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© Supplied by National Piping Cent Duncan Johnstone Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Some of Scotland’s finest musicians are lining up to showcase the work of celebrated piper teacher and composer Duncan Johnstone in an online concert. Johnstone, who died in 1999, was known as the King of Jigs and was renowned as a teacher at home and abroad. Born in Glasgow to island parents – his mother was from Be...

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Thursday, 4 March 2021, 7:59 am Witnesses for faith-based institutions, including Archbishops and a Cardinal, will give evidence before the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry this month, on their processes for resolving historic and current abuse claims. Phase 2 of the Faith-based Redress hearing runs from 15 to 29 March. Phase 1 of the hearing was held late last year and focussed on the experience of survivors in seeking redress (such as compensation, counselling, an apology etc) for ...

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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. January 29, 2021 Jacinda Ardern visit a lab at Auckland University. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) ‘We call on you to uphold NZ’s reputation’: An open letter to Jacinda Ardern on a People’s Vaccine An open letter to prime minister Jacinda Ardern, minister of foreign affairs Nanaia Mahuta and trade minister Damien O’Connor ...

Friday, 29 January 2021, 10:09 am 42 different groups and noted experts, including Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Council of Trade Unions, the New Zealand Public Service Association, Greenpeace Aotearoa and Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to support a "people’s vaccine" by supporting a waiver to WTO intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines. "The present WTO rules on intellectual property will allow t...

Evidence of at least 19 more bodies buried in the area. their research of school records showed the bodies of another 22 boys who died at the school were never accounted for. >> we approached this with the goal to identify everyone. thats our objective. we know that realistically that wont happen. >> reporter: owen smith was sent here in 1940 and his family never saw him again. school officials said he died of pneumonia. others said he was shot and killed by school administrators. >> i believe u...