[ad_1] Invercargill National Party candidate Penny Simmonds is “a little nervous” about calling her own victory in New Zealand’s southernmost city, having finished just 685 votes ahead of Labor candidate Liz Craig on the night of the elections. She will wait for the special votes to be counted in the …
Read More »Labor Liz Craig waiting for special votes to enter
[ad_1] Labor Liz Craig is waiting until each special vote is counted before placing a call on the election results. Interim results with 100 percent counted (minus special votes) placed national candidate Penny Simmonds in the lead with 16,372 and Craig with 15,687. After watching his game’s big win against …
Read More »Seventeen New Zealanders Caught Entering Melbourne On First Day Of Travel Bubble
[ad_1] Seventeen Kiwi travelers who landed in Sydney were caught entering Melbourne on the first day of a travel bubble established between the Australian state of New South Wales and New Zealand. Late on Friday, the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) confirmed the group’s arrival in Melbourne, …
Read More »The Royal Commission apologizes to the entire survivor database for the leak
[ad_1] LAWRENCE SMITH / Things The Royal Commission has heard evidence from survivors as it investigates what happened to the children, youth and vulnerable adults in care. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has apologized to its entire database of survivors in an effort to rebuild trust …
Read More »Transtasman Bubble: Air NZ, Qantas, Jetstar restart flights
[ad_1] Jetstar and Qantas will resume limited transtasman flights. Photo / Getty Airports on both sides of Tasman and airlines are gearing up for the start of a one-way bubble trip tomorrow with Air New Zealand operating a special quarantine-free flight. Starting tomorrow, those on quarantine-free flights to New South …
Read More »2020 Election: David Seymour takes a victory lap in a surprisingly small Wellington mall
[ad_1] CAMPAIGN JOURNAL: It was the end of the road and the end of the mall. ACT leader David Seymour chose Wellington’s Karori Shopping Center as a campaign stop on Thursday, after spending a day touring the capital and charging through downtown food courts. He was looking for any open …
Read More »Election 2020: Facebook Removes Advance NZ Page For Repeatedly Sharing Misinformation
[ad_1] PHIL JOHNSON / Things Billy Te Kahika at a protest in Auckland’s Aotea Square in September. The Advance NZ party’s Facebook page has been removed from the social media site. A Facebook spokesperson said the party’s page had repeatedly broken the rules on sharing misinformation about Covid-19. “We do …
Read More »Auckland Airport Tests Covid-Destroying Technology Ahead Of One-Way Bubble Opening
[ad_1] Auckland International Airport is testing new technology to combat the coronavirus, including thermal imaging cameras to detect travelers with fever, as it prepares to process the first passengers to fly to Australia under a new one-way travel bubble. Starting Friday, New Zealanders who have not been to a designated …
Read More »Fatal police chase in Christchurch: Victim’s husband rejects Independent Police Conduct Authority ruling
[ad_1] New Zealand|Crime 14 Oct, 2020 10:25 PM4 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game One person died and five others were injured after a police chase ended with the fleeing car colliding with an innocent motorist in Christchurch. Video / …
Read More »See: Boost for Vodafone, Spark Mobile Updates as iPhone Gets 5G, New Look
[ad_1] In the 90-minute keynote above, the startup section of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini starts in 22 minutes and 45 seconds, the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max in 48 minutes and 15 seconds. Connoisseurs of Vodafone NZ and Spark have said that one event …
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