A fishing vessel with two Covid-positive mariners aboard is expected to return to New Zealand early next week. Details – including which port the Viking Bay will dock at – were still being finalised and would be announced when confirmed, the Ministry of Health said in a statement this afternoon. The current plan was that crew onboard who were unwell […]
Read moreNorthland police district commander superintendent Tony Hill says he is “uncomfortable” having a fishing boat called Dawn Raid and is changing its name. The Prime Minister has announced that an apology will be made to New Zealand’s Pasifika communities for the dawn raids that targeted those communities between 1974 and 1976. Hill said: “After the dawn raids issue came into […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Education has warned schools that several are being targeted by opponents of the national vaccination programme for Covid-19. Regular bulletins published for school leaders have had to address misinformation since March last year. The June update, however, specifies the department is aware of reports some influential leaders such as principals were opposing vaccination. “Individual principals may choose […]
Read moreHeavy rain and strong wind warnings have been issued for some of the country’s holiday hotspots – and authorities say it could turn into a significant weather event. Severe weather warnings for heavy rain and strong winds have been issued for Northland and the Coromandel Peninsula, as a complex low pressure system moves over the area from today and tomorrow. […]
Read moreBy Eliza Shapiro and Michael Gold New York City will no longer have a remote schooling option come fall, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday, in a major step toward fully reopening the nation’s largest school system. This school year, most of the city’s roughly one million students — about 600,000 of them — stayed at home for classes. […]
Read moreFrom the University of Colorado’s “rushed” introduction of Mark Kennedy onward, controversy swirled around his selection as CU’s president in 2019 and subsequent leadership of the four-campus, multibillion-dollar state university system. A presidential search process cloaked in secrecy led to the unveiling of Kennedy as the sole finalist, with the former Republican congressman’s introduction clouded by opposition to his voting […]
Read moreBUDGET AT A GLANCE• The big-ticket item is a $3.3 billion for boosting benefits – by up to $55 per week by April 2022;• Health budget delivers $200m more for Pharmac, and the first tranche of money for the health reforms;• Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Budget means New Zealand will come out of the pandemic ‘stronger than when we […]
Read moreThis week, the federal Centers for Disease Control opened vaccine eligibility to children aged 12 to 15, clearing the way for most middle and high school students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Children in that age group drove an increase in cases in April and a corresponding increase in school outbreaks and quarantines. Getting more children vaccinated is the key to […]
Read moreFinance expert says borrowers are being pushed into making needless repayments Last modified on Mon 20 Jul 2020 15.20 EDT The Student Loans Company is giving graduates a “demoralising, damaging and dangerous” picture of their debts, according to the consumer finance champion Martin Lewis, who accused the company of pushing its users into making needless repayments. Lewis, the founder of […]
Read moreAs he lay dying from meningococcal disease, one of 6-year-old Takarua Ngakuru’s final acts was to try and stop his mum from crying. “I don’t want to make you cry Mum, because you’re going to cry a lot,” he said to his mother, Tui, before being loaded into a helicopter in Kaikohe en route to Whangārei Hospital in February. Soon […]
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