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There have been 126 new community cases - and seven Omicron cases in MIQ - over the past two days, the Ministry of Health says.  Community cases include 88

NZ POLICE/Supplied Te Ariki Poulgrain, 23, escaped from Corrections custody on June 30. “At this stage, we believe he may have been in contact with people in the Auckland, Northland, New Plymouth and Rotorua areas. “We encourage those people to do the right thing and contact police.” Corrections regional commissioner Lynette Cave previously said a “full operational review into the circumstances of the incident” would be launched. Poulgrain’s recent telephone calls in prison have...

“I sort of just felt it was something I had to put up with. “And if you tell, that’s what I thought initially, it’s going to make it harder on me.” It happened about 10 times in the space of a month, she said. She told a female officer, but later that day saw her walking past her cell window with the alleged abuser. Feeling that her complaint hadn’t been taken seriously, she pressed the emergency button in her cell, and from there the issue was escalated to senior staff. Co...