Men armed with hammers rob Michael Hill store

[ad_1] Shoppers and staff in a busy Auckland shopping center watched in horror as two men armed with hammers raided a jewelry store and made their way into display cases. The armed robbery at Michael Hill Jewelers in the NorthWest Shopping Center occurred at 9.40am today. The thieves broke glass …

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About 600 Napier Properties Damaged by Flooding: Report

[ad_1] About 600 Napier Properties Damaged by Flooding: Report This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Almost 600 properties in Napier have been officially damaged by flooding and it is feared that more have not been reported. Trees and slips blocked roads, utility poles were tipped …

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Coronavirus Covid-19: a new case in managed isolation

[ad_1] New Zealand|Politics Dec 7, 2020, 12:51 PM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game The number of ongoing COVID-19 media briefings will be reduced to four per week. There is a new case of COVID-19 in isolation managed today. There …

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Police raid Mongols MC headquarters on South Island

[ad_1] The police seized money, a stolen vehicle and a pistol as part of a search at the South Island headquarters of the Mongol MC. Detective Inspector Julian Rinckes said police, including members of the Armed Offenders Squad and the Police Dog Section, carried out a search warrant at the …

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Covid-19: China prepares mass launch of experimental vaccines

[ad_1] China’s provincial governments are placing orders for domestically-made experimental coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they can reach the country’s 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, China’s foreign minister said during a United Nations meeting last week, …

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Whakaari / White Island response: ‘The burns that kept burning’

[ad_1] Warning: this story contains some distressing details. The Whakaari / White Island eruption sparked a massive health response across the country, from ambulance officers on the ground to the best burn surgeons in the country. Geoff and Lillani Hopkins helped rescue injured tourists from Whakaari. This photograph was taken …

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