[ad_1] Deal Dec 7, 2020 05:37 AM2 minutes to read Young people are encouraged to save for their first business rather than for a home. Photo / 123RF Young people excluded from the housing market are encouraged to save for their first business. Sales data from the small and medium-sized …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Covid-19: a new case of managed isolation, the ministry cuts updates
[ad_1] The Health Ministry is reducing the frequency of its regular Covid-19 updates to four times a week. The news comes as the ministry announced a new Covid-19 case in New Zealand on Monday, in isolation. The Covid-19 updates, which had been released every day at 1 pm, will now …
Read More »Two sailors arriving in Fiji on a freighter tested positive for Covid-19, active cases reached 11
[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Two sailors who arrived in Fiji on a freighter from Tonga last week tested positive for Covid-19. The Health Ministry said the ship arrived in Lautoka on December 2 to deliver cargo and then headed to Suva. Health …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »West Coast council rescues controversial stake in 1080 Canterbury pellet mill
[ad_1] PCR manufactures a variety of pesticide baits, including pellets containing 1080. Photo / File By Lois Williams, Local Democracy Reporter The West Coast Regional Council has cut its losses and sold its stake in a Canterbury-based pesticide factory. While it renounces its controversial stake in Pest Control Research (PCR) …
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