There were no huge crowds singing “It’s a Grand Old Flag’, no food vans and no players holding aloft the Premiership Cup. But a stream of die-hard Demons fans came to the MCG on Sunday to shout “Go Dees”, kick footies and rave about Norm Smith medallist Christian Petracca. Sam Holloway and Tom Shiels celebrate […]

Dutch protestors demonstrate against Covid passport that they’ll need to get into bars, restaurants and theatres from today Hundreds of people took to the streets of The Hague to vent their anger at pass From today people must have the pass or recent negative test to enter venues Protesters carried signs bearing messages including: ‘Stop […]

Covid daily deaths fall by a quarter to 122 and hospitalisations drop by 15 per cent as number of daily cases rises slightly to 31,348 Department of Health bosses posted 31,348 new infections today, up four per cent on last Saturday’s 30,144 The number of people falling victim to the virus fell, with 122 deaths […]

Staff at the primary school where murdered Sabina Nessa worked are "consumed with grief" but are "putting on a brave face" to support the pupils she taught. Sabina, 28, was found stabbed to death near the OneSpace community centre in Kidbrooke, south-east London, last Saturday. Police believe she was attacked at random on her way […]

Covering Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal wedding in 2018 probably doesn’t draw many obvious parallels to reporting on an AFL grand final. But as I try to find the words to describe the fanfare that swept through Perth on Saturday, something said to me on the street outside Windsor Castle as I stood in […]

A snake-swallowing daredevil has died after a viper bit his tongue and throat and caused a horrific allergic reaction. Video shows the farm worker, 55, performing a "trick" in which he traps the snake in his mouth in front of workmates in a watermelon field in Astrakhan, Russia. Reports say the man had twice before […]

There are 16 new cases of Delta in the Auckland community, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. Three of the new cases have not yet been linked to previous confirmed cases. Two of yesterday’s cases had exposure events. There are 13 people in hospital with four in ICU or HDU. One patient is at North […]

A MASSIVE manhunt was last night under way for a “shifty” suspect wanted over the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa. The balding scruff was caught on CCTV furtively pulling a hood over his head soon after the 28-year-old’s killing. He has emerged as the lone suspect for attacking Sabina moments after she left her […]

A MASSIVE manhunt was last night under way for a “shifty” suspect wanted over the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa. The balding scruff was caught on CCTV furtively pulling a hood over his head soon after the 28-year-old’s killing. He has emerged as the lone suspect for attacking Sabina moments after she left her […]

An axed Ngongotahā-based trial of Bluetooth contact tracing cards cost the Government close to $1 million. The total cost of the trial, which was only part of the Contact Tracing Technologies Prototype Research Programme, was $901,000. This information was revealed to the Rotorua Daily Post in response to an Official Information Act request made to […]