[ad_1] The Health Ministry will update the number of people with coronavirus in New Zealand on Sunday afternoon. The update will cover whether there are more community cases of Covid-19, after a Northland woman tested positive on January 23, and two cases in North Auckland tested positive on Thursday, after …
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[ad_1] Merriam-Webster, America’s leading language provider, announced that it was adding more than 520 new words and definitions to the publisher’s website. These new words include Covid-19, second gentleman, long-hauler, flex, ASMR, and sapiosexual. Before the pandemic, “long-distance carrier” was defined as a person or vehicle that travels long distances, …
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[ad_1] A punter jumped over the fence and entered the track mid-race, causing jockeys to swerve their horses around him on Wellington Cup day. A police spokeswoman confirmed that the man was arrested and charged with criminal nuisance, for carrying out an act that endangers public safety and is due …
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[ad_1] At least a dozen returnees left New Zealand immediately after completing the controlled isolation, raising questions about whether the MIQ system was being abused. This week, when investigations began into how three people linked to the Pullman Hotel’s managed isolation facilities became infected with Covid-19, Australian authorities reported that …
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[ad_1] Bruce Jenkins / Supplied Matthew Payne raced to his first TRS win at Hampton Downs and took the lead in the series. Rookie driver Matthew Payne made two of two in the second round of the Toyota Racing Series at Hampton Downs, and returned home in race two on …
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[ad_1] There was another shark sighting off an Auckland beach, after a couple eating raspberries at a Saturday night picnic were surprised when a shark they described as being up to 2.7m broke the nearby water. The sighting, at the Swann Reserve end of Big Manly Beach around 7.30pm, is …
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[ad_1] Chris Hillock / Stuff Police are still searching for the man and asking anyone who can help with their investigations to come forward. (File photo.) A man broke into a family’s home, stole their food, and then camped overnight in the attic eating it, before falling through the roof …
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[ad_1] Dean Barker is getting closer to waiting and seeing his future in the America’s Cup, after the end of the American Magic campaign on Saturday. The New York-based union lost both races, the second after a serious team failure, to confirm a 4-0 loss in the Prada Cup semifinals …
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[ad_1] Captain Cole McConchie launched to catapult the Canterbury Kings into the final of the men’s Twenty20 Super Smash after beating the Otago Volts in Christchurch. Otago was threatening to score a grand total in the first inning, but Neil Broom’s outing for 48 of 37 balls, combined with four …
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[ad_1] A cruise ship that was denied entry to New Zealand and left in limbo 300 miles out to sea because it had no New Zealand crew, has headed to another port. After New Zealand immigration officials denied border waivers to more than 60 hotel staff and hospitality aboard Le …
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