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Condition update for firefighters in Waikato Hospital - 1500 hours
Alvan Walker, 35, stable in a ward
David Beanland, 36, ICUStill intubated, awake, serious but stable
Adrian Brown, 51,Stable in a ward
Dennis Wells, 51, Stable in a ward
Brian Halford, 37, Stable in a ward
The next update will be at 9am Tuesday April 8.
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Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
The Minister of Education, Erica Stanford, has announced that as of Term 1 2025, all teachers in state schools will be required to teach reading using the structured literacy method.
The cellphone ban in schools came into effect this week, and so far there don’t appear to have been audible howls of anguish from the nation’s playgrounds. That’s not to say every student will be thrilled, just that some might even welcome an enforced digital circuit breaker.
The number of children in Aotearoa New Zealand who are not immunised against measles is still growing and we are now close to the tipping point that set off measles epidemics in previous years warn public health experts.
A kid-friendly archaeology resource kit is being launched today as part of New Zealand Archaeology Week (April 27-May 5). Collated by Dr Rosemary Baird, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Senior Outreach Advisor, based in Christchurch, the kit will be available on the Heritage New Zealand website for people to download and print free of charge.
Grok Academy and Tātai Aho Rau are honoured to receive a Māori Language Award. They are pleased that the Māori Language Commission has acknowledged Cyber Skills Aotearoa, an online cyber security programme for students.
With its geographical reach spanning most of the South Island, the event, held at the Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch, is geographically the biggest of the 12 kapa haka regions in New Zealand, and will showcase the best Māori cultural performances in the South Island. This year, the competition has the participation of 13 kapa haka teams, equalling the highest number in the event's history.