Travelers say they were kicked off a flight for being'too big '
In the spring of 2023, Air New Zealand (ANZFF) made major waves in the aviation space after announcing that it would launch an "International Passenger Weight Survey" in which passengers boarding certain long-haul flights would be asked to step on a scale at check-in. While the experiment was…#airnewzealand #anzff #napier #newzealand #northisland #auckland #william #gettyimagespassenger #angelharding #maori (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boeing Directs Airlines to Check Cockpit Seats on 787s After Latam Incident
Boeing has told airlines to check the cockpit seats of its 787 Dreamliner plane, the company said on Friday, after a Latam Airlines plane suddenly plunged on a flight to Auckland, New Zealand, on Monday, injuring passengers. The drop in altitude appears to have been caused when a flight attendant…#boeing #latamairlines #aucklandnewzealand #flightla800 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Zealand PSI SA Actual 53 (Forecast -, Previous 52.1)
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
David Seidler Dies: Academy Award-Winning Writer For ‘The King’s Speech’ Was 86
David Seidler, best known for his Academy Award-winning writing on The King’s Speech, died on Saturday, March 16 while on a fly-fishing expedition in New Zealand. He was 86 and no cause was given. “David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand – doing what gave him the greatest…#davidseidler #kingsspeech #newzealand #jeffaghassi #seidlers #bestpicture #bestactor #kinggeorgevi #colinfirth #lionellogue (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boeing tells airlines to check pilot seats after report that an accidental shift led plane to plunge
Boeing is telling airlines to inspect switches on pilots’ seats after a published report said an accidental seat movement likely caused the sudden plunge of a LATAM Airlines plane flying to New Zealand Boeing tells airlines to check pilot seats after report that an accidental shift led plane to…#boeing #latamairlines #newzealand #787s #latam #faa #chile #dreamliner #aucklandairport #auckland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Massive Numbers of Farmed Salmon Are Dying
The popularity of farmed Atlantic salmon on dinner tables worldwide has been a disaster for the king of fish. A new study determined that 865 million farmed salmon have died in mass die-offs in the last decade. The scientists blame the deaths on several factors, from ocean warming caused by climate change to the aquaculture industry’s overuse of antibiotics and pesticides and its aggressive attempts to increase production. Beyond the staggering number of dead fish, the findings raise questions about the future of growing salmon in cages on the ocean—and aquaculture in general.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins Tags: Uncategorized freelance Sustainability Source Type: news
A treaty to prepare the world for the next pandemic hangs in the balance
“Me first”—that’s how Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), described the wealthy world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he kicked off negotiations for a global “pandemic treaty” in December 2021. Even before vaccines had proved safe and effective, rich countries had purchased enough doses to cover their entire population several times, whereas lower and middle-income countries had little or no vaccine. The pandemic treaty would address that searing inequity, Tedros vowed, along with many other problems identified during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the world bette...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 15, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Keeping Tabs on Mass Shooters
Today, March 15, marks the fifth anniversary when an Australian gunman opened fire on worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The shooter livestreamed the killings on Facebook for 17 minutes before the video was taken down by the platform. Fifty-one Muslims died from the…#australian #christchurch #newzealand #muslims #elonmusk #postchristchurch #noneuropeans #african #middleeast #muslim (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Zealand Clinical Laboratories to Undergo Health and Safety Checks after Workers Contract Typhoid, Others Exposed to Chemicals
This comes on top of months of strikes by NZ medical laboratory workers seeking fair pay and safe working conditions Te Whatu Ora (aka, Health New Zealand, the country’s publicly funded healthcare system) recently ordered health and safety checks at multiple clinical laboratories in 18 districts across the country. This action is the result of […]
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Source: Dark Daily - March 15, 2024 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice International Laboratory News Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources anatomic pathology Apex Awanui Brian Raill Canterbury Health Laboratories CHL clinical la Source Type: news
New Zealand dollar down 0.58% at $0.6098
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A cockpit-seat mishap might have pushed a pilot into the controls on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that took a sudden plunge on a flight to New Zealand this week, …
A cockpit-seat mishap might have pushed a pilot into the controls on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that took a sudden plunge on a flight to New Zealand this week, U.S. industry officials said.#boeing #787 #newzealand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nissan to let 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis know their data was stolen in cyberattack
Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack on its systems – perhaps by the Akira ransomware gang. The cyberbaddies stole some form of government identification from up to ten…#nissanoceania #newzealand #medicare #pii #nissan #mitsubishi #renault #infiniti #ldv #ram (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Zealand Immigration Peak Revised Higher as Fewer Departed
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One hundred new deep-sea species found off the coast of New Zealand
Marine scientists on an expedition to record life in the remotest parts of the world's oceans have found more than 100 new deep-sea species, including one mystery creature which has "baffled" experts. In February, a team of 21 scientists set off to explore the "largely uncharted" waters of the…#marine #bountytrough #newzealand #southisland #dralexrogers #oceancensus #montblanc #michelamitchell #queenslandmuseum #telegraph (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nissan to alert 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis about data loss incident
Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack on its systems – perhaps by the Akira ransomware gang. The cyberbaddies stole some form of government identification from up to ten…#nissanoceania #newzealand #medicare #pii #nissan #mitsubishi #renault #infiniti #ldv #ram (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
