Google's Larry Page has been granted New Zealand residency, boosting the country’s image as a refuge for tech billionaires. Is it all because the Pacific island nation is the best place to shelter from societal collapse?
Google's Larry Page has been granted New Zealand residency, boosting the country’s image as a refuge for tech billionaires. Is it all because the Pacific island nation is the best place to shelter from societal collapse?
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2.05pm: Sydney Covid cases spike yet again, outbreak likely to ‘get worse’
New South Wales’ Covid-19 cluster has grown yet again, with a record 239 new community cases overnight.
Of those, 66 cases were infectious while in the community and the isolation status of 70 cases is under investigation. Two more deaths were also recorded.
State premier Gladys Berejiklian told media that the outbreak had likely not peaked. “Based on those numbers, we can only assume that things are likely to get worse before they get better given the quantum of people infectious in the community,” she said.
The Bulletin: Wellington escapes cases so far, whole bubble paused thespinoff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thespinoff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 6:26 am
In an unprecedented year of news dominated by Covd-19,
the New Zealand Herald’s editorial teams have collected
the coveted “digital double” at the annual Voyager Media
Awards winning the supreme
Website of the
Year and
App of the Year
accolades.
It’s the second year in a row that New
Zealand Media and Entertainment’s (NZME) flagship news
teams on the NZ Herald have won both awards and comes as nzherald.co.nz celebrates
9 months as New Zealand’s most popular news website -
drawing in more than 1.73 million people a month.
The
Voyager judges described the nzherald.co.nz as “a