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High needs learning support: Education Ministry review 'could benefit 50-80,000 kids'
A new review into how our education system treats students with the highest learning needs could help between 50,000 and 80,000 children, the Government says.The Ministry of Education review will look at how all students with high…
Drunk truck driver slammed into nine parked cars in $140k trail of destruction
A drunk truck driver who slammed into nine parked cars outside Dunedin Airport caused more than $140,000 of damage, a court has heard.Michael Roger Wardell, 32, of Milton, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after pleading…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Tearful National Party leader Judith Collins 'heartbroken' for Auckland businesses
National Party leader Judith Collins has slammed the Government’s new traffic-light Covid plan as a confusing “cock and bull story”.An emotional Collins – who was watery-eyed and tearful as she addressed media – said she was speaking…
Auckland crime: Woman grabbed by attacker in stolen car at Takanini service station
A security camera has captured the shocking moment a man tried to rob a woman at a petrol station forecourt in Auckland.The footage shows the man trying to grab the woman as she was fuelling up at the Mobil Takanini on Sunday night.In…
Covid-19 Delta outbreak: Two Northland cases – Mother and unvaccinated daughter came from Auckland to Kaikohe
Covid has returned to Northland, with two cases confirmed today, just days after the region emerged from level 3 lockdown.The two new cases are now isolating near Kaikohe and, with a third potential case in Whangārei Heads,…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Wellington moves into top 5, Auckland slips back
A continued surge in Wellington has pushed it into the top 5 most vaccinated places in the country, while Auckland has slipped back a place.The latest data from the Ministry of Health shows, as of this morning, Dunedin is still…
White island eruption: Whakaari defendants to face trial in 2023
By Sarah Robson, RNZ The 13 defendants accused of health and safety breaches in the lead up to the deadly Whakaari eruption will go to trial in 2023.There were 47 people on the volcano when it erupted in December 2019, most of…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: More Auckland high schools to remain closed
More Auckland schools are announcing they won’t fully reopen next week, and instead coming up with their own plans to get through the next couple of weeks.It was revealed yesterday Takapuna Grammar School won’t reopen and will continue…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Government's 'traffic light' system a real life Squid Game which will result in Māori deaths, MP says
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has likened the Government’s new traffic light system to a real life Squid Game which will result in Māori deaths.New Zealand will move to a new “traffic light” system to manage…