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Colombia's agency organisation has met with officials from the New Zealand embassy as it looks to cement relationships with stakeholders in “quality” ...

Here, we are already operating normally, and there are no strict restrictions; the mask is only used in very specific places. Delegates were given a tour of the embassy during the meeting, and Education New Zealand took to LinkedIn to thank Colombian agencies for “encouraging students to study in New Zealand”. Colombia’s agency organisation has met with officials from the New Zealand embassy as it looks to cement relationships with stakeholders in “quality” education destinations.

Answering an ad for 'ladies interested in playing football' led to a lifelong passion for Carol Waller - NZ's first women's goalkeeper and then a prominent ...

On the international scene, Waller has served on FIFA Women’s Football and age-grade Women’s World Cup committees. Waller pushed hard, with the help of the Auckland Football Association, to get the rolling sub rule integrated into New Zealand football. “I’ve had a really good life in football and enjoyed every minute of it. In 1975, New Zealand was invited to enter a team in the Asian Cup Ladies Football Tournament in Hong Kong. “New Zealand Football would appoint coaches to look after the day-to-day affairs of the national women's side. Now some of them are playing in the All Whites or overseas,” she says. They stopped in Hawaii for friendly games – which was where Waller and the coach, Barbara Cox, first encountered rolling subs, where substitute players could go back on the pitch. Waller sees this as a turning point for the advancement of women’s football here. “Consider back then an 11-year-old subbed off for not playing well and they didn't go back on,” Waller says. Incredibly, New Zealand won that first game, 2-0, and went on to win all their games and the tournament. You don your goalkeeper gloves made from material similar to the rubber facing of ping-pong bats, and you head towards the goal. “We only found out the month before that we were going.

After more than two years of suspended service, American Airlines is returning to New Zealand this summer with a daily flight between Auckland Airport (AKL) and ...

United Airlines is also returning to New Zealand with non-stop services and Air Canada will resume services this summer. "Once governments make some changes to conditions inbound and ease travel restrictions from a Covid perspective, we see that pent-up demand. Return Premium Economy starts at $2995 and Business at $6755 for flights starting from November 1.

Working in Aotearoa for an offshore boss is the answer for a growing number of people who want opportunities but don't want to leave.

“One of the issues is companies not advertising their entry-level job salaries. Jobseekers in tech needed to look beyond a job title that neatly fit their qualifications. There was an annual net migration loss of 12,400 in the year ended July 2022. In Sydney, the average salary is at least A$700,000 (NZ$783,000). The downsides can include unsociable hours and the time it takes to build up trust with an overseas employer. [big competitor for New Zealand tech talent](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/125488176/it-students-are-being-offered-up-to-215000-straight-out-of-university), and she was aware of some people working in Christchurch for Australian companies. [top pay in Auckland](https://www.hays.net.nz/career-advice/job-hunting/highest-paying-jobs-new-zealand) and [in Sydney](https://www.hays.com.au/career-advice/job-hunting/highest-paying-jobs-australia). For special counsel, the pay is NZ$190,000 a year in Auckland and A$250,000 (NZ$279,000) in Sydney. [higher pay](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/129816492/are-you-being-paid-enough-heres-how-your-salary-compares), and flexibility. [The region with the highest pay is not famous for its 'sunshine' wages](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/129819775/the-region-with-the-highest-pay-is-not-famous-for-its-sunshine-wages?rm=a) [Working in Aotearoa for an offshore boss](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/126733647/does-your-boss-have-to-live-in-new-zealand) is the answer for a growing number of people who want opportunities but don’t want to leave, said Wendy Hewson, New Zealand general manager for international recruitment company PersolKelly. Here's how your salary compares](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/129816492/are-you-being-paid-enough-heres-how-your-salary-compares?rm=a)

Ewan McDonald has some tips on where to find cultural taonga on a campervan trip around Aotearoa. Q. We know we're going to sound like a cliche but we've ...

There are multimillion-dollar plans for Parihaka - now a South Taranaki village of 70 remaining residents - that include a visitor centre to explain one of the most shameful events in this country's colonial history, the 1881 invasion and its aftermath. Thrilled to hear that Te Koru Pā – one of our most important and possibly least-known archaeological treasures – is open again. Pre-Covid, thousands made the annual pilgrimage to the faith's headquarters 20km south of Whanganui, to the richly decorated temple with twin belltowers that can seat 2000 people and nearby Te Whare Māori with its eclectic collection of artefacts relating to T. Built in 1924 as a memorial to Ngāti Porou soldiers who died in World War I, it is a blending of two cultures: the structure is European, the carved and decorated interior could only be Māori. There are many reasons to visit Gisborne, which too few Kiwis get around to, and the best one for our purposes is the C Company Māori Battalion Memorial House, specifically honouring locals who served in World War II but also those from Tairāwhiti who saw active service during any of New Zealand's wars. We'd love to get off the beaten track and see some of the cultural taonga of Aotearoa – but not concert parties or Te Papa!

The microbiologist told Breakfast it's important Kiwis don't become complacent because the country will likely see another wave of the virus.

[READ MORE: Scrapping traffic light system gives 'certainty' - Jacinda Ardern](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/13/scrapping-traffic-light-system-gives-certainty-jacinda-ardern/) [READ MORE: Businesses, politicians react to Covid traffic light scrapping](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/12/businesses-politicians-react-to-covid-traffic-light-scrapping/) [on Tuesday](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/13/scrapping-traffic-light-system-gives-certainty-jacinda-ardern/), Ardern said she feels "absolutely" confident about restrictions being lifted. "Today marks a milestone in our response. [READ MORE: Air NZ drop mask requirement following government's decision](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/12/air-nz-drop-mask-requirement-following-governments-decision/) [scrapped](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/12/covid-19-traffic-light-system-to-be-scrapped-late-tonight/) the Covid-19 traffic light system late on Monday night.

For firms unsure of emissions reduction steps, help is at hand. Privately-owned businesses are the backbone of the New Zealand economy and their sustainability ...

We want to remove some of that cost barrier and, by doing so, help customers see the benefits sooner," Mapu says. The loan can also be used for electric and hybrid vehicles, and EV chargers. It includes making an inventory or a list of everything related to the operation that creates emissions, then setting a reporting period. An important part of our role at ANZ is to support this shift," Mapu says. "We committed some time ago to supporting business and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability. "Acting on sustainability can bring wider business benefits through staff and customer engagement; together with a positive impact on the environment. These can then be compared with industry sector averages and year-on-year results. This loan supports those ambitions." The bank is also supporting customers wanting to increase the energy efficiency of their home with the ANZ Good Energy Home Loan. Mapu says ANZ is stepping up to support business customers in their sustainability ambitions with the ANZ Business Green Loan. Indirect emissions include those produced from transportation provided by other businesses, such as freight. "ANZ want to be the leading bank in supporting customers to transition to net zero emissions by 2050."

It's hard to find any other news apart from the Queen's sad death – aged 96. These royals live long lives. And this Queen Elizabeth is the only head of ...

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Mercury plans to build a new $115 million, 43 megawatt wind farm at Kaiwera Downs, south of Gore. Auckland-based Mercury said it had executed contracts for ...

"The electricity sector's investment in new renewable generation has a key role in enabling New Zealand's transition to a low carbon future, with the country on track for over 90 per cent renewable electricity in the next three to five years," he said. "Stage 1 of the Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm is the next cab off the rank in our pipeline of new renewable generation," he said. The 10 turbines to be constructed as Stage I of the Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm will add enough new renewable power to run 66,000 electric vehicles. "Our decision to proceed with Kaiwera Downs is an exciting next step, and by no means the last," Hawksworth said. "We have an outstanding pipeline of renewable generation projects," Hawksworth said. "Mercury is committed to supporting New Zealand's decarbonisation goals and one of the most meaningful ways we can do this is through building and supplying more renewable power," he said.

The national carrier is ramping up its service to Vancouver due to an increase in demand.

“To solidify this position, in just five days, Air New Zealand will for the first-time touch down at John F. It has announced a joint campaign with Tourism New Zealand to target the North American market, with special offers on flights to Auckland in the low and shoulder seasons, as well as add-ons to domestic destinations. It’s easy to see why these intricately carved poles, which were first placed in the park in the 1920s, are one of British Columbia’s most visited attractions. At 405ha, Stanley Park is one-fifth larger than New York’s Central Park and includes a paved seawall which encircles the green space and is a favourite with walkers, cyclists and skaters. The national carrier says it is ramping up its service to Vancouver from its current schedule of three times a week due to an increase in demand. Pre-Covid, Air New Zealand ran the daily service.

Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand are launching a joint campaign in the US and Canada today to showcase Aotearoa and encourage North American ...

"To solidify this position, in just five days, Air New Zealand will for the first-time touch down at John F. By launching new marketing activity in the US, we’re doing all we can to remind travellers that New Zealand and all its regions is a beautiful place to visit, any time of year." Geraghty adds, "We’ve been flying to the US for more than 50 years - it’s an incredibly important market for us.

Canterbury police are reminding people to keep an eye out for courier deliveries to stop goods from going missing by opportunist thieves.

• If you're not going to be home when the parcel is delivered, arrange to collect your parcel from the depot, or have the parcel redirected to the address of someone you trust. • If you do have deliveries made to your home, make sure you're going to be home to sign for them or have a secure location where they can be left. • Make sure your delivery instructions are clear and ask for packages not to be placed at your front door, or on top of an apartment building post box. • Get packages delivered to a place where someone will be home to receive them, or to a work address if you are an essential worker. She reported the incident to the police and contacted Hello Fresh which gave her a full refund. The Harman Rd resident said she was home at the time her Hello Fresh delivery was stolen from her doorstep - about one and half minutes after it was delivered to her doorstep.

Lack of new plan for Covid-19 is a 'lost opportunity', epidemiologist Michael Baker says.

That doesn't mean it's harmless or that we can forget about it," he said. "A far more reassuring message would be for the Government to demonstrate that it's aware of the challenges and is actively preparing for both expected and unexpected threats to public health," she said. "New Zealanders are being promised a Covid-free summer, but that lovely outcome is not in the power of any Government to promise," she said. "It is also important to remember that, as always, government-mandated requirements are a minimum level of what can be expected of people, as opposed to what is sufficient to keep everyone safe in all situations," he said. "While test-to-release may not be a requirement of the new Covid-19 settings, it is still something that people may choose to follow and the continued free availability of RATs makes that more practical than it otherwise would be." "We know that isolating confirmed cases of Covid-19 while they are infectious is a crucial piece of public health policy, that prevents a large amount of onward transmission, while only causing disruption to the number of people who are confirmed infections," she said. "The reason is that, at any given point in time, the large majority of the population will be immune to the virus and so the majority of masks will be having little or no effect," he said. "It is inconvenient - but it's one of the realities we face, and we need a carefully-reasoned response to imported cases." "The traffic light system was quite poor, but we could have easily evolved it to develop a very good, a very high-quality system for categorising the level of risk." "The immediate problem is that Covid-19 is highly likely to produce new waves in the medium term, that may or may not be more severe than what we've seen," he said. "We know that two-thirds of people are still infectious at five days, and a quarter are at seven days," he said. [a sweeping roll-back](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/a-new-phase-in-our-covid-19-response-pm-jacinda-ardern-announces-end-to-traffic-light-system/GNOMDTDO4ZFDOOLBM4L4Q4O3UM/) to our Covid-19 settings as a "mixed bag" - and the lack of a fresh plan to move to as a lost opportunity.

Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker says we should not abandon all controls at the border and our infectious disease surveillance should be ...

"I think we have to look at the wider vaccination requirements like flu vaccines for health care workers. ["The immunity that wanes is probably the immunity against infection, not from infection" - Covid-19 Minister Ayesha Verrall duration 30:09](/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018858528/traffic-light-system-scrapped) ["The immunity that wanes is probably the immunity against infection, not from infection" - Covid-19 Minister Ayesha Verrall](/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018858528/traffic-light-system-scrapped) "Cases are a 10th of what they were earlier in the year, pressure on the health system has substantially reduced in terms of Covid, the protections that are alternatives to the restrictions are really substantial, including the high vaccination rates that we have, the levels of hybrid immunity because of some natural infection and as well the protections we have in the health system including access to antiviral medication." "We know from the history of this virus is it's going to produce or it's very likely to produce new variants that will drive more waves and we're going to have waning immunity." ["We have to think about what other pandemics may occur in the future" - Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker duration 7:13](/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018858485/covid-19-michael-baker-on-traffic-light-framework-scrapping) ["We have to think about what other pandemics may occur in the future" - Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker](/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018858485/covid-19-michael-baker-on-traffic-light-framework-scrapping) "The whole genome sequencing now is a great tool, but it does depend on the ability to sample people who are infected and that has now dropped, that ability, because there will be fewer testing of people in New Zealand because of the loosening of testing requirements."

The Ministry of Health gave the update on Tuesday afternoon, after the Government dropped the Covid-19 traffic light system.

It is expected that most people in hospital with Covid-19 would be vaccinated. *

Full royal tour as King, Queen Consort, Prince, Princess and kids plan trip down under.

She was in New Zealand for her Christmas message, which was broadcast from Auckland to the world. The first visit was from 23 December 1953 – 31 January 1954. The Australian reported Charles would tour Australia at "an early opportunity" in his reign, according to a royal source. Harry and Meghan toured New Zealand in 2018 and the most recent royals to tour were then-Prince Charles and Camilla in November 2019. News outlet The Australian said the plans to tour would be part of a goodwill push by Buckingham Palace to cement the new monarchy in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's death. It is understood there are plans in place for the new King to tour Australia in 2023, so a quick flight over the Tasman is very likely.

Health officials are today reporting 1941 new cases of Covid-19 and 46 virus-related deaths - however only 12 of these occurred in the past week.

Vaccination levels were also high and there was increased access to anti-viral medicines, she said. Testing requirements for new arrivals would be encouraged. A further six Covid-related deaths were reported, including three people aged in their 80s and three in their 90s. "As the Covid-19 response evolves, so too does our reporting of the outbreak," the ministry said in a statement, noting today was the last day it would publish a daily 1pm update. The ministry has confirmed today will be the last time a daily update will be released on how our rates of infection, hospitalisation and deaths linked to Covid-19 were tracking. Yesterday the seven-day rolling average of new cases yesterday continued to fall at 1480 while last Monday it was 1778. Three of the people whose deaths reported today were in their 20s and two were in their 30s. It comes as the Health Ministry makes a major shift in reporting daily Covid-19 updates after nearly two and a half years. One person was in their 40s, three were in their 50s, eight were in their 60s, seven were in their 70s, 13 were in their 80s and nine were aged over 90. Three were from Northland, 12 were from Auckland, three were from Waikato, three were from Bay of Plenty, one was from Tairāwhiti, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, four were from MidCentral, four were from Whanganui, three were from Nelson Marlborough, ten were from Canterbury and one person was from Southern. In the past seven days, there have been an average of four deaths confirmed each day as being attributable to the virus. Health officials are today reporting 1941 new cases of Covid-19 and 46 virus-related deaths - however only 12 of these occurred in the past week.

From remote volcano walks to caves that hide national treasures, there is still so much more to do in New Zealand that most of us haven't seen.

[Tongariro Crossing](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/whanganui-manawatu/300139784/a-guide-to-tongariro-national-park-when-to-go-where-to-stay-and-what-to-do) the best volcano day walk in New Zealand. Combining the two routes creates a trip jam-packed with beauty. And best of all, the service is free to use. On the 341km trip, you're able to explore little towns like Middlemarch, Ranfurly, Cromwell and Alexandra - it's essentially the Otago Rail Trail for cars. The main living area also has a fire for the colder months. Or, if you want an active holiday, the resort has lots of options such as kayaking, tramps, fishing, glowworm walks and paddleboarding. The bed is raised off the ground, tucked into a large cubbyhole. Over millions of years, as the land came out of the water, a spectacular labyrinth of limestone caves began to form, which were covered in thick rainforest. You can alternatively walk the four to five-day Gillespie Pass Circuit. At the top, you'll find a series of enormous alien-like rocks clung to the side of a cliff, overlooking the vast hinterland below. However, those wanting to explore this remarkable place are in luck; one tour company has a special relationship with local iwi and runs walking tours. It's a side of Wellington, I never knew existed.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the decision to drop the COVID-19 restrictions, which came into effect at 11:59pm on Monday. Dropping the restrictions ...

A police spokesperson said Monday afternoon a gang-related assault left a person suffering serious injuries. They are currently being treated in Taranaki Base ...

"Two rapid response units and one ambulance responded to the scene and treated, then transported one patient in a serious condition to Taranaki Base Hospital." A McDonald's spokesperson said there was an incident at their Hawera branch between members of the public on Monday. A St John spokesperson said they were called to an incident on South Rd in Hawera yesterday afternoon. "Police are appealing for any information that could assist an investigation into the serious assault at Hawera McDonald's. One person is in a serious condition in hospital following a gang attack at a McDonald's in Taranaki yesterday. A police spokesperson said Monday afternoon a gang-related assault left a person suffering serious injuries.