[ad_1] Orren Williams was angry and “shot to kill” four men after he fired at least eight shots at them as they fled after making their way into their rural home. In her final presentation to the jury of six men and six women in Hamilton Superior Court today, Crown …
Read More »The influx of New Zealanders returning due to Covid-19 is ‘a myth’, experts say
[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Going abroad has been a rite of passage for young New Zealanders for decades, but Covid-19 has prompted thousands of migrant Kiwis to return. However, beyond the raw numbers, little is known about exactly who will return and …
Read More »Gone to Marijuana: New Zealand Cools Down on Cannabis Legalization | New Zealand
[ad_1] meIt is believed to be the first country in the world to put the legalization of recreational cannabis to a national public vote. But amid a pandemic, an election focused almost entirely on the Covid-19 crisis, and a simultaneous vote on euthanasia, New Zealand’s upcoming marijuana referendum has not …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: stop using hotels for quarantine, urges public health expert
[ad_1] One of the country’s leading public health scholars believes the government should stop using hotels to quarantine people who test positive for the virus. University of Otago professor of public health Nick Wilson says that if officials are serious about reducing another major outbreak, specially designed facilities should be …
Read More »Repeated shots in Kā ?? fatal than shooting ‘could never be reasonable’: prosecutor
[ad_1] MARK TAYLOR / Stuff Orren Scott Williams shot four intruders at his home near Kāwhia in June 2019. All four were injured and one did not survive. Armed and masked men who broke into the home of a man accused of shooting them, one of them fatally, were on …
Read More »Andrew Little Orders Major Review of Gloriavale Practices After Viewing Critical 2017 Report
[ad_1] The report was completed by the Labor Inspectorate of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in July 2017. But after the findings were made, nothing happened. Gloriavale residents are taught from childhood that the outside world is evil and full of sin. But the Labor Inspection report …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins have seemingly endless promises to keep after Newshub leaders debate
[ad_1] For the companies that robbed and pocketed the wage subsidy, National is coming for that money, according to Collins. “Well, we may have to change a law,” he said, then described the government as “naive” about the way it implemented the wage subsidy scheme. There are some things they …
Read More »Economic Crisis and Low Interest Rates Lead to Mixed Reactions from Investors: First-Time Home Buyers Piling Up, KiwiSaver Investors Turn Conservative
[ad_1] The economic crisis and the environment of ever lower interest rates have led people to make a series of sometimes contradictory financial decisions, according to new data from KiwiSaver. While a large portion of KiwiSaver investors panicked when equity markets crashed in March and switched to more conservative funds, …
Read More »Gloriavale unmasked: Rotorua mother talks about life within a secret Christian community
[ad_1] It’s been just over four years since Constance Ready fled the Gloriavale Christian Community’s “reign of fear and control” in the dead of night. The 26-year-old mother of two now lives in Rotorua after leaving Gloriavale, located on the west coast of the South Island, where he was born …
Read More »Grant Robertson Explains $ 140 Billion Typographical Error In Labor Party Tax Plan | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] The Labor Finance Minister has faced a $ 140 billion typo in the party’s fiscal policy, released today. Your playlist will load after this announcement. After taking some observations from National, Robertson said that his numbers “squared” and that the graph was then corrected. Source: 1 NEWS The Labor …
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