A toddler who died overnight at Starship Hospital was known to neighbours, who would sometimes hear her playing on her miniature red and blue plastic slide in the front garden of her parents’ rental home as her mother sat quietly…
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Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Experts unsure if the move to step 2 next week is the right one
Covid-19 experts are questioning the Government’s decision to relax restrictions in a week’s time as Auckland cases continue to top 100. On Monday, Cabinet made an in-principle decision to move Auckland to step 2 of level 3 from…
Prison attack: Four Otago Corrections Facility staff taken to hospital
Four Corrections officers were taken to hospital after they were attacked by inmates at Otago Corrections Facility.A review will be carried out following the attack in a high security unit on Saturday afternoon, prison director…
Business titan Sir Neville Jordan sued by Florida town after years of debt claims
A Florida town sued one of New Zealand’s most famous business leaders and sought to liquidate his company after claiming years of unpaid debts. Sir Neville Jordan’s Endeavour Capital Limited was earlier this year ordered to pay…
Police issue 50 infringement notices for alleged dangerous driving following Porirua tangi
Police have reprimanded dozens in relation to alleged driving offences following a Porirua tangi last month. Today Kapiti-Mana area prevention manager Inspector Nick Thom said police had issued 50 infringement notices for riding…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Auckland's vaccination rate could be high enough to stop growing outbreak
In three weeks’ time, vaccination coverage in Auckland could be high enough to keep the outbreak from growing any further, with the number of daily cases peaking at about 200 a day.These are the projections according to modelling…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Auckland set to ease restrictions next week, Waikato moves to 'step 2' tomorrow
Cabinet has made an in-principle decision to move Auckland to step 2 of level 3 from next Tuesday at 11.59pm, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.Waikato will also see an easing of restrictions – and move to step 2 from…
Fire at Christchurch wastewater treatment plant now contained
A fire at the Christchurch wastewater treatment plant is now contained. Fire and Emergency said the fire in Bromley was reported just before 3.10pm. At its peak nearly 50 firefighters were working on the fire. The thick smoke…
Shotgun brandished in alleged New Lynn home invasion and robbery
A man allegedly brandished a sawn-off shotgun at a west Auckland resident in a terrifying home invasion involving five others on Sunday night. The group allegedly used a sledgehammer to smash the window of a New Lynn home before…
COP26: Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley gives stern warning to G-20 leaders
Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley gave a rousing speech at the opening of the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow earlier today – and had a stark warning for world leaders listening to them.Logan-Riley, who introduced…