Three more crew on the Mattina container ship quarantined at Bluff have tested positive for Covid-19. There are also three new Covid cases to report today in managed isolation, the […]
You just have to grin and bear it – Westport homeowners return to waterlogged, contaminated homes
Their feet sink into the sopping wet carpet, the smoke alarm going off non-stop as they trudge through their waterlogged Westport home. Derek and Joan Roberts have lived in their […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Ministry of Health update – all Perth to NZ flights grounded; four new MIQ cases, no new community cases
All Perth to New Zealand flights have been grounded as officials wait to hear if Western Australia will go into full lockdown. Meanwhile, there are four new MIQ cases – […]
US police shooting: How could the police have mistaken a gun for a Taser?
The chief of police for Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by a white officer, said that the shooting was an accident. The […]
Schools could have covered up sex offences to protect reputation, top police officer warns
A top police officer has warned that some schools may have covered up sexual offences in order to protect their reputation. Chief Constable Simon Bailey told The Times he was […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Papatoetoe High School principal urges testing
Some Papatoetoe High School students have made the “conscious choice” not to get tested and instead stay at home and self-isolate. Principal Vaughan Couillault told the AM Show that students […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Race to track contacts of new virus cases at Papatoetoe High School
Health officials are scrambling to trace the contacts of two Papatoetoe High School students who have just tested positive for Covid-19. Meanwhile, ESR testing of wastewater has so far found […]
‘We have fallen short:’ Air NZ chair Therese Walsh apologises to MPs for ‘Saudi issue’
Air New Zealand’s top bosses have apologised to MPs for what chairwoman Therese Walsh this morning described as the “Saudi issue”. “I’ll be very clear, we have fallen short,” she […]
‘We will not go back – we have to die some day’: India’s protesting farmers remain resolute
There is no let up by farmers protesting at the Singhu border in Delhi. The passion remains the same and the numbers have grown. A large number of women protesters […]
US riots: Trump’s allies have bailed, but the battle for America’s soul is just beginning
COMMENT: The storming of the Capitol in Washington DC is the darkest sign yet that democracy has died in America. It was disgraceful and deadly and dangerous. It deserves no […]