The family of 11-month old Kawariki Bond, who is one of New Zealand’s youngest Covid-19 cases, feared he was facing a “death sentence” – now they are seeing signs of improvement.”Awa” tested positive on August 24, a result that…

Kristina Keneally looks set to run in the lower house at the next election, to replace a retiring MP.

9News understands it was done in a deal struck after it became clear the NSW Premier would lose the race to be the number one Labor spot on the NSW senate ticket.

Senator Keneally, who is the Deputy Leader for Labor in the Senate, would run in the western Sydney seat of Fowler to be vacated by the retiring-MP Chris Hayes.

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There had been calls from him for his replacement to come from the vibrant Vietnamese community.

It's understood Senator Keneally was to be pipped by Deb O'Neill for the top spot on the Senate ticket.

One Labor insider said: "It's a bad look for the leader, that the person he hand-picked to be Deputy Senate Leader, got knocked off by a backbencher".

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Two people are in a critical condition following a serious crash in Auckland this evening.Police are currently at the scene of a crash between two vehicles on North Rd in Clevedon.The crash was reported just before 5pm. A police…