[ad_1] Australia’s immigration minister is threatening the deportation of some attendees of a large party in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Christmas Day who broke Covid-19 rules. Your playlist will load after this ad. Alex Hawke reminded visa holders that they are “guests” in Australia. Source: Associated Press But the opposition …
Read More »The end of polystyrene fish containers? Sustainable solution for Havelock North students
[ad_1] Sam Wixon, 18, won the Rangatahi National Award of Excellence for Entrepreneurship and the HSBC Award for Environmental Sustainability for his polystyrene packaging alternative. Photo / Paul Taylor A Havelock North High School alumnus is helping the fishing industry preach when it comes to sustainability, developing a prototype alternative …
Read More »Brexit: UK deal with EU hurts New Zealand exports, says Beef and Lamb
[ad_1] Deal Dec 29, 2020 01:07 AM3 minutes to read The post-Brexit trade deal may bring reductions in export earnings to New Zealand. Photo / RNZ By RNZ The meat industry is urging the government to fight the new quotas for local exporters as part of the new trade agreement …
Read More »New Zealand Immigration Visa Processing Funds $ 135 Million Over Budget
[ad_1] In a briefing for incoming immigration minister Kris Faafoi, he said INZ faced a substantial financial challenge. Photo / 123RF By Gill Bonnett of RNZ The hole in the immigration books in New Zealand has exploded to nearly $ 135 million and it has been more than a decade …
Read More »MIQ Last Minute Review Allows Family To Spend Time With Their Sick Daughter In Australian Hospital
[ad_1] A Waikato family has won their fight by staying together at the bedside of their seriously ill daughter in an Australian hospital. The twist comes after the family was faced with leaving their daughter behind to take her place in an isolation facility to return to New Zealand. Jackie …
Read More »Karori homicide: police seek information on cars seen near property where man died
[ad_1] Police are seeking information on a silver Nissan and a dark-colored vehicle seen near the scene of the Wellington homicide. Police launched a homicide investigation after Rau Tongia was killed around 4.30am on Sunday, December 20, at a property on Percy Dyett Drive in Karori. Police were notified at …
Read More »The race to save Air New Zealand’s last remaining 747 and bring it home
[ad_1] Ross Setford / Getty Images The Air New Zealand 747 in question, in 2003. A charitable trust is in a race against time to save Air New Zealand’s last 747, with plans to bring it back to Aotearoa and transform it into a hotel. Confidence will also come to …
Read More »Health Ministry says Covid is ‘unlikely’ cause of death at Auckland MIQ facility
[ad_1] Supplied A guest has died at the Grand Millennium Auckland. It is “ unlikely ” that Covid-19 was the cause of the death of a man in an Auckland isolation facility last night, the Health Ministry said this morning. The isolation and quarantine administered last night confirmed that a …
Read More »Fatal accident in Pahiatua raises holiday toll to seven
[ad_1] Police were notified of the two vehicle collision on Nikau Rd at 4:58 am. Image / Google Maps One person was killed after a two-vehicle collision in Pahiatua, raising the holiday highway toll to seven. Police were notified of the accident on Nikau Rd at 4.58 am. Another person …
Read More »City dwellers find their happy place after Covid smashed businesses
[ad_1] Jo McKenzie-McLean / Stuff Aucklanders Mel Gimblett and Michael Goldstein have changed corporate life across the country following the closure and collapse of their event management business. With careers collapsed and businesses bombarded due to Covid-19, some kiwis have forged new futures. Jo McKenzie-McLean stands Mel Gimblett and Michael …
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