[ad_1] A Rotorua man’s charitable trust rents out motels to house people after the Covid-19 pandemic forced him to close his shelters for the homeless. Tiny Deane: “My name is Tiny because I am the smallest in my family.” Source: rnz.co.nz Tiny Deane, who is well known in the city, …
Read More »Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn welcome their first daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran
[ad_1] Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn have welcomed a little girl into the world. Sheeran, 29, announced the joyous news on Instagram, revealing the unique name they have chosen for their daughter: Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. Sharing a photo of Lyra’s little booties and a colorful blanket, she …
Read More »Hollywood stars denied special request for isolation administered by New Zealand
[ad_1] Two Hollywood actors were denied the request when they applied to serve two weeks of administered isolation on a rural New Zealand property. Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons were in New Zealand filming the Jane Campion movie Dog power, and had already been granted a special exemption to enter …
Read More »Tauranga man receives large fines for burning demolition debris in Rotorua
[ad_1] A Tauranga man has been prosecuted for burning demolition waste material, some containing asbestos, at a residential subdivision site in Rotorua in June 2018. Kevin John Davies pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Tauranga District Court to $ 14,000 in fines, including a $ 9,000 fine and a $ …
Read More »Mixing with the Russian mob: Marty Banks feared for his life with $ 30,000 in a gym bag
[ad_1] He shook hands with the Russian mob, carried $ 30,000 in a gym bag not knowing if his body would be dumped for the money, and missed a nightclub shooting for minutes. However, cult hero Marty Banks has no regrets and would be back in no time. Considered one …
Read More »National Security Crisis Apparatus Assembled for NZX Cyberattacks, GCSB Targeted
[ad_1] New Zealand’s top-level security apparatus has come together to defend itself against ongoing cyber attacks, which have now hit the country’s security agencies. Government officials that make up the ODESC (Officials Committee for the Coordination of Internal and External Security) met on Friday to discuss the cyberattacks, which last …
Read More »Chinese newspaper claims Australia is becoming Asia’s ‘poor white trash’
[ad_1] A Beijing spokesman has criticized Canberra, calling Australians “poor white rubbish” and grimly warning that there will be “consequences” if we do not behave well with China. This morning, stories about Australia made the front page of the Global Times five times, a news website strongly aligned with the …
Read More »Judith Collins says her husband David Wong-Tung makes his own decisions on social media
[ad_1] National leader Judith Collins is philosophical about her husband receiving racist abuse after controversial social media posts. Collins spoke to the media after David Wong-Tung shared memes on Facebook from a page called the National Party Meme Task Force, including one comparing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to Marvel’s character …
Read More »Hollywood stars try to circumvent isolation rules when entering New Zealand
[ad_1] Hollywood stars Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons had to live in the slums with the hoi polloi in a five-star hotel in Auckland after requests to isolate themselves on a secluded rural property were rejected. That requested exception, which was presented as a decisive agreement to bring the powerful …
Read More »GCSB ‘catches up’ on cyberattacks against NZX and other companies, says Andrew Little
[ad_1] The Government Communications Security Office is becoming aware of cyberattacks that have caused the NZX website to go down in the past five business days. GCSB Minister Andrew Little told Mike Hosking of Newstalk ZB that the stock market has been receiving advice from GCSB since Tuesday last week, …
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