The day Jaycen Maxwell was meant to buy the Puketapu Store, the cyclone hit.
He and his partner faced a stressful few days of not knowing if the store or the house they bought had survived.
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Very excited to finally release this project I've been working on for the last year! Big thanks to and all the team that contributed.
I hope people watch it with an open mind, and can get a deeper understanding of just what it was like there on that shocking day.
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State of National Emergency Declared
The Government has this morning declared a National State of Emergency, to assist in the response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
I signed the declaration at 8.43am.
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Coming up this week - we speak to and from about how studying spider sex can help us learn just a little bit more about the evolution of life on earth! 🕷️
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I love podcasts. I love talking podcasts and I really love talking about podcasts that I love! That's what I got to do yesterday with about 's and 's The Lake, two of the 2022 winners
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A former NZ soldier on the front lines of Ukraine says he's expecting to see mass surrenders as winter draws closer, with the inexperienced Russians likely to freeze in the trenches they had been living in for months.
I've been speaking to those on the ground.
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A former New Zealand solider on the front line in Ukraine says growing numbers of freshly conscripted Russians are being captured or killed within 72 hours of being called up.
@charlottecooknz spoke to him.
rnz.co.nz/national/progr
A former New Zealand solider on the front line in Ukraine says growing numbers of freshly conscripted Russians are being captured or killed within 72 hours of being called up.
@charlottecooknz spoke to him.
rnz.co.nz/national/progr
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Their human taxi scooped them up moments later and took them to breakfast. They're now protected from the wind and snow with warm mash, water, scratch mix and bedding. I'm on leave so this is my breaking news for the day.
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Ruth remains unconvinced about leaving bed this morning. I think she may have a solid point.
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Not even thick snow in Dunedin could stop the pull towards breakfast - hot mash.
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TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS
Hail, snow & freezing conditions overnight have caused treacherous driving conditions, with snow & widespread black ice, particularly in the hill suburbs.
Contractors have been out gritting overnight, but haven’t been able to reach all areas.
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Dunedin Civil Defence is now evacuating a small number of North Dunedin residents close the Water of Leith.
Due to heavy rain, it is likely that the Water of Leith will overtop this evening and affect properties located between Montgomery Avenue and Leith Street (Central).
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#LISTEN 📻 A new Omicron subvariant that's more transmissible and better at evading immunity is expected to trigger a winter wave sooner than expected.
📎 rnz.co.nz/national/progr
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over the last 6 months i've been talking to former interns & leadership at NZ's biggest megachurch, arise. they told me of a culture that exploits young people in a kind of spiritual MLM - mostly unpaid (and sometimes the interns pay for the privilege):
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For five years, survivors of abuse at the hands of Dunedin clergy have waited to see if a reminder of the city’s dark past would be removed. The news they had succeeded was greeted with relief, but the handling of the investigation has come under fire.
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There are nearly 20,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, the Ministry of Health reports.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says it can be upsetting for people to hear.
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#Latest: Requirement for international arrivals to isolate will be dropped, from 11:59pm Wednesday 2 March.
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Having grown up in Yugoslavian war as a child, many things I see play out in Ukraine, are almost the same pattern in terms of behaviour.
Here are some things to expect & what I remember doing and would do again if ever faced with war. 🧵👇
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🚨 HIGH RISK:
❓ Protest at Parliament
📍 25 Bowen Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011
🗓 Sat 19 Feb 11:55am - 11:00pm
🗓 Sun 20 Feb 11:00am - 11:59pm
#wellingtoncentral #wellington #nzcovidbot
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A positive COVID-19 case has been identified on Castle Street. If you attended a party on Castle Street between Saturday, 12 Feb and Tuesday, 15 Feb you need to get isolate and get tested. More information, including times, is available online: otago.ac.nz/coronavirus/up
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🚨 HIGH RISK:
❓ Queenstown TOP 10 Holiday Park Arthurs Point
📍 70 Arthurs Point Road, Arthurs Point, Queenstown 9371
🗓 Sun 9 Jan 12:00am - 11:45pm
🗓 Mon 10 Jan 12:00am - 11:45pm
#arthurspoint #queenstown #otago #nzcovidbot
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Word of the day is ‘sparple’ (14th century): to deflect unwanted attention from one thing by making a big deal of another.
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UPDATE: Advisory area extended to include the west coast of the South Island, now in addition to coastal areas on the north and east coast of the North Island, and the Chatham Islands. Expect strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges at the shore.
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NSW announces $1000 fine for people who don't register a positive rapid antigen test they have received since Jan 1st. How on earth will that be policed? #nswpol
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Auckland will move to the Orange Covid Protection Framework at 11:59pm on Thursday 30th December, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
All other red regions, excluding Northland, will move to Orange at the same time.
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Auckland moving to orange level protections from Dec 30. twitter.com/radionz/status
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You can get in to the first three episodes of the latest podcast Sci Fi / Sci Fact straight away! scientists discuss Flubber, Star Trek's dilithium crystals & the metal alloy adamantium (which makes up Wolverines claws!)
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Hokitiika River has gone through a high level alarm of 4.75m.
Go to zpr.io/n6KNH for more information
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"It's still pretty raw for us, but particularly for those who have lost everything."
#LISTEN Ōhau man Hugh Spiers whose B&B was gutted in 2020 wildfire reacts to reports of fire's origins.
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#BREAKING The vaccine booster programme will begin on 29 November.
It will apply to anyone 18 years and over who has had their second dose of the vaccine more than six months ago.
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Waikato will move to alert level two tomorrow at 11.59pm.
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#Latest: 125 new community cases of Covid 19. Of these, 117 are in Auckland, two in Waikato and six in Northland. There are also three new border cases in MIQ.
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The Ministry of Health's influenza pandemic plan written in 2017 warned mass fatalities could overrun services storing and disposing of bodies. It suggested bringing in refrigerated containers to stop them decomposing.
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Covid-19 update: 206 new community cases reported today
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#Latest: Covid Minister Hipkins says two new Northland cases remain unlinked - strong possibility of links in the chain of transmission. On basis of public health advice, northern part of Northland goes to alert level 3 from 11:59pm tonight.
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Kia ora, tonight: PM's Northland media conference heckled by antivaxers spouting conspiracy theories, we have latest on alert level there, & digital divide still a problem for children's online learning. This & more #live at rnz.co.nz/checkpoint, 101FM.
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Excellent Florence Kerr piece about why, for some Māori, decades of mistrust in government can't be quickly erased to solve the vaccination problem.
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