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Man found after falling down bank in Kaweka Forest and activating beacon 12 Apr, 2021 01:04 AM Quick Read The Lowe Corporation Rescue helicopter during a rescue mission in the Kaweka Forest in March. Photo / Supplied The Lowe Corporation Rescue helicopter during a rescue mission in the Kaweka Forest in March. Photo / Supplied Hawkes Bay Today By: Louise Gould Police and a rescue helicopter were deployed after a man fell down a bank and activated his personal locator beacon whilst in the Kaweka Forest Park on Monday morning. Emergency services were alerted to the activation about 11.50am. A Po...

Amy: My husband and I recently welcomed our first child. On my side of the extended family, our baby son (“Samuel”) is the fifth grandchild, but on my husband’s side, he is the first. I am trying to be sensitive to the excitement and extra attention a first grandchild receives. My mother-in-law, “Joan,” has been to our house for a visit of a week’s duration each month since Sam’s birth. Each time she visits, I am more hesitant to welcome her back. Joan is blatantly disregarding the parenting strategy my husband and I have adopted in favor of her own techniqu...

SC pharmacies play role in increasing access, confidence for COVID-19 vaccine SC pharmacies play role in increasing access, confidence for COVID-19 vaccine By Emily Wakeman | March 13, 2021 at 6:01 PM EST - Updated March 14 at 10:20 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - DHEC’s vaccine locator shows hundreds of sites across the state are now activated to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, but many rural areas still have far fewer sites than South Carolina’s urban cities. Pharmacies have become a central vaccine provider for more rural areas across the state. Chains including CVS, Publix, Walmart a...

Family of four rescued from Hawke's Bay river 7 Mar, 2021 03:53 AM Quick Read A family of four have been rescued following a multi-day kayaking trip down the Ngaruroro River, in Hawke's Bay. Photo / Supplied Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter general manager Ian Wilmot said the crew received the call at about 2.30pm. Two adults and two children who had been kayaking and rafting down the Ngaruroro River were picked up near Kuripapango suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia. "The helicopter has rescued them all and brought them in to the Hawke's Bay Hospital for observation," Wilmot said. Ad...

Calls for kayakers to carry locator beacons in wake of Koyren Campbell disappearance 25 Jan, 2021 11:52 PM 2 minutes to read The search for missing kayaker Koyren Campbell. Photo / Jack Crossland NZ Herald The employer of a Wellington kayaker missing for over a week has encouraged a requirement that all water-goers carry a locator beacon. It follows the disappearance of kayaker Koyren Campbell, 22, who has been missing since failing to return from a fishing trip eight days ago. His employer, D-Fluff Insulation company director David Downer, led a jet-ski search of Wellington's coastline on S...