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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 […]

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says they are all linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship Church group. He says all members of the church group are being asked to be re-tested, even if they have no symptoms. Four of the new cases are part of the group of 14 that are associate

Sky watchers and plane spotters had a treat this morning (Tues) A South African Airlines flight made land fall right over Southland after a direct and long  flight from Johannesburg South Africa. The flight, possibly the first direct flight from South Africa to Christchurch was bringing kiwi’s home

A first in New Zealand for the Southern DHB. This with the delivery of a new MRI magnet unit at the Invercargill Hospital on Saturday morning. The new magnet is part of a new $1.5m MRI and replaces an 18 year old unit. Brendon Clifford, project manager for supplier Philips told whatsoninvers that th

Powerball is on a winning streak with one lucky Powerball player from Auckland taking home $4 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The $4,200,000 million prize is made up of $4 million from Powerball First Division and $200,000 from Lotto First Division. The winning ti