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[ad_1] Renee West / Supplied Renee West has reunited with her mother Lesley Haughey, who was given just one week to live after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. A Taranaki woman had to tell her dying mother that she loves her after struggling to reunite for the last time. …

[ad_1] Things Swimmers will be able to visit Wellington Pools again when New Zealand returns to Alert Level 2. (File photo) Wellingtons will be able to do almost everything except shop at the local farmers market when New Zealand returns to Alert Level 2 starting Thursday. Wellington City Council said …

[ad_1] Retail spending in Greater Christchurch climbed 20 per cent in the first week of Alert Level 3, new figures show. After the crippling restrictions of the level 4 lockdown, the easing of constraints that allowed some businesses to open led to a surge in spending in the hospitality and …

[ad_1] A woman returned a positive test for coronavirus just one day after her release from an Auckland prison. The woman received her positive Covid-19 result on Saturday after she was rescued on Friday and tested the same day. The woman was detained after allegedly refusing to undergo a medical …

[ad_1] Newly trained early childhood teachers will receive salary increases of up to 9.6 percent in July as a first step to put all qualified teachers on the same salary scales. Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced Thursday’s Budget will provide $ 151.1 million over four years to raise the minimum …

[ad_1] Michael Bradley / Things Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Center in Wiri, South Auckland. A woman returned a positive test for coronavirus just one day after her release from an Auckland prison. The woman received her positive Covid-19 result on Saturday after she was rescued on Friday and tested the …

[ad_1] School buses go back to work when students and teachers are ready to return to the classroom next week. On Monday afternoon, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country would move to closure level 2. Students may return to school and early learning services may reopen beginning next Monday, …

[ad_1] New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has confirmed that the domestic form of Super Rugby involving the Blues, Bosses, Hurricanes, Crusaders and Highlanders, known as Super Rugby Aotearoa, will begin on Saturday, June 13. This allows players four weeks to properly prepare for contact training. Today’s news follows the government’s announcement …

[ad_1] David Unwin / Stuff There are no patients with Covid-19 in Palmerston North Hospital A woman in her 20s has become the 32nd case of Covid-19 in the MidCentral Health district. She was one of three new cases of the virus reported by the Ministry of Health on Monday, …

[ad_1] Fake images Westpac has had a widespread system failure that prevents some customers from making payments. Westpac said that “most” of card payments now worked, but that online banking services and its contact center were still not working as a result of a failure of “widespread” systems. The bank’s …