[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has missed this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. She was a favorite when announcing the winner of this year’s award, due to NZ’s handling of Covid-19, but the United Nations World Food Program was announced as the winner on Friday night (time from New Zealand). Ardern …
Read More »Wellington Weekend: ‘We are the envy of the world’
[ad_1] Wellington should be the envy of the world this weekend, with a schedule of sporting and cultural events that few, if any, cities in the Covid-19 plagued world can rival. Some 30,000 people will flock to Sky Stadium on Sunday for the opening game of the Bledisloe Cup, an …
Read More »Live: Jacinda Ardern among favorites as 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner announced
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is among the favorites to be named the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The winner will be announced on the live stream above, and the announcement will start around 10pm. Ardern was asked about the award while campaigning in Northland on Friday. She …
Read More »A Couple’s Story: From Crime and Abusive Relationships to Full-Time Work and Homeownership
[ad_1] He was on probation after serving a sentence for aggravated robbery, trying not to slip back into a life of crime after a transformative experience in a Maori prison. She had escaped an abusive relationship, taken her seven children with her, had recently converted to Mormonism, and was facing …
Read More »All Blacks vs Australia: Jordie Barrett, the ‘fit fullback’, lands 14th in fraternal shuffle
[ad_1] How come Super Rugby featured fullback Aotearoa doesn’t get the number 15 jersey in the first All Blacks round of the year? An embarrassment of riches and a desire to maintain his structure with Richie Mo’unga and Beauden Barrett as dual playmakers was new coach Ian Foster’s best explanation, …
Read More »$ 60k dental surgery cost leaves Katikati woman unable to eat
[ad_1] SUPPLIED Ashleigh Fenn has a jaw condition which means she can barely open her mouth and must be fed through a tube. The life-saving dental surgery of a 21-year-old nursing student is out of her reach for $ 60,000, leaving her unable to eat, drink, dress, and suffer regular …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern is among the favorites for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, but does not expect to win
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern does not expect to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, the winner of which will be announced after 10 p.m. Friday. Stuff will have a live broadcast of the announcement tonight. Ardern was asked about the award while campaigning in Northland on Friday. She …
Read More »New Zealand Health Experts Back Reform of “Outdated” Cannabis Laws | World News
[ad_1] Some of New Zealand’s most experienced public health experts have come out in support of the legalization of marijuana, one week before the country’s general election. In an editorial in the New Zealand Medical Journal, specialists from the fields of addiction treatment, public health, health promotion and epidemiology urged …
Read More »Donald Trump COVID-19: President ‘extremely hoarse’ in interview, coughs and then goes silent
[ad_1] Dry cough is one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19. The moment has many on social media questioning whether the president is as fine as his medical team says he is. The interview section was shared on Twitter by Vox journalist Aaron Rupar. “Wow. Trump’s voice is extremely …
Read More »All Blacks vs Australia: Dave Rennie surprised by Jordie Barrett’s change
[ad_1] New Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has challenged his team to keep the All Blacks at “15 or 16 points” to win the first Bledisloe Test in Wellington on Sunday, but admits he was somewhat surprised by the decision to start Jordie Barrett on the right wing. “It’s an amazing …
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