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    Sara Currie says she was wrongly booked in for a Covid-19 vaccination. Photo: Supplied via NZ Herald

    Chch teacher aide mistakenly receives vaccine text

    A Christchurch schoolteacher aide is bemused at being contacted by the Auckland DHB "confirming" her unsolicited Covid-19 vaccination.

    Kiwi who fought for emergency MIQ place dies

    Trevor Ponting, with his daughter, Mia, and son Toa. Photo: supplied

    Kiwi who fought for emergency MIQ place dies

    A terminally ill New Zealander who had to fight for an emergency spot in managed isolation has died in Christchurch.

    Dame Valerie takes one for the team

    Photo: Dame Valerie Adams

    Dame Valerie takes one for the team

    Four-time world champion shot putter Dame Valerie Adams has received her first Covid-19 vaccine in Auckland.

    Specialist police team formed to tackle gang violence

    Detective Superintendent Greg Williams: "This kind of offending is completely unacceptable and is...

    Specialist police team formed to tackle gang violence

    Police have introduced a specialist Firearms Investigation Team as gang tensions escalate across the country.

    Fine hiked for cellphone use while driving

    Stock photo: Getty

    Fine hiked for cellphone use while driving

    Getting pinged for using a cellphone while driving will soon cost motorists nearly double.

    Man charged with threatening to kill Jacinda Ardern

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there were there were multiple breaches that happened across...

    Man charged with threatening to kill Jacinda Ardern

    An Auckland man has been charged with threatening to kill Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

    Employer reveals vaccine delay for staff working in MIQ and hospitals

    The employer says her staff (not pictured) enter managed isolation facilities and hospitals...

    Employer reveals vaccine delay for staff working in MIQ and hospitals

    An employer whose staff routinely work in Auckland's managed isolation facilities and hospitals is expressing frustration at not being able to get her workers vaccinated.

    Covid update: No new community cases, one in MIQ

    Photo: Getty Images

    Covid update: No new community cases, one in MIQ

    There are no new community cases of Covid-19 and just one case in managed isolation, according to the Ministry of Health.

    Patients having to wait in ambulances at ED

    Photo: RNZ

    Hospital overload: Patients having to wait in ambulances at ED

    The sick and injured are being forced to wait for help in the back of a ambulances at several emergency departments at the country's biggest hospitals as demand skyrockets.

    NZ to donate vaccines for 800,000: Ardern

    Jacinda Ardern

    NZ to donate vaccines for 800,000: Ardern

    New Zealand will donate Covid-19 vaccines for 800,000 people via the COVAX dose-sharing facility that aims to protect health workers and other vulnerable people in lower-income countries.

    Rural areas won't get left behind in vaccine rollout - Bloomfield

    Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield. Photo: NZ Herald

    Rural areas won't get left behind in vaccine rollout - Bloomfield

    People will be able to walk in to a clinic and get the Pfizer vaccine jab from July, when the Government plans to be able to roll out an average of 280,000-odd doses a week for six months.

    Park pigeons ‘reminiscent of horror film'

    Pigeons above Dorothy Gosser’s Memorial Ave home and across the road at Burnside Park are a...

    Pigeon numbers in Christchurch park ‘reminiscent of horror film’

    A Memorial Ave resident says the number of pigeons gathering across from her house in Burnside Park is like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror film The Birds.

    Cancer patient doesn’t want to leave his family with $90k debt

    A Givealittle page has been set up for Dave Haimes and his family – Reecy Den-Heijer (left),...

    Cancer patient doesn’t want to leave his family with $90k debt

    A Christchurch father says he would be dead by now if it wasn't for the cancer treatment he is receiving - but he has had to borrow $90,000 against his family home to afford it.

    No new community cases, two in MIQ

    Photo: Getty Images

    No new community cases, two in MIQ

    There are two new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation today. There are no new community cases.

    Best growing land swallowed by urban sprawl

    Land on Pukekohe Hill used for early potatoes now being readied for development. Photo: Supplied...

    Best growing land being swallowed by urban sprawl: report

    A new report paints a stark picture of New Zealand's environment under relentless pressure.

    Police storm luxury hotel after shot fired

    Armed police stand guard outside the Sofitel Hotel on Auckland's Viaduct this morning. Photo: NZ...

    Armed police storm luxury Auckland hotel after shot fired

    Conflict between two notorious gangs escalated with shots fired inside an Auckland hotel on Thursday morning.A gun was fired at a luxury Auckland hotel this morning, sparking a city-wide response...

    'Border workers don't wear ankle bracelets' - Hipkins

    Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ

    'Border workers don't wear ankle bracelets' - Hipkins

    Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says he won't be putting the 4500 workers in MIQ facilities under suspicion due to the actions of a security guard who according to the prime minister "was lying" about getting tested.

    Mosque shooter's judicial review hearing delayed

    Flowers at the gate of the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch. Photo: NZME

    Mosque shooter's judicial review hearing delayed

    The Christchurch mosque shooter's requested judicial review will not go ahead today.

    'Deplorable': Man filmed punching possum

    'Deplorable': South Island man filmed punching possum

    A video showing a South Island man harming a possum by punching it in the face has left animal rights advocates furious.

    Waterspout spotted over Napier, thunderstorms rock the north

    Waterspout spotted over Napier, thunderstorms rock the north

    Waterspouts have been spotted ripping through Napier amid large thunderstorms pummelling across the North Island.
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