[ad_1] Actor Robert Pattinson tested positive for Covid-19, halting production at The batman, according to reports. Production company Warner Bros. confirmed that production was on hold after a team member tested positive and the individual is currently isolating himself according to established protocols. Vanity fair He later quoted a “high-level …
Read More »‘Suave’ Steven Adams fails to impose himself physically in the exit of the first round of the NBA
[ad_1] Mark J. Terrill / AP Thunder players Steven Adams, left, and Darius Bazley take control of a rebound during Game 7 against the Houston Rockets. Steven Adams’ strong contract has been challenged again after the Oklahoma City Thunder crashed in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The great …
Read More »Rugby: explanation for the cruel omission of the North vs South Chiefs wing Lachlan Boshier
[ad_1] Lachlan Boshier’s cruel omission from the North team speaks to the rich and loose forward depth of New Zealand rugby and the desire of the All Blacks to take more advantage of the physicality in this area of their game. The Chiefs’ impressive flank Boshier was the main cause …
Read More »Darfield earthquake: lessons from the September 4, 2010 shake that triggered the Canterbury sequence
[ad_1] The giant Darfield quake that triggered the deadly Canterbury earthquake sequence 10 years ago today was a “wake-up call” for seismologists who have since discovered a 50 percent chance that the next major earthquake will occur on an unknown fault. . The terrifying 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck near …
Read More »The miraculous survival of man during the earthquake of September 2010
[ad_1] JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON / Stuff Simon Robinson believes that he is incredibly lucky to survive the impact of a falling chimney in the September 2010 earthquake. Simon Robinson was almost the only fatality in the Canterbury earthquake in September 2010 when a chimney slammed into him, breaking bones and nearly …
Read More »‘You don’t want to be like them, do you?’: The ominous message that precedes a DDoS attack
[ad_1] Just when I thought 2020 couldn’t be any stranger, we now have armies of infected “zombie computers” attacking institutions, including the New Zealand Stock Exchange and the National Weather Bureau. NZX, MetService, Mt Ruapehu skifield, and Westpac have all been affected by recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: How contained is the outbreak and how close are we to level 1?
[ad_1] ANALYSIS The current outbreak appears to be well contained, but it would be a bold and daring call to announce today that the country will move to level 1 next week. That is despite the nearly 300,000 tests that have been performed in recent weeks and the decreasing number …
Read More »Ginny Anderson, Unreported Donations, and the Mysterious 1993 Property Transaction
[ad_1] The National Party is asking the Hutt South Labor branch to be candid about the loving deal they have been getting for rent for the past 27 years and whether the party should have declared thousands of dollars in actual donations, which could be subject to disclosure. . rules. …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Maori are more likely to die from virus, new study finds
[ad_1] Maori are 50 percent more likely to die from Covid-19 than from Pākehā, a groundbreaking new study has found, with institutional racism partly to blame. The researchers, including experts in sociology, statistics, physics and cultural history, linked existing demographic and health data for ethnic groups in New Zealand with …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: University agrees to admit some students without admission to university due to Covid closures
[ad_1] The University of Auckland will admit non-university students next year if they have been severely affected by the Covid-19 shutdowns, but their professors believe they can cope with university studies. The university’s vice chancellor, Professor Dawn Freshwater, has written to the principals of Auckland’s secondary schools, assuring them that …
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