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[ad_1] Labor Party Leader Jacinda Ardern is ignoring Judith Collins’ claim that the Labor leader lied about Covid-19 testing at the border. And Ardern has launched some verbal criticisms of her own, calling the National Party leader “morally wrong” on climate change, “desperate” with her continuing claims about the Greens’ …

[ad_1] 7:36 am, October 13, 2020 Much has been made of Rieko Ioane’s now infamous drop ball on the try line in the 48 hours following the opening clash of the Bledisloe Cup in Wellington. The reaction to the missed opportunity to score a try, which would almost certainly have …

[ad_1] Blaming people for their own obesity is “superficial, vague and wrong,” says a health expert after Judith Collins commented that overweight people must “take some personal responsibility.” The National Party leader said that her attitude towards the obesity problem “was not sticky”, adding: “Do not blame the systems for …

[ad_1] If students from Wairarapa’s largest high school want to dye their hair, sport multiple piercings, or wear the traditional Pasifika dress, now they can. While some in the Wairarapa College school community are delighted with its new laid-back uniform rules, others say it is simply “snowflakes.” The proposed changes …

[ad_1] The Auckland family of a Kiwi man suspected of killing his new girlfriend before being found dead say they are in shock and disbelief. The body of Kate Bell, 31, was found in a Melbourne apartment over the weekend, according to the Herald-Sun. And the body of her boyfriend, …

[ad_1] A climate activism group is claiming victory for shutting down a national mining conference and disrupting operations at a Huntly coal mine, while a mining leader says “winning wasn’t difficult” with Covid-19 creating many roadblocks. The Extinction Rebellion group under the name Stop the Mineral Forum Coalition, began protesting …

[ad_1] OPINION: I met Judith Collins in a green media room somewhere in Auckland in mid-2015. She is famous for her ambition and stubborn determination. But meeting her in person, I found her attractive, funny, and very forthright. She is also from my own home province, Waikato, which has a …

[ad_1] Jamie Hudson Mendez, 44, was imprisoned for six years and nine months in the Christchurch District Court after being caught with 2.5 kg of pure cocaine at the Christchurch airport. Photo / Kurt Bayer A botched cocaine smuggler who claimed she was pressured into doing the job by a …

[ad_1] A leading Covid-19 expert is “irate” after a World Health Organization (WHO) official called on world leaders to stop using shutdowns as the primary method of controlling the pandemic. WHO’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr. David Nabarro, told the British magazine The viewer that the locks should only be …

[ad_1] Warwick Smith / Stuff Medical laboratory scientist Emma Tapp transfers inactivated Covid-19 swab samples to the extraction plate for analysis. (File photo) There is a new case of Covid-19 in a Christchurch managed isolation facility. The person arrived in New Zealand from the United States on October 8, the …