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Three Cubans survive on coconuts for 33 days on uninhabited island

BBC News - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:52
The stranded Cubans, who survived by eating coconuts, were spotted by a US Coast Guard patrol.

Lost trust: Teen's cancer journey leaves emotional and physical scars

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:49
Ainsley Tonks lost her childhood, her health and three years of her schooling to cancer. And perhaps most sadly of all, the Taupō 14-year-old, who is now in remission from B-cell acute lymphoblastic ...

MBIE paying for Air NZ crew to isolate at hotel but arrangement 'under review'

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:47
Some Air New Zealand crew members arriving back in New Zealand are isolating at Auckland's Hotel Grand Windsor, with taxpayers footing the bill. But the arrangement is "currently under review", according ...

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: As a wāhine, I will wear what I want

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:44
COMMENT One of the things I enjoy most about walking to Parliament is looking at the various forms of fashion that are used to represent activism. One regular (protester) wears a full suit with shoes ...

'We'll let you know': Stars in NHS Covid vaccine ad

BBC News - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:44
Elton John and Michael Caine appear in a light-hearted ad, promoting uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine.

How right-wing radio stoked anger before the Capitol siege

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:43
Shows hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other talk radio stars promoted debunked claims of a stolen election and urged listeners to "fight back". Two days before a mob of Trump supporters invaded ...

China’s Emissions of Ozone-Harming Gas Are Declining, Studies Find

New York Times - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:27
New research confirms that emissions from China of CFC-11, a banned gas that harms Earth’s ozone layer, have fallen sharply, reversing a dangerous spike.

Covid: Care staff vaccinations 'lagging behind target'

BBC News - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:14
As the deadline looms for care staff to be offered the vaccine, a survey suggests a big shortfall.

New Auckland house finished, sold - without water

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:10
A new Auckland house has been built and sold but its owner can't move in because it doesn't have water. Jing Zhang complained she had bought lot 46, 35 Hayfield Way, Karaka, last year and although the ...

Mistaken identity murder: Police identify suspects in 'brutal' execution

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:09
Police investigating the murder of David Kuka - an innocent man who was the victim of mistaken identity - are circling a specific pool of suspects believed to have committed the "execution style" slaying. Today ...

Frances Cook: Emotional buying in the housing market a red flag

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:06
OPINION: There are many reasons to be cautious about our housing market these days. But the biggest red flag to me has to be the high emotions, stoking FOMO and panic buying. Emotions and money just ...

Government scrapping RMA to tackle the housing crisis

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:03
New Zealand's tired and failing master act for the environment will be scrapped and replaced with new laws, helping tackle a spiralling housing crisis and climate-change threats. In one of the largest ...

Trump loyalist lashes out at Aussie TV host

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:02
A former Trump White House figure has launched an angry tirade on Australian TV while being grilled over the deadly Capitol Hill riot. The historic second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is under way ...

Myanmar protests spread as security forces brace

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:02
Large crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in Myanmar again defied a ban on protests Wednesday, even after security forces ratcheted up the use of force against them and raided the headquarters ...

Mike Hosking: Australia has a Covid plan and a vision - NZ has neither

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:00
OPINION: Is the line of people criticising our MIQ effort now longer than the queue waiting to get into MIQ? This newspaper alone these past couple of weeks has featured many a column inch looking ...

Covid-19: 'Every death will stay with me forever'

BBC News - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:00
The Royal Free London accepted its first Covid patient a year ago.

Live: 'Inciter-in-chief' - Trump watched riot 'with glee'

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 05:59
WATCH LIVE: DAY 2 OF IMPEACHMENT TRIAL Prosecutors in Donald Trump's impeachment trial said Wednesday they would prove that Trump was no "innocent bystander" but the "inciter-in-chief" of the deadly ...

Big corporate wants to sub-let half its office space

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 05:57
One of New Zealand's largest corporates wants to sub-let half its Auckland and Christchurch office space because hundreds of staff are working from home. So many Vodafone NZ staff now don't come into ...

Driver to be charged over Arrowtown teen's crash death

NZ Herald - Thu, 11/02/2021 - 05:55
Police have finished their investigation into a crash near Arrowtown last year which killed 17-year-old Allanah Walker and intend to charge a woman over the teen's death. Miss Walker (17) died, and two ...

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