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Bay News: Kerikeri artist Valerie Hunton, Bay of Islands Singers on stage, Millennium Cup
7 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
9 minutes to read Walking rainbow Valerie Hutton in her studio with work inspired by 14 years on remote Pacific islands. Photo / Peter de Graaf Walking rainbow Valerie Hutton in her studio with work inspired by 14 years on remote Pacific islands. Photo / Peter de Graaf
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Art up for auction
Fans of Pacific art have a rare opportunity to bid on the life s work of Kerikeri artist Valerie Hunton at an upcoming auction. She is donating her art and all proceeds go to the Cancer Society.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Testing stations open in Northland over long weekend
29 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Five Covid testing stations will be open across Northland between 10am and 2pm this long weekend.
Photo / Tania Whyte
Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Covid testing stations will be open across Northland this long weekend and the Government said services would be scaled-up if required, in light of thousands of visitors visiting from outside the region.
Only the testing stations on Winger Cres in Kamo and the one at Ruakākā Race Course were slated to open today but the Northland District Health Board (NDHB) confirmed testing at those venues would be available on all three days over the long weekend.
The latest community Covid-19 patient is highly likely to have caught the disease directly from a person on the same floor as her in managed isolation.
In a news briefing this afternoon, minister in charge of the Covid-19 response Chris Hipkins said genomic testing has shown the 56-year-old woman has the South African variant of the disease (B.1.3.5.1.) and that it is identical to another person staying on the same floor as her at the Pullman Hotel.
That person tested positive shortly before the woman left the hotel at the end of her stay. Early information suggests the transmission occurred between 9 January and 13 January.