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[ad_1] Phil Kingsley-Jones, Jonah Lomu’s former manager and the man famous for keeping the late All Blacks from leaving rugby for the league, has died. A relative of the 72-year-old Welshman confirmed to the Herald that he was “recovering at home” after a fall five months ago. Kingsley-Jones was Lomu’s …

[ad_1] MURRAY WILSON / Things Massey University said it would consider official advice on Xinjiang. When she learned from official advice that the activities in Xiniiang could be seen as endorsement of well-documented human rights abuses, she declined to comment. A Chinese institution with which Massey University collaborates describes itself …

[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* Group confusion – all you need to knowDerek Cheng: Why is Cabinet’s Tier 1 provocation out of step with your usual cautious approach?* All Blacks season affected by Covid: Bledisloe Cup dates finally confirmed* Sweating: the impact Covid has had on gyms* 83 active cases in New …

[ad_1] Thousands of college students have raised concerns about the lack of social distancing provisions and non-mandatory masks as they prepare to return to lectures next week. Students at the University of Auckland must return to face-to-face classes starting Monday, but many want to continue learning online until the university …

[ad_1] New Zealanders will see how much the government has spent to bail out the private sector when the books open on Wednesday. Finance Minister Grant Robertson said Stuff The huge amounts of debt currently weighing on government finances were the cost of propping up the private economy through the …

[ad_1] ANALYSIS: One of the most serious risks of climate change listed in a recent government report was not a threat to nature or the physical environment. It was the threat to the stability of the government’s finances, by paying for escalating disaster relief, lost productivity (and tax collection) caused …

[ad_1] New Zealand First leader Winston Peters suggests using military aircraft to bring seasonal workers from the Pacific to New Zealand to work in their orchards. Peters, who is also New Zealand’s foreign minister, said the New Zealand military could be doing “a lot more” to prevent further economic damage …

[ad_1] Fire crews from across Auckland are converging on reports of a major fire off the north coast. Police have established a cordon at the scene on Triton Rd, Rosedale and are rejecting vehicles. The building, which houses the Kinetic Engineeing Design on Triton Dr, is completely consumed with flames …

[ad_1] ANALYSIS: Judith Collins was thinking of changing her policy on something: tattoos. She had excitedly called Nik Given, the National supporter who had gotten himself a Bond girl tattoo. When the lengthy press conference at a small dental clinic in Whanganui came up with a question about the tattoo, …

[ad_1] Politicians and their families, diplomats, academics, business executives, scammers, judges and a sportswoman are among the New Zealanders profiled in a huge Chinese intelligence database. Stuff has gained access to the “Overseas Key Individual Database”, which is said to include personal data of more than 2 million people around …