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Three connected measles cases have been confirmed in the Wairarapa region, Health New Zealand says. The National Public Health Service (NPHS) is supporting the cases and their close contacts who are isolating to help prevent further spread.Medical Officer of Health in the Greater Wellington region, Dr Annette Nesdale, said all three confirmed cases had recently travelled overseas where they are thought to have caught the virus, but were not infectious on their return flight to New Zealand.One of the cases visited two locations during their infectious period, including Pak’nSave Masterton between 8.30am and 11am on Tuesday, July 1 and Thursday,…
Hundreds of workers are at risk of being laid off after a decision by the Department of Conservation to reject an application by the country’s largest gold mine owner.Macraes gold mine in the central Otago region, owned by Canadian company OceanaGold, recently applied for a permit under the Wildlife Act to clear grass and vegetation on its current site in order to expand its operation.Last month the Department of Conservation (DOC) declined it, citing insufficient information about how the company would manage the relocation of lizards.A letter from DOC dated June 5, seen by 1News, said “the application for a…
The New Zealander killed by an elephant in Zambia has been remembered as a cheerful and compassionate person.Alison Jean Taylor, 67, from Porirua and 68-year-old Easton Janet Taylor from the UK were attacked by a female elephant last week while walking on a safari in South Luangwa National Park.Taylor lived in Titahi Bay and was the deputy chairwoman for Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Porirua.CAB Porirua said Taylor was “a valued and highly effective volunteer” and would be profoundly missed.”Our thoughts are with Alison’s family and friends during this difficult time.”A tribute page on Central Otago Funerals’ website remembered Taylor as…
A seal has been captured riding waves at Te Awanga beach in Hawke’s Bay.Local photographer and videographer Michael Farr told 1News he caught the moment on camera yesterday at about 4pm.Farr said when he first approached the beach, he thought it was a surfer.”Then I saw it was a seal having a ball … I’ve never seen one ride waves like that.”Farr then pulled out his phone and recorded the seal and uploaded it to Instagram.He said he was “gutted” he wasn’t with his professional cameras at the time.However, Farr said if he was, he may have missed the moment…
Foodstuffs has confirmed 180 roles at Victoria Park’s New World supermarket will be disestablished after a fire three weeks ago.However it said the timeframe for when redundancy would take effect has been extended to provide more time to support each team member finding a new role.First Union told Checkpoint employees will now be paid up until August 4 – which is longer than they expected.Eighty jobs have been earmarked at the Pt Chevalier New World and another 100 jobs were available through 14 Foodstuffs North Island stores via a “jobs expo” the company had organised.If the affected staff were employed…
A leading advocate for junior doctors says she is dreading the day when a hospital worker is killed.After a staff member was held up at gunpoint outside Palmerston North Hospital in April, RNZ has heard from many health workers who do not feel safe on the job.Health New Zealand says it is continuously improving security, and taking on feedback about this, but unions representing hospital workers say problems persist.New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association national secretary Dr Deborah Powell said junior doctors, who were often on the frontlines at emergency departments, were reporting physical and verbal abuse at work becoming routine.”The…
ADVERTISEMENTNearly four months ago, the European Commission asked citizens to put together a survival kit to ensure they had enough food, medicines, and stored power to weather an unforeseen crisis. Now they’re asking member states to check whether their own kits are fit for purpose. As part of its Stockpiling Strategy, the EU executive on Wednesday called on member states to take stock of their strategic reserves and identify gaps and best practices that could be strengthened to bolster the bloc’s preparedness against natural disasters, human-infused disasters but also hybrid attacks or conflicts. “The goal is again, very simple, to…
The Reserve Bank is widely tipped to leave the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 3.25% later today, signalling a pause after six consecutive cuts.Economists caution that a rate cut may be warranted — but the Monetary Policy Committee is likely to wait for clearer inflation signals before it makes a move.ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner said the bank should cut rates this week based on the data but she believed the committee would decide to wait for more data on inflation before making its next move.”The decision is far from simple and, at 20%, we think the market is…
A senior doctors’ union says it’s frightening how close Health NZ came to axing a section of maternity beds at Wellington Hospital.Health NZ announced yesterday it would no longer use maternity and gynaecology beds for emergency department overflow, after RNZ revealed the proposed trial on Monday.The news was welcomed by one expectant new mum as well as senior doctors’ union, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), which said the U-turn was the right decision.ASMS industrial officer Jane Lawless said Health NZ could not fix a crisis in New Zealand’s emergency departments by creating crises in hospital wards.”We had a…
By Euronews Published on 09/07/2025 – 8:35 GMT+2•Updated 9:21ADVERTISEMENTRussia launched a record 728 drones against multiple Ukrainian cities overnight , Ukrainian air forces said on Wednesday. Defence systems destroyed 718 of the drones and seven cruise missiles, the air force posted on Telegram, in what appears to be one of Moscow’s largest assaults on Ukraine in the three-year war. Dozens of Russian attack drones and ballistic missiles targeted regions in Ukraine’s far-west, with overhead drones reported in the cities of Lutsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, and Ternopil.The western city of Lutsk was hit hard in the attack, according to local media, with explosions…