REVIEW: Futureproofing for climate change is a hot topic, and finally, we see a Grand Designs build that tackles this head on. And wow, what a plan – this project is a bit like building an oil rig to float high above the ocean. The amazing graphics (a must-watch) illustrate just what will happen when […]
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Grand Designs UK: Brutalist ‘ark’ to tackle climate change proves controversial
REVIEW: Futureproofing for climate change is a hot topic, and finally, we see a Grand Designs build that tackles this head on. And wow, what a plan – this project is a bit like building an oil rig to float high above the ocean. The amazing graphics (a must-watch) illustrate just what will happen when […]
Grand Designs UK: Brutalist ‘ark’ to tackle climate change proves controversial
REVIEW: Futureproofing for climate change is a hot topic, and finally, we see a Grand Designs build that tackles this head on. And wow, what a plan – this project is a bit like building an oil rig to float high above the ocean. The amazing graphics (a must-watch) illustrate just what will happen when […]
Alyssa Healy propels Australia to Women’s Cricket World Cup title with stellar 170
Alyssa Healy’s batting onslaught has helped Australia complete one of the most dominant World Cup cycles in any sport. Sparked by Healy’s spectacular 170, Australia overpowered England by 71 runs to capture their seventh Women’s Cricket World Cup title at Hagley Oval on Sunday. Healy treated the full house at Hagley to a batting masterclass […]
‘We ran out of legs’: Phoenix rocked by second-half onslaught in six-goal defeat
Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay thought his team should have been leading Melbourne City at halftime, given the amount of chances they had created. They ended up suffering their biggest defeat in more than five years. City went into the halftime break ahead 1-0 without getting a single shot on target after Finn Surman scored […]
More than 450 new Covid cases in South Canterbury over weekend
Valentina Bellomo/Stuff Timaru’s Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic in Woollcombe St has been hibernated, but a pop-up clinic is planned for the school holidays. The South Canterbury District Health Board has put its main vaccination clinic on Woollcombe Street into hibernation with plans to reopen as a pop-up clinic in the first week of the school holidays. […]
Covid-19: Ministry of Health to release new case and death numbers after 1pm
The Ministry of Health will release an update on the current Coronavirus situation after 1pm on Sunday. This will include an update in numbers of community cases, deaths and hospitalisations. It comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) divulged its three scenarios for how the pandemic would evolve in 2022. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]
Two bodies found in Christchurch home, police investigating
Two people have been found dead in a Christchurch home. A police spokesperson said emergency services were called to a property on Ayr St, Riccarton about 6pm on Saturday. On arrival, they found two people dead. “An investigation is under way to ascertain the circumstances of what has occurred. Sam Sherwood/Stuff The bodies were found […]
Police crack down on protesters, say vehicles will be towed and obstructors arrested
MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Police say they are threatening to tow protesters’ vehicles from the centre of Wellington, and will arrest anyone who obstructs them. Police are threatening to tow protesters’ vehicles from the centre of Wellington if they do not move them now, warning arrests are “very likely” for those who get in the way. Police […]
Covid-19: ‘Do not apply the Delta rules to manage Omicron,’ Australian business leader urges
New Zealand’s close contact settings need to change in order to avoid the same “crippling labour shortages” Australia experienced during its Omicron outbreak, an Australian business leader says. In a video conference, led by former New Zealand prime minister Sir Bill English, Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott shared lessons Australian businesses had […]