarapa the world’s largest dark-sky preserve. Councils in the region are proposing a change …
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[ad_1] OPINION: Craniosynostosis. If you’re like me, it’s probably not something you’ve come across before, let alone know how to pronounce it. That was until February of this year when our little girl was born with a prominent bump on the back of her head. I felt it the day …
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[ad_1] CHRISTEL YARDLEY / Things The University of Waikato has appointed two commissioners to conduct an independent review. The University of Waikato unanimously agreed to conduct an independent review after a spate of accusations of racism. Six Maori academics came out on Sunday citing “informal and structural racism” within the …
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[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Chief Health Officer Ashley Bloomfield have supported the admissions plan to the University of Otago School of Medicine, which has come under fire for being unfair. The University of Otago offers a Maori gateway to medicine, which works by giving preference to Maori students. …
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