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[ad_1] Robyn Edie / Stuff Penny Simmonds, Invercargill National Party candidate, is Invercargill’s new MP. (File photo) Invercargill’s new MP electorate is Penny Simmonds of the National Party. She beat Labor Party’s Dr. Liz Craig by just 225 votes to take the hotly contested seat that now includes Tuatapere, Otautau …

[ad_1] World November 6, 2020 12:02 PM4 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game A defiant Donald Trump addressed the White House media criticizing a “corrupt” vote-by-mail system, the media and the Democratic machine. Video / AP NBC, CBS, and ABC …

[ad_1] Distinguished Professor Brian Boyd, once hailed as an “academic superstar” by the New York Times, has become the first humanities scholar to receive the Rutherford Medal. Photo / Supplied A literary expert once hailed as an “academic superstar” by the New York Times has become the first humanities scholar …

[ad_1] An American family was overjoyed to receive final confirmation that they are allowed to move to New Zealand, and the news came just on the day of the most controversial election in American history. The Shelton family in eastern North Carolina was watching election coverage when Dad decided to …

[ad_1] ANALYSIS The 2016 presidential campaign taught the world one thing: Opinion polls cannot be trusted. The demographics have changed. Communications have changed. The policy has changed. The electoral system has not. The polls weren’t entirely wrong: Candidate Hillary Clinton won the majority of the popular vote of a single …

[ad_1] Kavinda Herath / Things Invercargill City Councilman Nobby Clark at a council meeting Tuesday. Invercargill Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark publicly apologized to three fellow council members for the comments he made about them in the media. At the beginning of the Invercargill City Council infrastructure services meeting on Tuesday, …

[ad_1] NOVEMBER 2, 2020Updated 17 hours ago Marc daalder Marc Daalder is a Wellington-based political reporter covering Covid-19, climate change, energy, primary industries, technology, and the far right. Twitter: @marcdaalder. Show more COVID-19 The managed isolation and quarantine system is fully reserved for newcomers until December 15, at which point …

[ad_1] Italian America’s Cup challenger Luna Rossa has made an impressive return to action after a mysterious week out of the water in Auckland. Luna Rossa launched her second AC75 to much fanfare on October 20 and had her first sailing four days later. But then they had their race …

[ad_1] First published on By Brenda harwood The number of New Zealanders accessing benefits during the September 2020 quarter shows a marked increase from last year, but Dunedin and the southern region appear to be reversing the trend, at least for the time being. Stock Photo Photo: 123rf.com The snapshot …

[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins and Chlöe Swarbrick were the New Zealand candidates with the most “toxic” messages directed at them during this year’s elections. Photo / RNZ / Dom Thomas / Simon Rogers By RNZ A Twitter bot has been working to find and combat abusive tweets targeting female …