Akaroa boil notice will lift by Easter holidays, say council officials
2 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Fourteen 30,000-litre plastic tanks and associated piping are being installed near Akaroa s reservoir. Photo / Supplied
Fourteen 30,000-litre plastic tanks and associated piping are being installed near Akaroa s reservoir. Photo / Supplied
Council officials who have been scrambling to fix Akaroa s water issues have vowed that the town s water will be back on tap by Easter holidays.
Four dead animals - two possums and two birds – were found during a routine check inside the Canterbury beauty spot s reservoir supply last month.
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Testing confirmed there was enough chlorine in the water to kill bacteria, but there was still a possible protozoa risk which chlorine will not kill.
Covid 19 coronavirus: 9000 Kiwis vaccinated; no new cases; Jacinda Ardern pushes back on confusing message criticism
2 Mar, 2021 07:44 PM
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Case L, the sister of a Papatoetoe High School student, wasn t isolating at home and went to work at KFC Botany three days before she tested positive for the virus. PM Jacinda Ardern said about 15 texts and phone calls were made to the family.
Case L, the sister of a Papatoetoe High School student, wasn t isolating at home and went to work at KFC Botany three days before she tested positive for the virus. PM Jacinda Ardern said about 15 texts and phone calls were made to the family.
Overtime Pay Legislation Pt 2
Tuesday Mar 2nd, 2021 I’m Bob Larson. Substitute Senate bill 5172 would have the opposite affect of the original bill, putting all of agriculture on the hook for three years back overtime pay, with interest.
After the Supreme Court’s November ruling that agriculture’s overtime exemption was unconstitutional, Washington Policy Center’s Initiative on Ag Director, Pam Lewison says many ag employers are faced with a death sentence …
LEWISON … “It’s a lot harder to figure out how to absorb this huge chunk of money all at one time, in terms of an award of this retroactive lump sum of money, and when I say a lot harder, I mean business-ending impossible. It’s not a feasible thing to do.”
Stray cat forces Sudanese passenger plane into emergency landing
2 Mar, 2021 07:19 PM
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The plane turned back 30 minutes into the flight. Photo / 123RF
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A Sudanese passenger plane was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing after a stray cat attacked the pilot.
Local media report that the incident occurred last week, when a Tarco flight was 30 minutes into a trip from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to Doha.
The bizarre incident saw a reportedly aggressive cat appear in the cockpit and attack the pilot as other crew struggled to catch it.
The cat reportedly attacked the pilot. Photo / 123RF