[ad_1] OPINION: As the Warriors prepare to start a new era with coach Nathan Brown, Marvin France addresses the key questions and talking points surrounding your next campaign. 1. Will the Warriors miss Todd Payten? All the attention has been on the new players who have joined, but the departure …
Read More »The Maori-led approach to tackling crime and preventing recidivism, Te Pae Oranga, launched in Taranaki
[ad_1] ./Things The launch of Te Pae Oranga at Aotearoa Marae in South Taranaki on Thursday. Back row, left to right: Deputy Commissioner Wallace Haumaha, Area Commander Belinda Dewar, John Hooker, Larnee Wallace, Howie Tamati, Selwyn Lackner-Priest, and Commissioner Andrew Coster. Front row, left to right: Ahinekura Crawford, Ngapera Akapita, …
Read More »‘Kiwis deserve more respect’: Government under fire for delay in announcement of alert level
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her top Cabinet members have already decided whether Auckland exits Tier 2 today. Ministers made the call last night, but Ardern will not reveal the decision until 11:30 this morning. The wait before announcing the decision has been criticized by business leaders. The result …
Read More »Video captures serious assault in central Auckland that left man unconscious
[ad_1] An investigation is underway after a man was knocked unconscious outside the Cafe Mexicano. The serious assault, which was captured on video, occurred after a verbal altercation between a group of men, believed to be security guards at the cafe, and a member of the public. The 30-second video …
Read More »A $ 1.2 billion tourism subsidy package. Could it work in New Zealand?
[ad_1] An Australian tourism subsidy that will give tourists access to 800,000 half-price airfares would not work in New Zealand because domestic air travel has largely recovered from Covid-19, says a tourism professor. On Thursday, Australia’s federal government announced a 1.2 billion Australian dollars (1.3 billion New Zealand dollars) support …
Read More »Japan struggles with 1.2 million tons of radioactive water and has nowhere to put it
[ad_1] World March 10, 2021 05:51 am3 minutes to read Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma city, Fukushima prefecture, northeast Japan. Photo / AP At the site of Japan’s nuclear disaster, 10 years after the collapse that …
Read More »Woman paralyzed after nitrous oxide addiction calls for regulation review
[ad_1] Supplied Larissa Wright is calling for the regulations to be revised after she was paralyzed due to her addiction to the NOS. A Christchurch woman who hit rock bottom when she woke up paralyzed by an addiction to nitrous oxide is calling for regulations on its supply to be …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Unite Union open letter to Jacinda Ardern on wages paid to MIQ cleaners
[ad_1] Deal March 8, 2021 04:35 am3 minutes to read Cleaning staff at MIQ hotels in New Zealand only receive the minimum wage. Photo / 123RF Unite Union has issued a strong reprimand for salaries paid to staff who clean New Zealand’s MIQ hotels in an open letter to Prime …
Read More »Howzat? Another New Zealand broadband record reached on Friday
[ad_1] Deal March 8, 2021 04:33 AM2 minutes to read Broadband usage in New Zealand has reached another all-time high of 3.20 terabits per second. Network operator Chorus says it recorded the new benchmark on Friday – an action-packed day when the morning tsunami threat turned into a crucial blocking …
Read More »French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
[ad_1] Olivier Dassault, a French politician and son of the late aviation billionaire Serge Dassault, was killed in a helicopter crash. The fatal accident on Sunday (NZT Monday) was pointed out by French President Emmanuel Macron on Twitter, calling it a “great loss” for the country. “Olivier Dassault loved France. …
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