Almost 4.66 billion people globally are active internet users

 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

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

Trends and activity advice for 2021

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

Two new covid vaccines secured: enough for every Kiwi

Wellington - The government has just secured two new covid vaccines. A total of 15 million vaccine courses have been pre-ordered to date. Vaccines will be free to the public and systems are on track to deliver the first vaccines to border workers in the second quarter of 2021, with vaccination of

Proportion of home owners less than 70 years ago

Christchurch - The proportion of people living in their own home is lower now than almost 70 years ago, a new report says. Home ownership is becoming much less common for younger people, the Stats NZ report shows. The2018 census data shows homeownership peaked in the 1990s at 74 percent and by 2018