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Hugs, Tears as 'Fortress New Zealand' Relaxes Border

New Zealanders stranded overseas by the pandemic returned home to tears and hugs Monday as the country began dismantling some of the world's toughest Covid-related border restrictions. At Auckland airport, relatives carrying signs such as "welcome home my dearest daughter" scooped up loved ones allowed into the country without mandatory…

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'Head in the sand': Govt's virus brinkmanship

As case numbers have skyrocketed, the only thing the Government has done is repeal restrictions, accelerating the pace of the outbreak.

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Sulu's Covid battle goes straight to the heart

Silver Fern Sulu Fitzpatrick opens up about the coronavirus infection that's affected her physically, mentally, emotionally and financially, and stalled her return to lead the champion

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Frustration over Govt's 'misleading' Covid testing figures

Why is the testing system already buckling, well below our 'baseline' capacity?

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Week-long waits for Covid PCR test results will worsen outbreak – epidemiologist

Struggling testing centres closing, 7-day delays on results and rapid antigen tests handed out as a stopgap – businesses and individuals are paying the price for overwhelmed testing regime

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New Zealand reports 2365 COVID-19 cases

Two people with COVID-19 have died in Auckland, but further south in Wellington, anti-vaccine protesters have thrown human excrement on police officers.

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Bipartisan approach to mental health off to bad start

The health minister has rejected National’s request for a youth mental health summit, putting the Opposition's plan to treat mental health as a bipartisan issue on the back foot.

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Book of the Week: Weird scenes on K Road

An exhilarating sci-fi-ish novel takes K Rd back to the future.

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Escaped pet parrots pose ‘real problem’ to native New Zealand birds

Domestic birds are competing for the same food and nest space as natives and can also introduce disease

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Goff to exit after 40 years in NZ politics

Auckland mayor and former NZ opposition leader Phil Goff has announced he won't stand for re-election later this year and will instead retire from politics.

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Last train standing: 'We can’t ride trains that aren’t running'

With KiwiRail's decision to 'pause' the country's last remaining long-distance passenger routes, NZ's plans to reduce transport emissions are deeply compromised.

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Warriors concede NRL home games in doubt

Warriors coach Nathan Brown concedes it could be tough for his team to host matches in Auckland later this NRL season due to New Zealand's self-isolation rules.

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Destination unknown - the light rail saga continues

Auckland's light rail saga continues - is this latest eye-wateringly expensive plan the real deal?

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These are our White Ferns

LockerRoom cricket columnist Kristy Havill gives an insightful rundown of the 15-strong White Ferns named to contest the World Cup on home soil next month.

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Who really wants Auckland's light rail plan?

The Government has selected a system that will take much longer to develop than traditional light rail and will cost nearly twice as much, writes Timothy F. Welch.

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Auckland property owners to be levied up to $3 billion to build light rail

The Government business case says Auckland property-owners can afford to pay an additional $1,000 annual levy or rate towards the 10-year project to build light rail from the airport.

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Where is she now? Tania Murray

A young Dunedin dressmaker and high jumper was one of the golden stars of the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. Now Tania Murray's life has come full circle, David Leggat discovers.

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No silver bullet train for Auckland emissions

Light rail is no panacea for Auckland's transport emissions, which need to at least halve over the next 10 years - all while the tunnels are still being drilled.

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Airport to Ōrewa: Aucklanders to be consulted on ambitious rail and tunnels

Ministers have announced a $14.6b partially-tunnelled light rail to Auckland Airport, assuring worried business leaders of support to keep them afloat through years of construction.

The Guardian - AU

The new normal: New Zealand braces for shift from Covid zero to Covid acceptance

The nation accepts a big psychological change, one expert says, as people prepare for more cases than they have ever seen before

Daily Mirror

D-Day hero who carried wounded soldier over shoulder for 2 miles under fire dies at 100

Denis Bounsall survived three different assault landings in eleven months, including D-Day, and won a Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery. He passed away in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 100

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Parking penalties: When good advocacy journalism goes bad

On being pinged parking penalties at hospital, Jonathan Milne saw a chance to champion change – but says his naive hopes were dashed in an unexpected way.

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$4.3m creditor ASB ends Showgrounds naming deal; furious operator lashes out

Ripples from the giant Auckland venue's liquidation are spreading beyond the troubled events industry, with its bank and other creditors unlikely to recover their millions.

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New Zealand adds new COVID restrictions as omicron spreads

New Zealanders are set to face new COVID-19 restrictions after nine cases of the omicron variant were detected in a single family that flew to Auckland for a wedding earlier this month

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Covid-19: NZ heading to red as Omicron spreads

The Covid variant is circulating in Auckland and maybe other parts of the country, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

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