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Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:40:58 GMT
Wellington Phoenix storm back to beat Western Sydney Wanderers in A-League Women
The Phoenix have moved level with the Wanderers heading into the final game of the season after beating them 3-2 in their rescheduled fixture.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:35:41 GMT
Live: Russian airstrike on Government HQ an attempt to kill regional leader, Ukraine says
Video shows a rocket hitting a key building in central Kharkiv, while a huge convoy of tanks moving towards Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, has slowed down.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:34:44 GMT
Too scared to move, too scared not to: A Ukrainian family's desperate bid to get to NZ
Bodies lie in the streets while Russian flags fly nearby. All an Invercargill woman can do is hope the Government will help her stricken parents.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:24:41 GMT
Covid-19: Reports of atypical 'tummy symptoms' in children with virus
The Director-General of Health says atypical symptoms include “tummy symptoms”, particularly in children.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:14:38 GMT
Outback Wrangler favourite Chris 'Willow' Wilson identified as victim of West Arnhem chopper crash
The Outback Wrangler cast member was killed and another person was seriously injured just before 11am Monday.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:07:24 GMT
Occupation day 22: Additional concrete blocks delivered to Parliament to manage protest
Just under 40 more blocks have been dropped off by a truck, as the protest nears the end of its 22nd day.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:02:25 GMT
Live: Covid-19 Parliament protest
Follow all the updates as the protest against vaccine mandates enters its 23rd day.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:28:28 GMT
Health and mental wellbeing can be influenced by where you live, health experts find
New research could provide food for thought for policymakers and town planners after a new study found where people live can influence their health.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:19:03 GMT
Volkswagen assesses the cost of ship fire
Now that the fire on the Felicity Ace has died down, Volkswagen is able to start totaling up the costs, and it looks like being higher than initially thought.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:16:40 GMT
Next-gen Ford Everest shows its bold new face
A few months after the new Ranger, and straight after the new Raptor, Ford has revealed the new Everest SUV.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:14:02 GMT
Electric ferry makes maiden passenger voyage across Wellington Harbour
Wellington’s pioneering electric passenger ferry has made its first public sailing across Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:08:47 GMT
Covid-19: 'A bit pointless' to process tens of thousands of days-old PCR tests
New Zealand labs have a backlog of about 32,000 five-day-old PCR swabs to process. Experts say these are "less useful" than recent tests.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:00:00 GMT
'I’ll take this to the end': Protest shower block man Colin Wightman says police stole it
He brought a shower block to the protest at Parliament and says police stole it.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:00:00 GMT
Hybrid Parliament lets MPs deliver important speeches and boring questions
COMMENT: The first hybrid Parliament saw important speeches take place, beside extra-boring questions from Government MPs.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:59:45 GMT
Covid-19: Eviction notices handed to anti-mandate protesters at Auckland Domain
Dozens of people opposed to Covid-19 vaccine mandates were still at Auckland Domain on Tuesday night, despite being told to leave earlier in the day.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:58:10 GMT
Challenge to use of pepper spray that prisoners call 'excruciating'
Inmates say it breaches their rights but Corrections says it's a safer way to extract prisoners from cells.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:18:22 GMT
Four rural Canterbury hospitals close over staffing concerns amid 'rapidly increasing' Covid cases
Canterbury's Waikari, Darfield, Oxford and Ellesmere Hospitals are closing, affecting 23 residents who are being transferred to alternative private facilities.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:18:09 GMT
Invercargill deputy mayor's museum collection push voted down
Invercargill deputy mayor’s push to get the collection removed from the city’s closed museum has come up short.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:03:40 GMT
Kura kaupapa 'jumping through hoops' to acquire rapid antigen tests
Kura kaupapa say unless you have contacts in the Government, acquiring RATs for staff is extremely difficult.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:00:00 GMT
Manawatū painter named Apprentice of the Year
Tui Ruatita was named the 2021 Master Painters Apprentice of the Year, outdoing three other finalists last month.



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