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A decade on, a tale of two cities Newsroom 18/02/2021 © Provided by Newsroom Post-quake Christchurch has come a long way in 10 years, but is, in part, a confusion of contrasts and contradictions. Have our expectations been too high? David Williams reports Ann Brower doesn’t mind being in central Christchurch, which is surprising, really. On February 22, 2011, the bus she was riding along Colombo St was crushed by building debris – the parapet and façade of an unreinforced masonry building – after a 6.3 magnitude quake hit, killing 185 people. Twelve people died beside her. In Browe...

Some of the foremost critics of Oranga Tamariki have been appointed to a new board to advise Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis what could be done to...

Māori leaders to head Oranga Tamariki advisory board appointed by Kelvin Davis 26 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz The head of a Māori-led inquiry into Oranga Tamariki who slammed it for "inexplicable breaches of human rights towards Māori" will now be at the forefront of its transformation. Dame Naida Glavish is one of four Māori leaders chosen by Children's Minister Kelvin Davis to form the newly-established Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board. The announcement comes just days after Grainne Moss resigned as head ...

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky details the status of coronavirus vaccine production and distribution on 'Fox News Sunday' A Queens nursing home in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak withheld potentially lifesaving vaccines from rehab patients, leaving a New York City councilman’s 96-year-old mother and others to catch the contagion. Dry Harbor Nursing Home in Middle Village — where 44 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Dec. 22 — vaccinated its long-term residents shortly before Christmas, but not patients admitted for short-term care after being discharged from hospit...

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Apple, Alibaba, Nikola, Macy's (SPY +0.4%). Markets will be closed tomorrow Christmas Day. The Market in Perspective Here are the headlines moving the markets. The Countries Set To Win Big On The Lithium Boom Last week I read a press release that piqued my interest. Vancouver-based Lithium Americas Corp. announced that they had received an environmental impact statement (EIS) from the U.S. government for a proposed lithium mining project in Nevada. The EIS is required for certain projects that have the potential to significantly impact the environmen...