STEVE HART SHOOTS FROM THE LIP
Most New Zealanders who suffered a repeated bout of rheumatic fever between 2010-14 were young adults, or had stopped their medication, according to a new study.The research also found recurrences were strongly associated with severe rheumatic heart disease.
Labour Finance Minister Grant Robertson says that over the coming decades billions of dollars of tax revenue will be spent paying off loans taken out by the government to fund its Covid-19 economic rescue packages.
A recent global assessment of shark populations at 371 coral reefs in 58 countries found no sharks at almost 20% of reefs and alarmingly low numbers at many others…