There are 172 new Covid community cases today as the nation prepares to move into the traffic light system. Eighty-six people are in hospital and nine are in intensive care. Today’s cases included 142 new cases in Auckland and 10…
Read MoreKāinga Ora policy protecting violent, abusive state house tenants may be unlawful: lawyer
A “repugnant” policy that protects violent and abusive state house tenants who intimidate law-abiding neighbours is potentially unlawful and open to legal challenge before the courts, an expert says. Litigation lawyer Adina Thorn says she is considering a class action…
Read MoreCovid 19 Delta outbreak: Teacher at Auckland’s Baradene College infected; and student at Western Springs College
A teacher at an Auckland Catholic girls’ school who taught at the school three days last week has tested positive for Covid. In a letter to parents last night, Baradene College confirmed the teacher was infectious while at the school…
Read MoreAuckland parent shocked after 2-year-old found wandering outside his East Tāmaki daycare
The father of a 2-year-old boy is shocked and infuriated – but also indebted to a good Samaritan truck driver – after his son was found wandering outside his Auckland daycare last week. Terrence went missing from East Tamaki Childcare…
Read MoreCovid-19 Delta outbreak: Boosters, Waikato alert levels on agenda as virus keeps creeping south
Booster shots and Waikato areas potentially moving into new alert levels are hot topics ahead of today’s post-Cabinet announcement from Jacinda Ardern. The Prime Minister is expected to address media at about 4pm, after days of high new Covid-19 case…
Read MoreCovid-19 Delta outbreak: 147 cases; Coronavirus found in Wellington wastewater; Man with virus dies suddenly in Auckland’s Glen Eden
There are 147 new community cases today and a man isolating at home with Covid in Auckland has died suddenly, the Ministry of Health says. There are 81 people in hospital with the virus, up from 79 yesterday. There are…
Read MoreDenver school board election leans towards union-backed candidates, but two races are close
Residents appeared to be voting to add candidates backed by the teachers union to the Denver Board of Education, according to unofficial results posted at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Four of the candidates backed by the union were ahead in the…
Read MoreCovid 19 Delta outbreak: 126 cases as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ends press conference after heckling
There are 126 cases of Covid-19 in the community today. Auckland has 107 new cases, there is one new case in Northland and Canterbury has no new cases today.The one new Northland case today is out of Kaitaia and is…
Read MorePostgraduate students urge funders to extend grants over coronavirus
PhD and master’s students worry their funding will run out as libraries and labs shut Last modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020 12.22 EDT PhD and master’s students have signed an open letter asking to be given extensions to their…
Read MoreCovid 19 Delta outbreak: New Waikato case emerges, Christchurch races to test, vaccinate as nine isolate
COVID LATEST* Christchurch holding its breath over new Covid cases* ‘Makes me sick’: Mum cuts through vaccine lies linked to son’s death* ‘Only game in town’: Michael Baker on Delta being at ‘peak fitness’, fears for next variant* Matthew Hooton:…
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