[ad_1] A relative of a dock worker with Covid-19 is among the nine people who have contracted the disease. The latest infections, one of which was in the community, were announced by the chief health officer, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, on Friday. Flanked by Health Minister Chris Hipkins at a press …
Read More »Critical Injuries After Truck Rolls Near Raes Junction in Otago
[ad_1] Stuff Emergency services were called for the accident on Ettrick-Rae Jct Rd (State Highway 8) near Mccunn Rd, just north of the small township of Raes Junction around 9 a.m. Friday. (File photo). One person was seriously injured after crashing and rolling his truck in rural Otago. Emergency services …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: close contact of a marine engineer tests positive; 8 new cases at the border
[ad_1] Politics 22 Oct, 2020 11:45 PM5 minutes to read Health Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo / file There are nine new cases of Covid-19 today: one in the “naval engineer group” and eight in managed isolation. Seven of the cases in managed isolation are among the fishing crew in Christchurch, …
Read More »Canterbury motorway closed after three-vehicle accident
[ad_1] John Bisset / Stuff The accident occurred on Weka Pass Rd near State Highway 7 in Hurunui at around 12:10 p.m. Friday. (File photo) A road north of Canterbury was closed after a three-vehicle accident. Emergency services were called for the accident on State Highway 7 (Weka Pass Rd) …
Read More »Covid-19: Tracer App Usage Lowest in Months Amid New Community Cases
[ad_1] Mark Tantrum / Getty Images Data from the Ministry of Health shows that the number of daily QR code scans with the Covid-19 tracking app has dramatically decreased at alert level 1, despite new community cases in Auckland. Use of the government’s Covid-19 tracking app has fallen to the …
Read More »Travelers return to Wellington airport terminal after evacuation due to small fire
[ad_1] New Zealand 22 Oct, 2020 07:57 PMFast reading The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Hundreds of people were evacuated from Wellington airport after a small fire. Video / Supplied There are some delays, but things are returning to normal at Wellington Airport …
Read More »2020 U.S. election: Trump and Biden meet in final presidential debate in Tennessee
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden will meet on the debating stage for the second and final time on Thursday night (Friday NZT) in Tennessee. The 90-minute primetime meeting, which begins at 2 p.m. (NZT), occurs just 12 days before Election Day. The Committee on …
Read More »Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers aren’t buying Rudy Giuliani’s excuses about Borat
[ad_1] Wednesday was a bad day to be Rudy Giuliani and a great day to be a late-night TV host. Charles Krupa / AP Rudy Giuliani has been teased on late-night television in the United States. Both Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers spent part of their opening monologues satirizing President …
Read More »Death of Ōtara’s baby: ongoing post-mortem examination, ongoing investigation
[ad_1] Abigail Dougherty / Stuff Police said the death of a girl in South Auckland is currently “inexplicable”. Police continue to investigate the unexplained death of a girl in south Auckland, and a post-mortem examination is due to be completed on Friday. Police were called to the property on Sandbrook …
Read More »Video of Joe Biden Comforting Families of School Shootings Resurfaces Amid Election Concerns
[ad_1] SUPPLIED Images of Joe Biden consoling family members after a mass shooting at the school have reappeared and are being widely shared. Images from 2018 showing U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden consoling family members after a mass murder has resurfaced and is being widely shared, amid concerns by some …
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