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Govt to spend $200m on tourism recovery plan
The government is offering $200m in support for the tourism sector and communities worst hit by the border closure.

Bodies of two Mt Taranaki climbers recovered
Police have recovered the bodies of two climbers who died on Mount Taranaki earlier this week.

Asbestos dust discovered in Dunedin Civic Centre
Some Dunedin City Council staff have been working from home after asbestos dust was noticed in civic centre offices.The dust was found last week on the seventh floor of the Dunedin Civic Centre, where roof repairs and refurbishment...

Fiji at war with Covid after latest death
One of Fiji's latest Covid-19 cases has succumbed to the deadly virus.

Cricket: New Zealand cricketers set to leave India on charter flight
The Cricket Players' Association hopes some of the New Zealand cricketers in Covid-19 ravaged India will be able to get out of the country on a charter flight within the next 24 hours.There are New Zealand players or staff in four...

The self-delusion of brilliance and why being average is ok
The Detail - If trying to be brilliant is making you miserable then maybe you have to look elsewhere, says an Auckland advertising agency founder who is spreading the world on why being average is okay.

Social Welfare allowed abusive father to visit daughter, Commission hears
A 70-year-old survivor of sexual abuse has recounted to the inquiry into Abuse in Care how the Social Welfare home she was in let her abusive father take her out, where he abused her again.

Government looks to eliminate family and sexual violence
Minister for Family and Sexual Violence Marama Davidson has today launched a national engagement process to prevent and eliminate family and sexual violence. The engagement is set to help develop a national strategy and action plan...

Police, post-primary teachers unions join criticism of government's public sector pay freeze
The teachers and police associations have come out hard against the government's pay freeze for the public sector, with the move being called a "kick in the guts".

Fears Kiwi nurses and doctors will leave NZ due to salary freeze
By Jordan Bond of RNZ Unions are worried that doctors and nurses will move to Australia following the Government's freeze on public sector salaries.Under new government rules , three-quarters of people working in the public...

Melinda Gates hinted at tensions in her marriage to Bill in 2019 interview on Australian radio
Bill and Melinda Gates' decision to get divorced after 27 years together came as a shock to many this week, but it's not the first time we have caught a glimpse of the private tensions inside their very public partnership.One of...

Cricket: Plot thickens in Stuart MacGill kidnapping after drugs charge, alleged bikie link
Police have emphatically declared Stuart MacGill was "purely a victim" of kidnapping and did not have "any personal debt" to the four men who allegedly abducted him at gunpoint.The Australian Test cricket great did not inform police...

'He's obviously pretty tough': Police searcher on 3yo Axle
Three-year-old boy Axle who survived 22 hours alone in the cold after going missing from his home spent the night in Gisborne Hospital.

Fonterra lays out options to strengthen financial future
The country's biggest company says the aim is to balance farmer ownership, milk supply, and secure its financial future.

Where will New Zealand stand in rising tensions between China and other allies?
By Jane Patterson of RNZ Rising tensions between Australia and China have raised the question of where New Zealand would stand if things escalate further.Close transtasman friend and ally Australia is taking a more aggressive...