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Covid 19: Our only way out

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Alert level 3: McDonald's traffic jams, cafe queues and surf's up

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Georgina Beyer was the world’s first openly transgender mayor and Member of Parliament.

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TRAILBLAZERS: Helen Clark

Helen Clark was New Zealand's first elected female Prime Minister and the first woman to head the United Nations Development Fund.

Children have never been safer at school due to being less susceptible to coronavirus and the lack of other viruses and bacteria circulating, experts say. Photo / 123rf

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'School never safer for kids', say infectious disease experts

Children less susceptible to Covid-19 and lockdown limiting other viruses, say experts.

Some mental health and addiction healthcare workers are offering free services on phone and video calls to Kiwis with lockdown stress and anxiety. Photo / 123rf

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Lockdown stress: Free mental health services roll out to more districts

Government inject further $40 million into free mental health services.

Surf lifeguards are looking ahead to the next patrol season with plans about how to deal with a Covid-19 world. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

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Covid 19 cuts Kiwi beach season short, brings new surf life saving challenges

Preventable drownings are up, but rescues down as Covid-19 ends NZ beach season early.

Auckland Transport will reopen 160 worksites and get 2500 workers back on the job next week. Photo / Michael Craig

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Construction workers ready to dig in on transport projects

AT has also made advanced payments to contractors to help keep workers employed.

We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors, so it's important our homes are clean and safe. Photo / Getty Images

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Microbiologist's secrets to really cleaning your home

We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors, so it's important our homes are clean and safe.

Finance Minister Steven Joyce has says the lockdown should be lifted next week to save Kiwi businesses. Photo / Nick Reed

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Eliminating Covid-19 in NZ is 'pie in the sky' fantasy: Former finance minister

Steven Joyce says we won't understand huge lockdown damage until later.

Ellerslie Gardens Lifecare has a second case of Covid-19. Photo / Google

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Second coronavirus case at Auckland rest home

An elderly man contracts virus two weeks after nurse tested positive at his rest home.

Auckland police patrolling Tamaki Drive today. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

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Heavy police presence on city beaches one day after swimming banned

Aucklanders tempted to flout lockdown laws were met with heavy police presence.

Coronavirus fears have led to troubles for some nurses. Photo / 123rf

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Covid 19 coronavirus: Flatmates boot nurse from house over coronavirus fears

One nurse has been booted from her house and another barrred from the supermarket.

Encouraging your daughters to experiment more can lead to wide career options. Photo / Getty

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Minecraft, Sims and making slime: Perfect intro for girls to science and technology

Trailblazers in business and STEM and how they are attracting girls to the industries.

Mig McMillan at home with Crumpet the chicken. Photo / George Novak

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'Enviro wāhine warrior': Cartoonist's drastically sustainable life

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Dangerous: A haul of methamphetamine, with a New Zealand street value of $448 million, seized in 2016. Photo / NZ Police

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Meth prices plummet, sparking fears of more users

Prices for methamphetamine continue to drop around the country despite big seizures.

Dame Margaret Sparrow is a trailblazing doctor and advocate for legal abortions in New Zealand.

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Trailblazers: Dame Margaret Sparrow

Trailblazing doctor and advocate for legal abortions in New Zealand

Beatrice Tinsley was a world-renowned astrophysicist and trailblazer for women in science.

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Beatrice Tinsley: The Kiwi boffin who has been compared to Einstein

World-renowned astrophysicist and trailblazer for women in science.

Kathleen Curtis was a pioneering scientist and the first female fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

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Trailblazers: Kathleen Curtis

Pioneering scientist and the first female fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Ingrid Visser is a world-leading expert in Orca whales and animal welfare advocate.

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Trailblazers: Ingrid Visser

World-leading expert in Orca whales and animal welfare advocate

Rosemary Askin was the first woman to undertake an Antarctic research programme.

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Trailblazers: Rosemary Askin

First woman to undertake an Antarctic research programme

Joan Wiffen was a history-making palaeontologist, who discovered the first dinosaur fossils in New Zealand.

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Trailblazers: Joan Wiffen

History-making palaeontologist, who discovered the first dinosaur fossils in New Zealand

Pamela Young was a pioneering researcher and one of the first women to set foot on the South Pole.

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Trailblazers: Pamela Young

Pioneering researcher and one of the first women to set foot on the South Pole

Rina Moore was the first Māori woman to become a registered doctor.

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Trailblazers: Rina Moore

The first Māori woman to become a registered doctor

Edith Farkas was a pioneering meteorologist who helped discover the hole in the ozone layer.

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Trailblazers: Edith Farkas

Pioneering meteorologist who helped discover the hole in the ozone layer

Kahupeka was an ancient Māori healer and pioneer of herbal medicine, as depicted in this painting by Cliff Whiting, reproduced with permission from the NZ Geographic Board.

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Trailblazers: Kahupeka

Ancient Māori healer and pioneer of herbal medicine

Margaret Brimble is a ground-breaking chemist and champion of women in science.

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Trailblazers: Margaret Brimble

Ground-breaking chemist and champion of women in science

Dr Siouxsie Wiles is a ground-breaking microbiologist.

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Trailblazers: Siouxsie Wiles

Ground-breaking microbiologist

Ettie Rout was a World War I hero and early safe-sex campaigner.

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Trailblazers: Ettie Rout

World War I hero and early safe-sex campaigner

Margaret Cruickshank was New Zealand's first female doctor.

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Trailblazers: Margaret Cruickshank

New Zealand's first female doctor

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