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UN Fears Myanmar Could Be Heading Towards Full-blown Conflict 04/13/21 AT 7:52 AM The UN rights chief warned Tuesday Myanmar could be spiralling towards a "full-blown" Syrian-style conflict, after a two-month crackdown that a local monitoring group says has already claimed more than 700 lives. Myanmar is in chaos and its economy has been paralysed since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Warning of possible crimes against humanity, the United Nations ...

Labour shortage hits Marlborough wine industry 6 Apr, 2021 05:30 AM 5 minutes to read Marlborough vineyards still require some 1200 new hires to have the 3700 workers needed through the months of winter pruning. Photo / File Marlborough vineyards still require some 1200 new hires to have the 3700 workers needed through the months of winter pruning. Photo / File New Zealands most valuable winemaking region is short roughly a third of its workforce heading into the labour intensive pruni...

Transtasman bubble: How Auckland Airport will handle Aussie travellers 6 Apr, 2021 05:33 AM 4 minutes to read Many travellers will get their first look inside Auckland Airport for over a year. Photo / Jason Oxenham Many travellers will get their first look inside Auckland Airport for over a year. Photo / Jason Oxenham Aviation, tourism and energy writer for the NZ Heraldgrant.bradley@nzherald.co.nz@gbradleynz Auckland Airport says the arrival of the first quarantine-free travellers from Austr...

Steve Braunias: The lost and found - A portrait of life inside a rest home 26 minutes to read Summer in Auckland can often turn dark and oppressive. On days when the slow approach of a tropical thunderstorm turned the sky black and drained the Waitākere ranges of colour, I dreaded heading out to the Roseridge rest home in Henderson. It was deathly weather and it trapped the residents inside as surely as lockdown. They were housebound, feeble. Old age is a slope of decline and...

GARY LINEKER says he will get extra checks on his brain for signs of dementia. Research has found that former professional footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to die from a brain disorder than the general population, and an inquiry was launched by Parliament this month into sport’s link to dementia. Lineker, who has previously suggested a complete ban on heading in training, joined talkSPORT radio for a Dementia in Football documentary and revealed he and Match of the Day colle...

Where the Travel Guides went in Fiordland: Te Anau, Milford and the Sounds 18 Mar, 2021 05:53 PM 3 minutes to read NZ Herald The latest series of Travel Guides has given the travel show a distinctly Kiwi twist, seeing ordinary New Zealanders take the countrys top attractions for a road test. Last night saw the Travel Guides heading to Te Anau, Manapouri and the gateway to the majestic sounds of Fiordland backcountry. With breathtaking landscapres, fishing and outdoor experiences worth braving...

Uber worker rights: A day late and a dollar short 17 Mar, 2021 09:00 PM 3 minutes to read Financial Times Uber hit a roadblock last month when it lost a five-year legal battle over drivers rights in Britain. On Tuesday, the ride-hailing company said it would reclassify them as workers, entitled to the minimum wage, pensions and holiday. That is not quite the concession it appears. Even so, the traffic is heading in just one direction: towards much tougher regulation of disrupt...

OBORTECHglobal OU: Decentralized and Democratic Blockchain Ecosystem for the Supply Chain Is Heading for IEO TALLINN, ESTONIA / ACCESSWIRE / March 16, 2021 / OBORTECH is launching the Smart Hub, a digitalized ecosystem for all supply chain members from the second half of 2021. It has established partnerships with governmental institutions and logistic companies in Mongolia, Australia, and Europe. Here, members can remotely collaborate in a decentralized and democratic blockchain network, as the...

Americas Cup 2021: Why racing will still not be on the favourable Course C 14 Mar, 2021 11:15 PM 3 minutes to read Americas Cup racing resumes today after a lack of wind postponed races 7 & 8 on Sunday. With The Match tied at 3-3, todays results will be crucial for each team. Mark Orams joins Cheree Kinnear to run the ruler over all of the news ahead of racing on Day 5. Video / NZ Herald Americas Cup racing resumes today after a lack of wind postponed races 7 & 8 on Sunday. With The Match tied ...

Brian Sullivan joins us on the latest episode of The Smart Property Investment Show to share his insights into the booming Western Australian property market.