[ad_1] Small tour operators that have been denied additional government funding are asking New Zealand travelers to help them survive rather than businesses that did benefit. Queenstown-based Shotover Canyon Swing produced a “cheeky Covid” video that is about companies that received large packages of financial support under the government’s Strategic …
Read More »Auckland raids: $ 450k Lamborghini Huracan, millions in assets seized after money laundering investigation
[ad_1] New Zealand|Crime Oct 14, 2020 12:29 PM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Detective Superintendent Iain Chapman revealed that police had seized millions of dollars in assets, including cars, a boat and property. Video / Will Trafford Police arrested …
Read More »More job losses: Auckland Council and Auckland Transport staff disband
[ad_1] Further job losses are expected at Auckland City Council. Photo / Doug Sherring Work is underway to eliminate more than 100 positions at Auckland Transport, and Auckland City Council is preparing another round of job cuts. AT CEO Shane Ellison has announced that around 115 roles will be eliminated, …
Read More »Auckland gang members arrested for alleged money laundering linked to China
[ad_1] DAVID LINKLATER / Things A Lamborghini Huracan Evo. A car similar to this was seized on Wednesday during a morning raid. (File photo) Police seized a Lamborghini worth almost half a million dollars during a raid on an alleged money laundering service in Auckland. The Lamborghini Huracan, valued at …
Read More »A scandalous drama revolves around an Australian premiere, and here’s everything you need to know about it.
[ad_1] The Prime Minister of New South Wales struggles to maintain her political career after becoming embroiled in a scandalous political affair. Gladys Berejiklian’s personal and political life is under the microscope in Australia after revelations she “swallowed” and had a secret affair with a former politician while he was …
Read More »Store owner who caught fire in Sanson ‘devastated’
[ad_1] New Zealand Oct 13, 2020 09:32 PM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Fire rips through an antique store in Sanson. Video / Stephen Gill The owner of a Sanson store that caught fire last night is “devastated” and …
Read More »‘Hidden story’ of industrial-sized plastic bladders going to landfills
[ad_1] Huge plastic bladders, each weighing up to 20,000 plastic bags, are being dumped in landfills without checks or searches. A plastic bladder that weighs 110 kilos and is used only once, outshines other garbage in a North Island landfill. Some trucking companies are separately unloading hundreds of bladders a …
Read More »Domino’s pizza owner sees man begging and gives him a job
[ad_1] Deal Oct 13, 2020 05:57 PM3 minutes to read Rishi Sharma has given Brian ‘Sooty’ Wallace a second chance. Photo / Supplied Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan at RNZ The owner of the Domino’s pizza franchise, Rishi Sharma, was on his way to work one morning in Lower Hutt when …
Read More »The Reserve Bank would rather do ‘too much’: Will you regret that?
[ad_1] Mortgage loan rates could fall as low as 1.5 percent, as the Reserve Bank is betting on stimulating the economy. It has been fanning monetary flames with quantitative easing, which injects cash into the system, a record low (and potentially falling) official cash rate, and an upcoming Financing for …
Read More »Elections in the United States: Donald Trump tells his followers that he will ‘kiss everyone’ at the rally
[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Florida. Photo / AP Donald Trump has declared that he feels “powerful” at his first big rally since his coronavirus hospitalization, and boasts that he is “immune” and could “walk through the crowd and kiss everyone.” “One good thing for …
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