Christchurch - Almost 4.66 billion people were active internet users as of October 2020, encompassing 59 percent of the global population. The mobile phone has now become the most important channel for internet access worldwide as mobile internet users account for 91 percent of total internet users, according to. Statista, a
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NZ paying soaring glove prices for frontline covid workers
Lake South Tahoe, California - The world is facing a severe shortage of covid protective gloves and New Zealand is paying rising glove prices to help its front healthcare workers, a global leading Kiwi glove expert says. Californian-based New Zealander Steve Ardagh, who owns glove company Eagle Protect, says glove prices are
Kiwis leaping into exercise in 2021
Christchurch - ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says people wanting to exercise again after the long holiday break should start gently with less intensity. This approach keeps activity manageable in terms of time available and allows people to build up strength and fitness gradually, he says. “Initially, we just want to get people
The state of the NZ exercise industry post-covid
Christchurch - New Zealand has been helping other countries’ exercise industry organisations and registration bodies to open fully up post-covid lockdown and as nations start returning to business as normal, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to re-open significantly after lockdown. Beddie
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Christchurch - Many Kiwis are suffering chronic stress because of the impact of the covid pandemic, a leading New Zealander exercise expert says. Covid and all that comes with it ,is still very much around and slowly wears people down, creating health issues as well as short tempers, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard
Kiwi tech firms helping prevent global covid infections
Auckland - Kiwi tech companies Blue Mirror, Jupl and Serentia Healthcare have partnered to protect frontline New Zealand and global healthcare workers while treating covid infected patients. More than 1700 nurses have died of covid in the northern hemisphere and many more have infected patients and co-workers, Serentia Healthcare founder Sir Ray
