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Date Time Statement from Queensland Health regarding WA lockdown Following Western Australia’s announcement of a three-day lockdown, anyone who has been in the Perth or Peel regions on or since 17 April 2021 is required to comply with the following requirements: From midnight tonight, residents will be allowed to re-enter Queensland. Non-residents will require an exemption to enter Queensland. Everyone entering Queensland after midnight tonight who has been in the Perth or Peel parts of WA si...

Australias Perth city to enter three-day lockdown from midnight SYDNEY (Reuters) - Western Australias capital of Perth and the neighbouring Peel region will enter a snap three-day lockdown from midnight on Friday after a man tested positive for COVID-19 and was in the community for a number of days following hotel quarantine. Read full story 2 hours ago|Malaysia

Millions of letters, cards and telegrams sent to and from our servicemen and women sent during times of war now sit inside Kiwi’s homes, kept in old chocolate boxes, satchels or gathered together in old envelopes, often out of sight of everyday life. Two months ago the Taranaki Daily News joined other Stuff newspapers to ask Kiwis to share these treasures – to remember, honour and preserve them. The response was an avalanche. Kivell, 82, spreads out the letters and cards of his uncle. ...

Premium Content Subscriber only He may ride a tank rather than a horse but Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Allan Ryan from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) will be taking part in the dawn service at Lismore RSL this Anzac Day. But while WO1 Ryan will be on foot this Sunday, he said he considers Lismore his hometown after posting there from 2013 until 2018 as the quartermaster of the 41st Royal NSW Regiment. On Sunday, WO1 Ryan, 60, will be at the dawn service to sp...

Large crowds are expected at Anzac Day services around the country on Sunday after public events were cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Members of the public laid poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior following the Wellington dawn service on Anzac Day 2019, the last time public events were held for the commemorations. Photo: RNZ / Ana Tovey The Stand at Dawn commemoration started in 2020, where people stood outside their front gate to mark the occasion will also be repeate...

Anzac services around the Coromandel-Hauraki region 19 Apr, 2021 01:43 AM 3 minutes to read Waihi Beach 5.45am – fall in parade 9.30am start 6am start at the Memorial Cairn Advertisement 5.45am – assemble at the Talisman Hotel 5.55am – march to Katikati War Memorial Hall 6am – service begins Road closures and a detour in place from Talisman Hotel to the Katikati War Memorial Hall between 5am-7am. Coromandel Town 10am Service at Memorial Reserve, 355 Kapanga Rd, Coromandel. To be follow...

Long weekend weather: Wet in the west, mainly fine in the east 22 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read MetService National weather: April 22nd - 24th. Video / MetService NZ Herald An assortment of weather is forecast for Anzac weekend - with rain and a risk of thunderstorms in the west and mainly fine conditions in the east. Six60 concertgoers in Auckland have been told to expect "a few showers" during the Saturday gig, while boaties on western coastlines from Fiordland to Northland have been w...

Leighton Smith: Where art thou, alternative point of view? 21 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read A leading US opinions editor declared the current media model blocks diversity of thought and content. Photo / Sandy Parkinson, File A leading US opinions editor declared the current media model blocks diversity of thought and content. Photo / Sandy Parkinson, File NZ Herald OPINION First it was Bari Weiss from the New York Times. Shortly thereafter Andrew Sullivan from New York Magazine...

Almost there! Check your email inbox to finalise email verification. Youll then be asked to choose a password so you can log in to The Spinoff. April 22, 2021 A Returned Services Association dance, 1920, probably in Christchurch (Photo: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives. Ref: 1/1-004099-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22896946) It’s time the RSA acknowledged its ugly history of racism The modern Returned Services Association is...

Gallipoli photos found in old cigarette tin feature in exhibition honouring Anzacs WedWednesday 25 Corporel Bankia extracts a tooth from a patient at Gallipoli. ( Print text only Cancel When a West Australian chemist and World War I veteran died in a car crash in 1955, 480 letters were delivered to his familys doorstep in hessian bags. Most were from grateful patients he had treated for free during the Great Depression — but Lionel Sargent left more than a legacy of compassion and generosity....