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[ad_1] Labor leader Jacinda Ardern has kicked off her party’s election campaign by announcing that, if elected, Labor would make Matariki a public holiday. It would be the first new New Zealand holiday in nearly 50 years and the 12th New Zealand holiday of the year. It would start in …

[ad_1] Broadcaster MediaWorks has entered into a binding agreement with Discovery Inc regarding the sale of MediaWorks’ broadcast television business. The transaction is subject to a series of approvals prior to completion and is expected to close by year-end, the company said in a statement. No sale price was disclosed. …

[ad_1] Adrenaline hit a 21-year-old man when four masked teenagers entered his family’s superetta while he worked with his sister. Manav Prasad and her younger sister were beginning to close down Kauri Park Superette in Beach Haven on Saturday night when four masked men entered. “They were behind the cigarettes …

[ad_1] Gregory Shamus / Getty Images Jockey John Velázquez, aboard Authentic, celebrates after winning the 146th Kentucky Derby race at Churchill Downs “My God, I just won the Kentucky Derby!” Those were the words that ran through the head of Trackside TV host and race media identity Aidan Rodley just …

[ad_1] By RNZ New Zealand businesswoman Jenene Crossan became No. 37 on the list of confirmed coronavirus cases in this country in March, but she still suffers from associated health problems, not to mention “hardcore internet trolls,” six months later. Having previously lived in London, Crossan, CEO of Powered by …

[ad_1] Adrenaline hit a 21-year-old man when four masked teenagers entered his family’s superetta while he worked with his sister. Manav Prasad and her younger sister were beginning to close down Kauri Park Superette in Beach Haven on Saturday night when four masked men entered. “They were behind the cigarettes …

[ad_1] As of July 31, borrowers with bank loans worth $ 73.7 billion were receiving payment relief related to COVID-19. Loan repayment deferrals were introduced for six months in March at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. The Reserve Bank agreed last month that banks can extend these deferrals for …

[ad_1] A heroic Beach Haven man foiled a robbery by confronting four masked men who broke into his family’s dairy Saturday night. After taking a look at Manav Prasad, a 110kg, 21-year-old rugby player, weightlifter and former boxer, the would-be bandits fled. Prasad was closing the Kauri Park Superette with …

[ad_1] Baker Daryl Collier was one of the few who was already awake when the 2010 earthquake struck at 4.35am. M. His first thought was that a train had derailed at the back of his property and was heading toward the building. “It was a tremendous jolt, it just went …

[ad_1] MARK GEE / Stuff The Milky Way over southern Wairarapa taken from an overlook in the Tararua mountain range. Warmer-hued street lighting and restrictions on sports field lights are part of a plan to make Wairarapa the world’s largest dark-sky preserve. Councils in the region are proposing a change …