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[ad_1] ISTOCK / Supplied The care workers will strike for hours and leave. Home support workers are preparing to strike for three days for hours and the right to leave. Approximately 90 care workers employed by Lifewise Trust in Auckland will be leaving work as of Tuesday morning. They want …

[ad_1] OPINION: In Australia, New Zealand and around the world, Covid-19 has turned luxury and semi-luxury hotels into quarantine facilities. Among the four and five star hotels reported to have been used for temporary detention are the Intercontinental, Marriott, Hyatt Regency, Sheraton Grand, Sofitel Wentworth and Novotel Darling Harbor in …

[ad_1] A double shooting that left the son of a gang leader seriously injured has sparked fears of tit-for-tat violence in the Canterbury underworld. Police across the region have been told to carry firearms in the wake of the incident in Kaiapoi, north of Christchurch, which occurred before dawn Monday. …

[ad_1] Kane Williamson recorded his third century in back-to-back matches this summer and shared an unbroken 215-run partnership with Henry Nicholls that brought New Zealand close to a first-inning lead over Pakistan on the second day of the second cricket test. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson bats during the game …

[ad_1] WARWICK SMITH / Things Isabelle Ning, 11, contemplates her next move at the New Zealand Chess Championship at Palmerston North. She is too young to look The Queen’s GambitBut it’s okay, Isabelle Ning is concentrating on her own movements. The 11-year-old is the defending national youth chess champion and …

[ad_1] New Zealand has further tightened border controls amid growing anxiety over the new strain of coronavirus causing infections abroad. Six cases of the new variant of the virus, five in arrivals from the UK and one from South Africa, were recorded in isolation facilities run in the two weeks …

[ad_1] Dozens of Auckland beaches have been deemed unsafe for those wanting to take a dip today after recent heavy rains. Your playlist will load after this announcement. Fifty beaches in the region were deemed impossible to swim today due to pollution. Source: 1 NEWS According to the Auckland Council …

[ad_1] Catch any Black Caps game and you’ll see a handful of fans wearing white sailor captain hats with the words Steady The Ship, a tribute to Black Caps patron Kane Williamson. Rarely has that moniker been more appropriate than on the second day of Test 2 against Pakistan, Williamson …

[ad_1] Kane Williamson recorded his third century in back-to-back matches this summer and shared an unbroken 215-run partnership with Henry Nicholls that brought New Zealand close to a first-inning lead over Pakistan on the second day of the second cricket test. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson bats during the game …

[ad_1] Henry Nicholls’ hot streak of fortune this summer continued on Day 2 of Test 2 between the Black Caps and Pakistan, when he was caught behind a ball off the ball, then fell, before approaching his eighth century of testing, though an injury can however negate that milestone. Shaheen …