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Lottery: Lucky Palmerston North resident wins $ 14.3 million

[ad_1] Two other Ashburton and Kaiapoi Lottery winners will also be celebrating after winning $ 333,333 with Lotto First Division tonight. Photo / Michael Bradley. One lucky Palmerston North resident has won $ 14.3 million in tonight’s Lotto drawing. The jackpot of the last big winner in the country was …

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RBNZ ‘surprised’ by house prices: economist

[ad_1] The strength of the housing market has caught the Reserve Bank “completely off guard” and its decision to consider re-enforcing loan-to-value restrictions is not surprising, says one economist. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon “As recently as the August monetary policy statement, they were forecasting negative house price inflation of …

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Why ‘killer hornets’ keep talking about America

[ad_1] When Washington state scientists destroyed the first nest of so-called killer hornets found in the United States, they discovered about 500 live specimens in various stages of development, authorities said Wednesday (New Zealand time). Among them were nearly 200 queens that had the potential to start their own nests, …

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