Joel MacManus and Bill Hickman09:20, May 28 2021
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Wellington harbour and Oriental Bay. (file photo)
Mōrena, I’m Bill Hickman, breaking news reporter. Here’s what’s going on in the pages of The Dominion Post and the capital today.
9am: Character, humour and pride embodied in award-winning image Warriors rugby league club staffer Bodie Friend was announced as the winner of the inaugural Kiingi Tūheitia Portraiture Award at a ceremony at Wellington’s TSB Arena on Thursday attended by Kiingi Tūheitia, the
Māori King. Friend won the the $20,000 award for his photograph of his great-uncle Pat Kingi, or Nana Pat, aged 88.
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There’s been a low-key start to vaccinations in the Wellington region. Today the Capital and Coast District Health Board and the Hutt Valley District Health Board each thanked their staff for helping to deliver 50,000 doses of the covid vaccine in the region in the last three months.
Vaccinations began last week for Pacific people in Lower Hutt – with a “Pacific Festival Vaccination Day.”
RNZ reported that CCDHB had decided to lower the age from 65 to 55 for vaccinating Maori and Pacifika people and their households. More than 160 people were booked for vaccinations on the first day. There’ve been no progress reports since then, but a total figure of more than 5000 was mentioned.
Research For Life invites Wellington-based medical researchers to apply for research and travel grants. The closing date for applications for our next grant round is Thursday, 5 August 2021. Research grants enable recipients to undertake innovative .
Part of the Wellington s northern motorway was closed after a fiery car crash.
Part of Wellington s northern motorway has reopened after a vehicle caught fire following a crash, leaving the driver with life-threatening injuries. Police confirmed a single occupant of the vehicle was airlifted to Middlemore Hospital in critical condition. The patient was previously taken to Wellington Hospital, via Wellington Free Ambulance. The Ngāūranga Gorge from Johnsonville southbound is now open to two lanes and the Johnsonville onramp and Newlands onramp, southbound, has also reopened.
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A vehicle caught fire on State Highway 1 in Wellington on Sunday afternoon. However, NZTA is still asking motorists to delay their journeys or use alternative routes due to significant delays on the state highway and nearby roads.