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[ad_1] Judith Collins’ horse lost in the races; thankfully, it was only a $ 5 bet. However, by her own chance of winning in two weeks, the National leader has a little more to lose. Standing at a Hawke’s Bay racetrack, Collins was asked what he thought his odds were …

[ad_1] Qantas and its Jetstar subsidiary were quick to start selling flights across Tasmania following news that Australia will allow New Zealanders to visit without needing to self-quarantine. And airlines say there are likely new routes that they hadn’t previously offered from New Zealand to Australia, as more Australian cities …

[ad_1] A video from social media shows a Kansas City police officer arresting a pregnant woman Videos of a Kansas City police officer kneeling over a pregnant black woman while being arrested prompted calls for the officer involved to be fired and rekindled demands that the police chief resign. The …

[ad_1] New Zealanders will be able to fly to New South Wales and the Northern Territory without going into quarantine from October 16 under a one-way travel bubble announced yesterday by the Australian government. But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s office said the rules for travelers hadn’t changed and that New …

[ad_1] Key points: • President Donald Trump is suffering from “mild symptoms” of Covid-19, the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans• First lady Melania Trump also tested positive, although The Trump’s son Barron tested negative.• All campaign events with the president have been postponed• Democratic presidential candidate Joe …

[ad_1] By Jane Patterson of RNZ The war of economic plans continues as National asserts a major flaw in the Labor plan. The National Party says there is a $ 10 billion hole, the latest in the claims and counterclaims of errors and fiscal holes between the two main parties. …

[ad_1] During the first presidential debate, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, mocked Joe Biden for wearing masks in public. On Tuesday, the president said he wore masks “when necessary,” but said his opponent Biden used masks unnecessarily when people were “200 feet away from him and he …

[ad_1] Labor, The Greens and ACT may be getting better value from their Facebook ads than National, a new analysis reveals. Between Sept. 23-29, Facebook’s ad library revealed that Labor spent about $ 31,000 on 171 paid posts, Greens spent $ 14,000 on 175 posts, and Act spent less on …

[ad_1] A second high-ranking member of the secret Gloriavale religious sect has left the community over concerns about how it is being run. Selwyn Love, the father of Dove Love who appeared in the TVNZ documentary about the community, left Gloriavale earlier this week. Love was a servant leader, one …

[ad_1] Kordia Group CEO Scott Bartlett resigned to focus on his health, the state-owned company said in a statement. In August 2019, Bartlett was diagnosed with multiple brain tumors. “After going through a period of remission, he returned in January 2020 to resume his role, but sadly fell ill again …