Author: Kip Brook

Kiwis leaping into exercise in 2021

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Steady exercising does count, ExerciseNZ says

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Christchurch - Every Kiwi adult should throw out the idea that if they are not throwing themselves into a sweat-drenching workout for more than an hour it doesn’t count, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. New Zealanders must get more physically active. He says an obesity epidemic is gripping the country which

Game developers’ growth just part of rampant Kiwi tech sector

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Auckland - New Zealand game developers’ $323.9 million earnings in the last financial year is a perfect example of just what is happening across the rampant tech sector, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. It is fantastic to see the continued growth of New Zealand’s interactive media and game developers, making