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[ad_1] The government rejected a recommendation to make state-backed loans of up to $ 500,000 each available to distressed homeowners. The recommendation came in a July document commissioned by the Treasury in the Corporate Financing Guarantee Scheme, which did not meet expectations. The plan was unveiled in March and aimed …

[ad_1] New Zealand|Politics December 1, 2020 05:28 am4 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game The government will begin the process of granting each New Zealander an additional five days of sick leave per year before Parliament suspends the summer sessions. …

[ad_1] Auckland residents face a larger than planned 5 percent increase in their fee bills to help cover a $ 1 billion drop in council revenue over the next four years. The one-time boost, above a planned 3.5 percent increase, will add $ 36 to the rate bill for an …

[ad_1] China’s state-controlled media has bluntly warned Australia’s warships to stay out of the South China Sea or risk the “bitter pill” of confrontation. In a sinister threat to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China is doubling down after the furor over a shocking doctored image that shows a smiling Australian …

[ad_1] An Auckland businesswoman, whose death is at the center of a homicide investigation, is believed to have owed millions of dollars to foreign backers of her beleaguered businesses. Mystery surrounds the identity of the foreign financiers, who invested more than $ 10 million in the purchase of Digipost, a …

[ad_1] Northland Police will release more details this afternoon about an incident in which an officer shot a man who shot a police dog this morning. Superintendent Tony Hill will address the media at Whangārei Police Station at 3.30 pm and the press conference will be broadcast live. Police previously …

[ad_1] AAfter 126 representative games over 10 months, the season that seemed to last forever is finally closing its doors. Rugby of the year in New Zealand will be remembered for the trials of the new All Black leadership regime, whose 38-0 elimination of Argentina at the weekend could not …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand has directly expressed concern to China over a tweet criticizing Australia with a forged image. Australia and China are in the middle of a dispute over a tweet by a senior Chinese official about the recent report on war crimes allegedly committed …

[ad_1] Things Sky TV CEO Martin Stewart had been in office for just 21 months. Former Sky Television CEO Martin Stewart says he decided to resign last week and has not yet thought about what he plans to do upon his return to Europe. The pay-TV firm announced Stewart’s resignation …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Opposition Leader Judith Collins confronted the Parliamentary Press Gallery in parliament ahead of the Labor Party and National Party caucus meetings this morning. Ardern spoke about the Whakaari / White Island tragedy and the controversy between China and Australia over an inflammatory post on …