[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* 115 active cases in New Zealand, seven in hospital; there have been 26.1 million cases and 865,000 deaths worldwide* Maori are 50% more likely to die from Covid-19 than from PākehāDerek Cheng: How close are we, really, to level 1?* NZ’s answer still leads the world: Nobel …
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[ad_1] Police armed response teams were established after the attacks on the Christchurch mosque were abandoned because they “created fear” in the community, new documents have revealed. The documents, released under the Official Information Act, show that Police Commissioner Andy Coster wrote to district commanders shortly before abolishing the trial. …
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[ad_1] Health Minister Chris Hipkins today closed the “deliberate misinformation” claiming that the government will make a Covid-19 vaccine mandatory if it is made available. Your playlist will load after this announcement. The Health Minister says people will be encouraged to get vaccinated if one is available. Source: 1 NEWS …
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[ad_1] The first firefighters in a massive fire in an Auckland motorhome yard were forced to retreat after leaking water when two old pumps broke. Two crews, from Māngere and Ohehunga stations, were the first sent to the fire in the THL Rentals yard on Richard Pearse Dr near Auckland …
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[ad_1] An Australian veterinarian has been named among those traveling on a live cattle export ship that disappeared after a typhoon hit the waters of southwestern Japan. Japanese rescuers were searching today for the Gulf Livestock 1 ship carrying 42 crew members that, according to a survivor, sank during bad …
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[ad_1] Foreign Minister Winston Peters called the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader “deeply disturbing.” Your playlist will load after this announcement. A banned chemical weapon was used on Alexei Navalny, doctors revealed. Source: 1 NEWS Alexie Navalny was ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow two weeks ago …
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[ad_1] A small trapped brown kiwi is lucky to be alive after being rescued from a roadside culvert in Taranaki. While it remains a mystery how the flightless bird got stuck in the gutter in early August, the North Island native brown kiwi owes its survival to two Downer road …
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[ad_1] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been named second in a list of the 2020 World’s 50 Best “Thinkers”. British magazine Prospect ranked some of the world’s top leaders, listing those who were forward thinkers, had practical minds, and were involved in what is being described as the …
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[ad_1] Earlier on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) said it was providing assistance to the families of two New Zealanders aboard the Gulf Livestock 1, which was reported missing off the coast of Japan during a typhoon. The crew included 39 people from the Philippines, two …
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[ad_1] He added that while the government will encourage New Zealanders to get vaccinated once one is available, it will not make it mandatory. The New Zealand Public Party was criticized in August for sharing a video that falsely claimed that COVID-19 vaccines were mandatory under a new law that …
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