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The vaccine plan
Ashley Bloomfield announced last Friday morning that by the end of the day, New Zealand will have had administered 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The plan is to scale up to giving 50,000 to 60,000 doses per day. Around the world, 733 million doses of various vaccines have been administered. So how does the COVID-19 vaccine work? What are its side effects? And has it been properly tested? Keep reading...
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Ghost ship of the Hokianga
Last weekend, a memorial for the lost gold miners of the SS Ventnor shipwreck was dedicated in Ōpononi. Descendants of the Chinese miners performed the rituals of Ching Ming, or tomb-sweeping day, an annual event where graves are tidied and ancestors remembered.
In 1902, the steamship Ventnor was carrying the bones of 499 miners from New Zealand to southern China when it sank off the coast of Northland. For more than a century, no one knew where the ship lay. Its discovery seven years ago kindled questions and disputes that blazed into controversy earlier this year. Who decides what happens to a wreck on the bottom of the sea? And what’s the rightful resting place of men who never made it home? Keep reading...
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Hot property
Last Wednesday, New Zealand Geographic and its contributing journalists and photographers were nominated for nine Voyager Media Awards. One of the stories singled out as a finalist was Naomi Arnold's feature on wildfire risk, published last spring.
With climate change causing more intense weather, we can expect more extreme wildfires in the future, causing millions of dollars’ worth of damage and endangering homes and lives. What is New Zealand’s risk from fire, and how can we better protect ourselves? Keep reading...
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Better Ancestors: Tiny homes
In a fast-paced and consumer-driven world, tiny home living helps people identify exactly what it is they need to be happy, cutting out the excess that does not add to life’s meaning, connection, security, or health, but which does add to an individual’s carbon footprint. In this episode, Better Ancestors talks with Matthew Lillis about the challenges and rewards of self-built tiny home living, and Everett Norris, who runs tiny home building workshops to help bring the skills and knowledge to those wishing to begin their own tiny home journey. Watch the video...
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