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Ex-Cyclone Tam weather live: Firefighters responded to 223 storm-related calls in Auckland overnight

5 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Lucy Xia |Soumya Bhamidipati

Video: Supplied / Brya WallaceAuckland was hit by a severe overnight thunderstorm which has caused flooding in areas across the region. The line of thunderstorms, connected to ex-tropical Cyclone Tam, is moving very slowly over the region. MetService meterologist Alain Baillie said 26.5 millimetres of rain was recorded at Mahurangi, in northern Auckland, between 10pm and 11pm. About 21 millimetres was recorded at Whenuapai Airport in the hour leading to midnight.
Flights cancelled, one person rescued from trapped vehicle

6 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Lucy Xia |Soumya Bhamidipati

Video: Supplied / Brya WallaceMultiple flights bound for Auckland Airport have been cancelled or diverted, as a thunderstorm unleashes heavy downpours across Auckland. The airport's website shows at least eight flights have been cancelled, one has been diverted, and three have a new scheduled landing time. Fire and Emergency said it attended dozens of weather-related callouts in a two-hour period around midnight.
Covariate selection for optimizing balance with an innovative adaptive randomization approach

1 week ago | journals.sagepub.com | Ziqing Guo |Yang Liu |Lucy Xia

Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. References1. Hu F, Hu Y, Ma Z, et al. Adaptive randomization for balancing over covariates. WIREs Comput Stat 2014; 6: 288–303. 2. Rosenberger WF, Sverdlov O. Handling covariates in the design of clinical trials. Stat Sci 2008; 23: 404–419. 3. Baldi Antognini A, Zagoraiou M. The covariate-adaptive biased coin design for balancing clinical trials in the presence of prognostic factors. Biometrika 2011; 98: 519–535. 4. Zelen M.
Police probe assault at North Shore school

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Lucy Xia

Police are investigating allegations of assault at Auckland's Kingsway School - a state-integrated Christian school on the North Shore. The school's principal Graeme Budler confirmed that the allegations relate to outdated disciplinary practices that do not align with the school's values, teaching standards, or the law. He said the teacher has been placed on paid leave, and the school has offered counselling support to everyone affected.
Police delay rollout of mental health changes for second time

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lucy Xia

It is the second time the police have rescheduled the start date for phase two of the changes. Photo / Richard Tindiller, RNZBy Lucy Xia of RNZPolice have pushed out the starting date for phase two of the police reduction of support to mental health events even further, after advice from a governance group for the programme.
The Waikato Times

2 weeks ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Lucy Xia
Stuff

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.nz | Lucy Xia
'Hundreds more' health workers assaulted on job

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Lucy Xia

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsNationalBy Lucy Xia of RNZ Hundreds more health workers were assaulted at work last year, according to Health New Zealand data - with Auckland central and Waikato seeing the biggest spikes. Nationally, about 14,000 assaults on staff by patients, family members and visitors, were recorded in the two-year period between January 2023 and December 2024.
Hundreds more health workers being assaulted at work

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Lucy Xia

Hundreds more health workers were assaulted at work last year, according to Health New Zealand data - with Auckland central and Waikato seeing the biggest spikes. Nationally, about 14,000 assaults on staff by patients, family members and visitors, were recorded in the two-year period between January 2023 and December 2024. The number of assaults increased by 30 percent between the first half of 2023 and the second half of 2024.
Preparation and concern among NZ exporters as Trump tariffs loom

3 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Lucy Xia

Some of New Zealand's biggest exporting industries to the US are still coming to grips with the Trump administration's tariffs announcement, and say it's too early to tell what impacts it will have on businesses. New Zealand will pay a 10 percent baseline tax when it sends products to the US, amidst sweeping tariffs imposed by the US - with rates between 20 and 50 percent for countries judged to have major tariffs on US goods.