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[ad_1] Brendan Copeland admits for a moment to thinking “Ashley, who?” in March 2020. Copeland had been summoned to the secretary’s tent midway through the 2020 New Zealand Bagpipe Band Championship in Invercargill. He was the key organizer and a guy named Ashley Bloomfield wanted to chat. “I thought he …

[ad_1] A woman who died in prison Monday had been complaining of pain and discomfort for months before she was diagnosed with terminal cancer, her family says. Fung Chu Sze, 58, originally from Hong Kong, had been housed at the Auckland Region Women’s Prison for the past six years after …

[ad_1] The Auckland restaurant owner says she will have to write off up to $ 15,000 in revenue for the week due to the government’s decision to delay announcing when the city will lower alert levels. A “preliminary decision” was made on Thursday night on whether to move from alert …

[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, …

[ad_1] Four former US presidents urge Americans to get vaccinated as soon as doses of Covid-19 are available to them, as part of a campaign to overcome doubts about vaccines. Two public service announcements from the Ad Council and the corporate-supported Covid Collaborative feature Presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush, …

[ad_1] LifestyleUpdated 11 Mar, 2021 04:08 PM4 minutes to read Prince William says the royal family is not racist and that he plans to speak to his brother as he and Kate returned to their royal duties for the first time since Harry and Meghan’s interview. “We are not a …

[ad_1] Prince William has defended the British royal family against accusations of racism made by his brother, Prince Harry and his sister-in-law Meghan, saying that the royal family “is not a racist family.” In comments made during a visit to an East London school on Thursday (local time), William became …

[ad_1] As Prince Harry and Meghan’s television interview resonates internationally, more than 50 million viewers are grappling with claims of racism and a lack of support from the couple that, according to Meghan, led to suicidal thoughts. But for many black women around the world, the headlines and discussions on …

[ad_1] PoliticsUpdated March 11, 2021 12:08 PM4 minutes to read There are no new Covid cases in the community today and six new cases in managed isolation to report today. All Air NZ flight attendant contacts who tested positive for the virus last week have returned negative so far, with …

[ad_1] Dr. Ashley Bloomfield apologized for accepting tickets to a Black Caps match, after being pressured to access the Covid-19 vaccine in-game. Bloomfield has faced questions this week about his attendance at the Black Caps match, where Cricket NZ pressured him to get early access to the Covid-19 vaccine, so …