Asked what she would say to people who questioned the need for a level 4 lockdown, the prime minister responded with one word: ‘Australia’See all our coronavirus coverageTo overseas eyes, going into national lockdown over a single case should have been…
New Zealand reports four new Covid cases on first morning of snap lockdown
Jacinda Ardern confirms that original infection in 58-year-old man is the Delta variantNew Zealand has announced four new cases of Covid-19 overnight – including a nurse at Auckland hospital – in the country’s first community outbreak in months.The cou…
Strangejuice
Strangejuice is a multi instrumentalist and video artist. The ZeFrank of of YouTube indie.
– Fishing Line 1000 Miles Deep (Official Music Video) is a later track
– Calling Luci is the track that made all the indie collection downloads.
‘A way to be heard’: the New Zealand Pasifika youth subculture devoted to emergency sirens
Siren kings battle their way through several carefully judged rounds to establish who has the loudest, clearest sound On the streets of south Auckland, Pasifika youth equipped with plastic siren cones have created a new sound – one that stormed TikTok…
Case of the mystery sea snakes: why are reptiles washing up on New Zealand’s shores?
A famously snake-free country, Aotearoa and its beaches are wrangling with the sporadic arrival of yellow-bellied sea snakesIt looked like a rope or a question mark – a black scribble on the sand. The creature had washed up on a Northland beach in May …
LawVu, a cloud-based platform for in-house legal teams, raises $17M NZD from Insight Partners
In-house legal teams play a critical role in companies, but a lot of them don’t have the same kind of technology as their counterparts in sales or finance. Instead, they often rely on email, shared inboxes and spreadsheets. LawVu gives them a cloud-based platform to share legal advice, documents, communicate with each other or external […]
Five teenage boys die in New Zealand’s worst car accident for five years
All the victims were passengers in a car which struck a power pole near Timaru on the South IslandFive teenage boys have been killed in a car crash in New Zealand’s worst road accident for two years.The tragedy occurred in Washdyke, just north of Timar…
Google co-founder Larry Page granted entry to New Zealand despite border closure, report says
Billionaire reportedly made trip after his child fell ill in Fiji and needed hospital treatment in New Zealand The billionaire co-founder of Google Larry Page was reportedly granted entry into New Zealand, despite the border being closed to non-residen…
Coronavirus live news: England and Wales deaths reach three-month high; Indonesia struggles with surge in cases
Latest updates: Covid deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 23 July up 50%; Indonesia’s health workers struggle under weight of new casesUS reaches Biden’s 70% first-shot goal as threat to unvaccinated people growsHundreds of health…
Pokémon GO influencers threaten a boycott after Niantic removes COVID safety measures
The creators of Pokémon GO, Niantic, developed one of the first mainstream augmented reality games, boasting 166 million users and over a billion dollars in revenue last year. Taking inspiration from the main series Pokémon games, Pokémon GO uses in-game incentives to encourage users to explore their surroundings, team up with other users to fight […]