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Out of office: Will we regret the work-from-home revolution?: Listener: Covid prompted a radical change to how we work. But has it been for the better?
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Out of office: Will we regret the work-from-home revolution?
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Out of office: Will we regret the work-from-home revolution?: Listener: Covid prompted a radical change to how we work. But has it been for the better?
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Out of office: Will we regret the work-from-home revolution?
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New Zealand Posts Biggest Population Jump Since 1992 on Immigration Surge: New Zealand posted its biggest jump in population in more than 30 years as net ...
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New Zealand Posts Biggest Population Jump Since 1992 on Immigration Surge
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Mt Wellington flat triggers most noise complaints across Auckland for 2023: A dilapidated flat in a block of five rundown units triggered more noise complaints ...
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Mt Wellington flat triggers most noise complaints across Auckland for 2023
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Foodstuffs proposes mega merger: One half of New Zealand’s supermarket duopoly, Foodstuffs, is to apply to the Commerce Commission to merge its North Island and ...
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Foodstuffs proposes mega merger
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High: COVID-19 may be headed toward a springtime retreat. The indication comes from declining levels of the virus ...
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High
Quick Glance: COVID Levels Decline, but High Presence of Other Viruses
  • The decline in SARS-CoV-2 suggests a potential retreat of COVID-19, especially in the western U.S.

  • While COVID levels are decreasing, other viruses causing stomach and respiratory illnesses remain high.

  • The influenza positive rate is increasing again, with 116 children and an estimated 20,000 adults having died so far in this flu season.

  • While RSV levels in wastewater are high, positive test results are at the lowest point of the 2023 to 2024 season according to the CDC.
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Kate Garraway admits struggles over eye-watering debts for Derek Draper's care : Kate Garraway has revealed the eye-watering debut she is facing after caring for ...
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Quick Glance: Cost of Husband's Care Exceeded ITV Salary: Kate Garraway in Debt
  • Kate Garraway has revealed that the monthly care costs for her husband Derek Draper of £16,000 exceeded her salary from ITV, resulting in significant debts.

  • The final year of his life is depicted in a new program, featuring Draper speaking on camera for the first time and expressing his desire to share his story.

  • Garraway emphasizes the financial strain caused by Derek's care surpassing her ITV income, leading to her inability to manage the debts while overseeing his care.

  • She also delves into the challenges regarding her husband's healthcare, her caregiving role, and the impact on their relationship.
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Prominent columnist and environmentalist Rod Oram dies: Rod Oram, a treasured Newsroom colleague and leading business and climate commentator in NZ public life ...
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Prominent columnist and environmentalist Rod Oram dies
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Severe Flu Confers Higher Risk for Neuro Disorders vs COVID: Hospitalization for influenza raises the risk for future neurologic conditions more than ...
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Severe Flu Confers Higher Risk for Neuro Disorders vs COVID
Quick Glance: Hospitalization for Influenza Associated with Higher Risk of Neurological Disorders
  • An analysis of 77,300 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to 77,300 hospitalized with influenza revealed that those with influenza had a greater risk of subsequent neurologic disorders such as migraine, stroke, or epilepsy.

  • Participants hospitalized with COVID-19 were significantly less likely in the following year to require medical care for migraine, epilepsy, neuropathy, movement disorders, stroke, and dementia compared to influenza patients.

  • After considering age, sex, and other health conditions, individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 had a lower risk of needing medical care for migraine, epilepsy, and neuropathy than those with influenza.

  • "The results were surprising as they indicate that hospitalization due to COVID does not lead to increased care for common neurologic conditions compared to hospitalization due to influenza," stated lead researcher Brian C. Callaghan, MD, from the University of Michigan.
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White Ferns scrape to last-gasp T20 win against England: The White Ferns have snatched a last-gasp three-run T20 international win against England after a late ...
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White Ferns scrape to last-gasp T20 win against England
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Biden opens the door to revisiting the early days of the pandemic : The campaign has searched for ways to puncture the sense of nostalgia for the Trump era.
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Biden opens the door to revisiting the early days of the pandemic
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High: COVID-19 may be headed toward a springtime retreat. The indication comes from declining levels of the virus ...
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High
Quick Glance: Decline in COVID Levels, Persistent High Activity of Other Viruses
  • COVID-19 levels are declining, but other viruses remain high, as indicated by recent data.

  • While SARS-CoV-2 levels are decreasing in the U.S., other viruses like flu and RSV continue to circulate widely.

  • Flu test rates are on the rise again, with 116 children and 20,000 adults reported dead from the flu this season.

  • Despite high RSV levels, positive test results are declining, and norovirus is showing an upward trend as well.
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Wellington Trades Hall bombing: Mystery still surrounds fatal explosion: It is 40 years today since the caretaker of a building in Wellington was killed by a ...
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Wellington Trades Hall bombing: Mystery still surrounds fatal explosion
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Mum and son still living in Covid lockdown wash shopping and social distance: Four years after the first national lockdown was announced, mother and son Mandy ...
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Mum and son still living in Covid lockdown wash shopping and social ...
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Change is in the air: NZ Rugby addresses governance model review: Tension remains amongst provincial unions as NZ Rugby announces changes.
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Change is in the air: NZ Rugby addresses governance model review
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COVID vaccines can cut post-infection heart failure, blood clot risk: Research: The COVID-19 vaccine can cut the risk of heart failure and blood clots after a ...
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COVID vaccines can cut post-infection heart failure, blood clot risk: ...
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Is Jim Beam Homegrown a festival or a time machine?: The long-running Wellington music festival is too focused on the Jim Beam-ness and not enough on the ...
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Is Jim Beam Homegrown a festival or a time machine?
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Trump asked if U.S. was better off in his last year. In many ways, the answer is no.
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Trump asked if U.S. was better off in his last year. In many ways ...
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Our new teen golf pro keeping it simple on the tour: So far, so good for 19 year-old Titirangi player Fiona Xu on the Epson tour in the United States ...
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Our new teen golf pro keeping it simple on the tour
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‘It was just the right word’: When ‘bugger’ took New Zealand by storm: It’s 25 years since a dog said ‘bugger’ on TV... and changed the nation forever.
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‘It was just the right word’: When ‘bugger’ took New Zealand by storm
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers: Sars, Mers, Ebola - There is often talk of zoonoses: diseases that spread from animals to people ...
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers
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Long Covid: ‘I feel alone and lost . . . it is difficult to see an end to this’: Dr Muiris Houston: We urgently need more research into understanding its ...
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Long Covid: ‘I feel alone and lost . . . it is difficult to see an end to ...
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers: Sars, Mers, Ebola - There is often talk of zoonoses: diseases that spread from animals to people ...
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers
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Surprise - Fred again.. lands in New Zealand, confirms Wellington show: There has been speculation of New Zealand shows for weeks.
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Surprise - Fred again.. lands in New Zealand, confirms Wellington show
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Former All Whites coach Danny Hall returns to NZ as assistant at Auckland FC: Auckland FC will become the second New Zealand side in the A-League competition ...
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Former All Whites coach Danny Hall returns to NZ as assistant at Auckland ...
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Fred again.. sneaks up on the capital, rocks his fans: RNZ's Mary Argue says the gig was a full body experience of heart-breaking looping vocals ...
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Fred again.. sneaks up on the capital, rocks his fans
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India's Gloriavale and the Kiwi women there : The Gloriavale offshoot in India is home to Kiwi women and children. A former member of the sect says getting them ...
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India's Gloriavale and the Kiwi women there
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Legoland and Alton Towers owner plans to charge more at peak times: Merlin Entertainments says surge pricing will help offset decline in visitors since Covid ...
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Legoland and Alton Towers owner plans to charge more at peak times
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More details revealed about New Zealand interest in joining AUKUS security pact: NZ "actively looking" for ways to participate in the controversial AUKUS pact ...
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More details revealed about New Zealand interest in joining AUKUS security ...
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White Ferns relying on 'big three' in T20 against England: The White Ferns have been trying to develop the quality within their side in recent years ...
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White Ferns relying on 'big three' in T20 against England
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According to the analysis, Long COVID syndrome has no unique characteristics: Brisbane - The symptoms and signs of the post-viral syndrome Long COVID cannot be ...
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According to the analysis, Long COVID syndrome has no unique ...
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The sea ice factories of Antarctica: A team of New Zealand scientists has just returned from studying the sea ice factories in Antarctica ...
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The sea ice factories of Antarctica
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You Really Are Better Now Than You Were Four Years Ago: The narrative about 2020 is all wrong and will shape the 2024 election.
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You Really Are Better Now Than You Were Four Years Ago
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Princess of Wales' cancer message sparks biggest number of visits to charity website since Covid
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Princess of Wales' cancer message sparks biggest number of visits to ...
Quick Glance: British Royal Family Left with Only 9 Working Members
  • Kate Middleton and King Charles have announced cancer treatments and temporarily stepped back from royal duties.

  • The royal family now consists mainly of older members who are taking on responsibilities.

  • Prince William is supporting his wife and taking on duties while King Charles and others are absent.

  • The royal family is in a vulnerable position, relying on few working members who are mostly in their 70s and 80s.
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‘It was just the right word’: When ‘bugger’ took New Zealand by storm: It’s 25 years since a dog said ‘bugger’ on TV... and changed the nation forever.
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‘It was just the right word’: When ‘bugger’ took New Zealand by storm
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Fred again.. fans miss out on tickets as scalpers sell on hiked prices: Tickets were quickly purchased by scalpers and up for sale again on social media for ...
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Fred again.. fans miss out on tickets as scalpers sell on hiked prices
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Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years, dies at 78 after Covid diagnosis
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Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years ...
Quick Glance: 70 Years Living in Iron Lung: Paul Alexander's Passing
  • Paul Alexander passed away at the age of 78 after living in an Iron Lung for over 70 years as a polio patient.

  • His brother shared the news of his death on Facebook after Paul Alexander contracted the coronavirus.

  • Polio is a highly contagious viral disease that can result in paralysis and respiratory difficulties.

  • Vaccination against polio is the most effective measure to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Health NZ staffer claims they were told to stop using ‘kia ora’ and ‘ngā mihi’ in emails to patients
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Health NZ staffer claims they were told to stop using ‘kia ora’ and ‘ngā ...
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Poverty in Italy hits new high despite economic recovery: The number of people living in poverty in Italy rose in 2023 to its highest level in about a decade ...
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Poverty in Italy hits new high despite economic recovery
Quick Glance: Poverty in Italy reaches new high despite economic recovery
  • Poverty in Italy reached a new high in 2023 despite an economic rebound since the easing of COVID-related restrictions. According to data from the national statistics bureau ISTAT, the number of people living in 'absolute poverty' - unable to purchase essential goods and services - rose to 5.75 million, or 9.8% of the population.

  • While Italy's economy has recovered more strongly from a 2020-21 COVID-induced recession compared to neighbors like Germany and France, the rebound has done little to help the country's poorest. The percentage of those in absolute poverty was 9.1% in 2020 and 9.0% in 2021, during the peak of the pandemic when government support measures partly offset the recession's impact on families.

  • Except for a decrease in 2019, poverty has steadily risen from 6.9% in 2014 when ISTAT's data series began. Last year, Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government started phasing out a poverty relief subsidy called 'citizens' income' introduced in 2019.

  • Poverty levels in 2023 increased in the north and centre compared to the previous year while decreasing in the south according to ISTAT data. Despite the economic recovery, poverty alleviation remains a challenge in Italy, especially in the poorer southern regions of the country.
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Social media agency's $320k bill for National's campaign advertising: Christopher Luxon fronted quirky social media videos produced by renowned agency Topham ...
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Social media agency's $320k bill for National's campaign advertising
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Bracewell bowls career best in big Wellington win: A stunning performance from Black Cap Michael Bracewell has put the Wellington Firebirds back in charge of the ...
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Bracewell bowls career best in big Wellington win
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NPC rugby: Final whistle for provincial games on television?: Fans of New Zealand provincial rugby teams might no longer be able to see their sides on television ...
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NPC rugby: Final whistle for provincial games on television?
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Corona tests should also have to be paid for in suspected cases from April: The federal government will no longer take over corona tests in ordinations from ...
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Corona tests should also have to be paid for in suspected cases from April
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Seasonal workers in NZ 'lack resources' and vulnerable to 'exploitation': Recognised seasonal employment workers are being "subjected to flagrant breaches of ...
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Seasonal workers in NZ 'lack resources' and vulnerable to 'exploitation'
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The Sunday Essay: How we make great cities, and how cities make us great: Seven thousand years ago, the world's first city was born. New Zealand is still ...
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The Sunday Essay: How we make great cities, and how cities make us great
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Cricket: Ravindra and Kerr dominate NZ awards: Black Cap Rachin Ravindra and White Fern Melie Kerr have been recognised as New Zealand's outstanding male and ...
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Cricket: Ravindra and Kerr dominate NZ awards
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Covid vaccine to be sold on high street for first time: Covid jabs will be sold on the high street for £99 from next week, as Boots becomes the first major ...
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Covid vaccine to be sold on high street for first time
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How to graciously receive a favour from a government official: Step one: Don't tell your 2.5 million followers.
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How to graciously receive a favour from a government official
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Kapa haka takes centre stage in Wellington: Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air A new haka group is hoping to revitalise tribal stories in their ...
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Kapa haka takes centre stage in Wellington
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Discovery of strange underwater structures could reveal how life on Earth really began
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Discovery of strange underwater structures could reveal how life on Earth ...
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Golriz Gharaman's law career at risk if convicted, professor says: A criminal conviction for Golriz Gharaman could jeopardise her ability to practise law in New ...
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Golriz Gharaman's law career at risk if convicted, professor says
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Canterbury farmer and ‘Spud King’ Allan Pye dies, aged 83: The self-made multi-millionaire grew a vast potato farming empire on both sides of the Tasman.
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Canterbury farmer and ‘Spud King’ Allan Pye dies, aged 83
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2 Ex-Officials at Veterans Home Where 76 Died in Covid Outbreak Avoid Jail Time: The former superintendent and medical director of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in ...
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2 Ex-Officials at Veterans Home Where 76 Died in Covid Outbreak Avoid Jail ...
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Joni Mitchell Back on Spotify After Neil Young Boycott Over Rogan: Joni Mitchell's catalog is back on Spotify two years after she joined Neil Young in a ...
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Joni Mitchell Back on Spotify After Neil Young Boycott Over Rogan
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COVID-19 vaccine mandate for NSW Health workers could be dropped: NSW Health could remove requirements for workers to get the COVID-19 jab in coming weeks.
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COVID-19 vaccine mandate for NSW Health workers could be dropped
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Fire crews battle workshop blaze in Ōtaki: Firefighters are battling a large blaze at a rural workshop in Ōtaki, north of Wellington.
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Fire crews battle workshop blaze in Ōtaki
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UK politicians were ‘afraid of Nicola Sturgeon’ during Covid pandemic: Mark Drakeford said the UK Government was 'always anxious' about interactions ...
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UK politicians were ‘afraid of Nicola Sturgeon’ during Covid pandemic
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NASA: 'Once-in-a-lifetime' cosmic explosion set to light up night sky: Those hoping to see the nova display should look for the constellation Corona Borealis ...
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NASA: 'Once-in-a-lifetime' cosmic explosion set to light up night sky
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Former NZ military recruited to train China’s army - head of NZSIS: Seven New Zealanders have been contracted by a third party to support military aviation ...
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Former NZ military recruited to train China’s army - head of NZSIS