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[ad_1] SUPPLIED / Stuff Tamati Coffey, a Labor MP from the Waiariki electorate, said she struggled with outdated adoption laws when her son was born by surrogacy. Labor would ban conversion therapy and provide gender-neutral toilets in public schools as part of a set of LGBTQ + policies announced Monday. …

[ad_1] With two weeks before the elections, New Zealanders living abroad are being asked to make their voices heard by the “team of 5 million” at home. Every Kiwi Vote Counts, a new non-partisan initiative, seeks to increase low turnout among foreign voters with a tongue-in-cheek social media campaign that …

[ad_1] Police were notified after a hole was deliberately drilled in a fence at the Wellington Native Animal Sanctuary, Zealandia. The hole in the predator exclusion fence appears to have been cut with a power tool and is large enough to admit rats and weasels. A member of the local …

[ad_1] Everyone has had a fit of road rage at some point, but for the most part it’s a few chosen words or maybe a honk and you move on. But this Italian kart driver took his driving rage to a simply dangerous level during the FIA ​​Karting World Championship. …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appeared as Mary Poppins in an episode of the UK puppet satire. Spit image. The cartoon version of Ardern’s puppet was part of a sketch that poked fun at New Zealand’s approach to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. In the sketch, two people are sitting …

[ad_1] National leader Judith Collins says the 90-day trials give companies the confidence to risk hiring one person, even in some cases when a potential employee is of a different ethnicity. Another way to boost the economy was to tap into oil and gas reserves, Collins said today at the …

[ad_1] Lawrence Smith / Stuff Firefighters are currently at the scene of a fire in a 12-story office building in the Auckland CBD. A fire that prompted the evacuation of a 12-story office building in the Auckland CBD is believed to have started on the roof of the parking lot. …

[ad_1] Up to 50 structures in Lake Ōhau village may be uninhabitable as a result of the devastating fire that continues to burn, says the mayor of Waitaki. Gary Kircher said Stuff he had heard the number of damaged structures from Fire and Emergency NZ. She believed another 40 had …

[ad_1] Fonterra agreed to sell its China farms for a total of $ 555 million to Inner Mongolia Natural Dairy Company, a subsidiary of China Youran Dairy Group. Separately, Fonterra said it had agreed to sell its 85 percent stake in its Hangu farm to Beijing Sanyuan Venture Capital Co …

[ad_1] Hannah Peters / Getty Images Springboks captain Siya Kolisi admits his team is a long way from their World Cup heroics as they watch the Rugby Championship on the back of a nightmare year. Springboks captain Siya Kolisi has done a reality check on his team’s preparation for the …