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Police launch Operation Hannah '); } else { // } Police will be at ski fields this week making sure vehicles and drivers are safe to be on the roads. “We want everyone to be able to experience and enjoy New Zealand’s great outdoors,” says Inspector Mike Brooklands, police commercial vehicle safety team national manager. “More importantly, we want everyone travelling on our roads to do so safely.” Operation Hannah is a multi-site operation targeting vehicles in and around ski fields including passenger services vehicles.  It focuses on improving both vehi...

AstraZeneca jab approved in New Zealand File Image. SunLive. '); } else { // } Medsafe has granted provisional approval of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 18 and older. Cabinet is yet to consider whether to use the AstraZeneca vaccine in New Zealand, but it would allow donations to Pacific countries. The news removes another stumbling block for supplying more vaccines to places like Fiji, where Covid-19 continues to run rampant and health systems are struggling to keep up. The government secured enough doses for 3.8 million people through an advanc...

Chance of rain for some this weekend The BOP may see some showers this weekend. File photo/SunLive. '); } else { // } More wet weather is coming into the NZ area - but it's not as extreme nor is it heavy falling in unusual places, says WeatherWatch.co.nz “Fiordland - our rain forest and one of the wettest places on earth - has the bulk of the rain coming up with around 150mm possible there and in parts of South Westland,” says a statement released from the weather organisation today. “Areas that have had flooding in recent times, like Canterbury, the upper We...

Heavy rain and severe gales for parts of NZ File photo. '); } else { // } MetService advises that a front over the Tasman Sea is forecast to move across New Zealand on Monday, preceded by a strong and moist north to northeasterly flow, then followed by unsettled northwesterlies. “The front is expected to bring a period of heavy rain to western and northern parts of New Zealand, including areas of Buller, Nelson and Marlborough recently affected by flooding,” says a MetService spokesperson. “In addition, a period of strong to gale north to northeasterly winds ...

Covid update here and around the globe File photo. '); } else { // } New Zealand is just three days out from opening up the Covid-19 vaccination programme for those aged over 60 but it comes as only 20 per cent of group three – over 65s and those with underlying health conditions – have had their first dose. ”The important thing to remember is that we’ll have enough vaccine for everybody in New Zealand to get the vaccine by the end of the year,” says Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins. Despite that, political scientist Jon Johansson, a former chief ...