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); } else { // } Labour MP Budget 2021 announced last week is all about securing our recovery from Covid. It lays the foundations for coming out of Covid stronger by addressing long term challenges like housing, inequality and climate change, while making sure we can continue to grow the economy. The Government’s policies will see up to 33,000 children lifted out of poverty, and Treasury forecasts 221,000 more people will be in jobs over the next four years as o...

Tauranga Robotics Team wins world championship The team, made up of Mount Maunganui College students, at the championships. Supplied photos. ); } else { // } Showing that New Zealand can compete on a global stage, the House of Science Tauranga Robotics Club pulled off a Division win in the 2021 VEX Robotics World Championships. The team won the Engineering B Division and an Innovation Award. The team, made up of Mount Maunganui College students Sam Orsler, Ryan Kayse...

TEL fatal crash accused pleads guilty Dods will be sentenced on court on July 22. File photo/SunLive. ); } else { // } A man charged in relation to a fatal crash on the Tauranga Eastern Link has plead guilty to manslaughter. Benjamin Mark Dods ​appeared in the High Court at Tauranga this morning charged with manslaughter, conspiracy to deal a Class A drug and conspiracy to deal a Class B drug. The 29-year-old was arrested following a police investigation to the cra...

LIVE: Covid-19, QFT and vaccine update ); } else { // } Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are providing an update on Covid-19 in New Zealand. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health reported there were no new cases of Covid-19 to report in the community in New Zealand. There were two new cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the ...

Bay of Plenty to see blood red supermoon A previous supermoon. File Image. Cameron Avery. SunLive. ); } else { // } Bay of Plenty residents should, at the very least, get a glimpse of a rare astronomical event this evening with the weather forecast suggesting only a very unlucky patch of cloud will ruin the occasion. For the first time in 40 years, a total lunar eclipse will coincide with a supermoon, making for a blood red supermoon in the night’s sky. The main...

BUTTERWORTH: Some 400,000 factory workers in Penang are expected to take the on-site polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test using the deep throat saliva method to step up mass testing over the next few weeks.

Wintry weather to set in this weekend Snow is expected to fall in the South Island this weekend, bringing cooler temperatures to the country. ); } else { // } A wintry weather system is set to move in across New Zealand this weekend. WeatherWatch.co.nz says a large and complex low pressure system will be impacting New Zealand and Australia this weekend with severe weather risks, most likely across NZ. “While its too early to lock in specific severe weather details ...

BOP should get view of rare lunar eclipse The WeatherWatch expected cloud cover for this evening. Photo: WeatherWatch. ); } else { // } Bay of Plenty residents should, at the very least, get a glimpse of a rare astronomical event this evening with the weather forecast suggesting only a very unlucky patch of cloud will ruin the occasion. For the first time in 40 years, a total lunar eclipse will coincide with a supermoon, making for a blood red supermoon in the night...

Consumers more certain of their rights - survey File photo. ); } else { // } Results of the New Zealand Consumer Survey 2020, released today, found that nearly all consumers are aware that laws exist to protect their consumer rights, and tested knowledge of these rights has improved over the past two years. The survey was commissioned by Consumer Protection, part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, to find out what New Zealanders know about their ...

Campaign launched to reduce respiratory harm Supplied video. ); } else { // } Shaving your beard could save your life. That’s the premise of a new campaign by WorkSafe New Zealand to help businesses and workers look after their health. WorkSafe’s Life Shavers campaign will raise awareness of the need for workers who wear respiratory protective equipment for work to be clean shaven. “When our inspectors are out and about they see a lot of workers with beards whi...