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Cabinet will meet again on Monday 21st September to decide if gatherings in Auckland can be increased and whether or not the rest of the country can move to alert level 1. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet has decided to extend the current alert levels. “On the advice of the director-genera

There is one new community case of Covid-19 reported today, of a girl linked to the Auckland cluster. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the child had been in isolation since 30 August due to being a household contact of a confirmed case. The case is linked to the Botany sub-cluster which h

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has staged another audacious recovery of a piece of New Zealand railways history. Yesterday a team of contractors rescued an 1883 wooden passenger carriage which had been sitting on a farm at Wairio, in western Southland, since 1952, and transported it 64km to Lumsden, its

There have been two new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, both linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship bereavement group. Covid-19 coronavirus particles, illustration.Photo: AFP There was no media conference today. In a statement, the Health Ministry said both of today’s new c

New Zealand’s latest Formula Ford champion, Pukekohe teenager Billy Frazer, and fellow 2019/20 series place getters Callum Crawley from Feilding and James Penrose from Rangiora, all have bright futures in motorsport says the President of the group now responsible for running the ITM New Zealand Form

Skywatchers and plane spotters hopefully caught a glimpse between the clouds  of a South African Airlines jet today. The huge AirBus A34-600 is heading back to Johannesburg on a 15hour plus flight. The plane made landfall over Southland earlier this week on its way to Christchurch. Dozens of kiwi’s

Health Minister Chris Hipkins is delivering the daily Covid-19 update at the Beehive. There are four new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, two linked to the Auckland August cluster and two imported. The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the two community cases have epidemiological links to

Being adaptable, patient and determined has been the key to managing plans to open He Waka Tuia Art + Museum during a global pandemic. Level Two restrictions have been a bit of an extra challenge for the He Waka Tuia Art + Museum team ahead of the space finally opening to the public at 12pm […]