New Zealand National Stuff
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:27:41 GMTCovid-19: Rule for MIQ guests to stay in their room post day-12 test scrapped
MIQ guests will no longer be confined to their rooms following their day 11/12 test, after the temporary rule was introduced in January.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 02:49:30 GMTDigger operator dead in workplace accident on the West Coast
A man has died after a tree fell on a digger in a workplace incident on a farm near Harihari on the West Coast.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:06:12 GMTPlenty of jobs in South Canterbury but not enough workers
South Canterbury businesses are crying out for workers to fill vacancies.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:36:24 GMTCouncillors could get $6K allowance for childcare - but no such luck for staff
Hamilton City councillors who are parents might soon be able to claim a $6K per annum childcare allowance. But there's no such deal for the staff.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:11:03 GMTCouple flee city house prices to buy their first home in South Waikato for $295,000
Daniel Periam, 20, and Maddie Cannan, 21, have joined a growing list of city dwellers looking to smaller towns to leverage themselves into a first home.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 03:26:58 GMTWhakatāne mill closure confirmed, 210 jobs to go
Unions say the closure will be "devastating" for the community, which is still reeling from the Whakaari/White Island eruption and Covid-19.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 04:55:07 GMTForgotten World Highway repairs to to begin next week - after six-year wait
Although the damage occurred in 2015, the section of the Forgotten World Highway hasn't been forgotten.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 02:38:13 GMTHome detention for pair who abused children in Oranga Tamariki custody
Sushma Luxton’s own lawyer described his client and her husband caring for vulnerable children as a “disaster waiting to happen”.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:22:22 GMTSupport 'came too late' for family facing deportation over food vouchers
Workers' rights advocates and the Philippines ambassador say deporting a family that was desperate for food during lockdown is "too harsh".
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:13:54 GMTAir New Zealand told permits weren't needed for engine exports to Saudi navy
Officials have confirmed the airline didn't need permits for the heavily criticised export of engines it was repairing for the Saudi Arabian military.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 04:11:18 GMTFailed homeware store Nido to close on Sunday
About 60 jobs will be lost with the closure of the short-lived superstore.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:03:36 GMTWildlife farms in southern China a likely source of Covid-19 pandemic, WHO member says
Wildlife farms in southern China are possibly the likely source of the Covid-19 pandemic, a member of WHO's expert team says ahead of a report being released.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:36:35 GMTCovid-19: More than 11,000 foreigners granted New Zealand entry as Kiwis struggle to secure MIQ spots
It is easier for overseas film-stars and oil worker to get through New Zealand’s closed borders than it is for health care workers or teachers, new figures from Immigration New Zealand suggest.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:31:56 GMT'Postcode health lottery' could leave mum disfigured by cancer surgery
A single mother faces the rest of her life eating through a straw because Canterbury health authorities will not fund a facial reconstruction.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:00:00 GMTWorries over lack of timetable for flu and covid jabs
Concerns have being raised about the covid vaccination rollout clashing with the flu jab meaning older people might not get their flu jabs until half-way through winter.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:47:55 GMTCovid-19: Pasifika health providers pivotal in vaccine rollout, says minister
New Zealand's minister for Pacific peoples says Pasifika health providers will play a pivotal role in vaccinating the second priority group, which includes older Pasifika people.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:40:49 GMTOvarian cancer petition: thousands call for better diagnosis, funding
Last year deaths from ovarian cancer topped the road toll, yet people with the disease say it is an ignored crisis.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:30:00 GMTNew Zealand refused to call out Australia at UN over deportees
The New Zealand Government has lashed out at Australia's deportation policy — but won't take it up with the United Nations.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:30:00 GMTWellington City Mission opens 'social' supermarket, first of its kind in New Zealand
Instead of giving food parcels, Wellington City Mission welcomed its first customers to pick their own items at its social supermarket.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:22:19 GMTBoarded-up shops on 'NZ's most beautiful street' frustrate neighbours
The owner of five vacant shops in a Christchurch street lined with heritage buildings is refusing to sell or tenant them after 10 years of being shuttered.