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A student at Mount Maunganui Intermediate School has tested positive for Covid-19.
This morning, parents at Mount Maunganui Intermediate School were sent
Summer read: Rotorua s unsung heroes of the lockdown
29 Dec, 2020 07:00 PM
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The race is on to find a vaccine for Covid-19, so when will one be ready? Video / AP
The race is on to find a vaccine for Covid-19, so when will one be ready? Video / AP
Rotorua Daily Post
The Rotorua Daily Post is bringing back some of the best premium stories of 2020.
While most of us are on lockdown, at home with loved ones, some of Rotorua s essential workers won t get to see theirs for at least four weeks. They ve chosen to self-isolate themselves away from children and partners and are putting their own health on the line every day to make sure everyone in the community, the majority strangers, can access everything they need while New Zealand is in lockdown. If our city s healthcare providers and police staff to our supermarket workers and truck drivers, can do this for us, we should be able to stay home for them.
Rotorua Daily Post Year in Review: March 2020
29 Dec, 2020 12:00 AM
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Manpreet Basra an essential worker at Four Square Koutu. Photo / File
Rotorua Daily Post
The Rotorua Daily Post is looking back at the stories of 2020. Here s what made headlines in March.
March 2
March began as it always does in Rotorua, as Crankworx drew hundreds of international riders to town.
Locals flocked to Skyline, even the rain didn t stop them getting involved.
Italian Crankworx competitors Torquato Testa and Stefano Dolfin in self-isolation in Rotorua. Photo / Supplied
But the event quickly felt the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic which was starting to reach all corners of the world.