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• Dementia: The Brains Trust, Episode 3 - Care villages offer new approach March 7, 2021
  It's cruel, deadly and doesn't discriminate, but no one wants to talk about dementia.Lisa Burns, national spokesperson for Dementia New Zealand, says it's crucial we confront dementia."My grandmother died from it. "So many people...
• Dementia: The Brains Trust, Episode 2 - Warwick and Pummy Hickling March 7, 2021
  He fell for her as a lusty 13-year-old.Now Warwick Hickling, 83, is his wife's full-time carer."All the boys were dead keen on the girls who were fully developed," Warwick told the Herald cheekily."The girls who were flat-chested...
• Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cancels regular interview slot with Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB March 7, 2021
  The Prime Minister has cancelled her regular weekly interview slot with Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB.Instead, Jacinda Ardern and other ministers will now appear on the country's top-performing commercial radio show "as and when issues...
• Three top Christchurch City Council executives lose their jobs March 7, 2021
  Three senior Christchurch City Council executives have lost their jobs as part of a restructure which halves the number of general managers and groups. Chief executive Dawn Baxendale is implementing a change to the organisation's...
• Dementia: The Brains Trust, Episode 1- Deborah and Anne Pead March 7, 2021
  She doesn't know her name or what day it is. Anne Pead has lost her mind.Her daughter Deborah, an accomplished PR maven, says dementia has robbed her mother of her personality.It began with Anne squirrelling away jars of honey,...
• Police appeal after walker fails to return to vehicle near Shine Falls, Hawke's Bay March 7, 2021
  Police are appealing for sightings of an overdue walker in the Boundary Stream and Shine Falls area of Hawke's Bay.The walker, a man in his 40s, failed to return to his vehicle on Heays Access Rd as expected on Sunday evening. Shine...
• Let's Get Wellington Moving: Nine crucial positions vacant March 7, 2021
  By Hamish Cardwell, of RNZ . Crucial senior positions remain vacant at the capital's beleaguered transport overhaul programme. The $6.4 billion Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme is being overhauled after a scathing...
• No salmon caught at Dunedin fishing competition March 7, 2021
  Forget the pub with no beer.What would happen if you had a Dunedin salmon fishing competition and no-one caught a salmon?More than 200 people entered the latest Otago Salmon Anglers' Association fishing competition, held over...
• Researchers take another step towards a cure for HIV March 7, 2021
  Researchers, including a former Dunedin scientist, have made a discovery which raises hopes of finding an eventual cure for HIV.Professor Carole McArthur, who is a University of Otago graduate, is among the authors of a newly-published...
• Covid 19 coronavirus: Infected Air New Zealand staffer had first jab last week March 7, 2021
  The Air New Zealand flight attendant at the centre of Auckland's newest border-related case was given a Covid-19 vaccination shot last week. The Prime Minister told TVNZ's Breakfast that as a key frontline worker the crew member...