[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern didn’t want to pick a winner, but Judith Collins claimed she was the clear winner after they met last night in the first leaders debate. Labor’s Ardern said “politics is not a blood sport” and the debate felt more like a “controversial conversation.” But national leader Collins …
Read More »STA Travel used clients’ money to cover salaries and rent
[ad_1] By RNZ STA Travel has been using New Zealand client deposits for overseas holidays to cover company salaries and office rentals, RNZ Checkpoint may reveal. In their first report to creditors, Deloitte administrators say they have discovered a “significant mix of funds” within the company’s bank accounts here and …
Read More »Comm Games Champion and Depression: “It’s been a critical journey”
[ad_1] New Zealand mountain biker Sam Gaze is in the picturesque medieval Spanish city of Girona preparing for the resumption of the European season, something that perhaps a year ago did not seem possible. Sam gaze Photo: PHOTOSPORT It wasn’t because of the coronavirus pandemic, but rather that the 24-year-old …
Read More »New Zealand banks named in FinCEN leak defend process
[ad_1] A BNZ spokesperson said it had re-examined the payments, which were made in 2011 and 2013, and had not identified any concerns regarding the processes or how they were being managed at the time. “As a highly regulated bank, we must be extremely vigilant on all matters related to …
Read More »Woman estimates hundreds of siblings of sperm donor father after DNA test
[ad_1] When Fiona Darroch started searching for books her godfather had written, she never expected what she would find: that the man was actually her biological father. Dr. Norman “Tony” Walker, an obstetrician who had also given birth to her, had actually used his own sperm when Darroch’s mother was …
Read More »Tour bus driver in fatal five-person accident is arrested at home
[ad_1] One of the victims of the Chinese tour bus accident on the outskirts of Rotorua last year described how the loss of a daughter he called his “whole world”, his wife and father also robbed a house that he no longer can face the return. In a victim impact …
Read More »As wealthy nations fight, Africa’s response to virus is praised
[ad_1] At a conference for his peers this month, John Nkengasong showed images that once haunted Africa, with a magazine cover declaring it “The Hopeless Continent.” He then quoted Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah: “It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this …
Read More »New Zealand Election 2020 – ASB Great Debate Live Updates: Grant Robertson, Paul Goldsmith, David Seymour, James Shaw, Fletcher Tabuteau
[ad_1] 8:10 pm – A business owner tells what happens when work and vacation visas end. Robertson says the government wants to expand them and continue to do so. It says that we should support people who have lost their jobs to be reassigned to other sectors. The next person …
Read More »Donald Trump suggests Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s last wish was false
[ad_1] Donald Trump has suggested that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s last wish was feigned by her political opponents in the Democratic Party. After the death of Judge Ginsburg on Friday, his granddaughter Clara Spera issued her final statement to Americans: “My most fervent wish is that I will …
Read More »“Ahead”: New Zealand Tourist Hotspots Transferred During Holidays to Ease Covid Pressures | World News
[ad_1] Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted and school is almost over for a fortnight, much to the delight of mayors at New Zealand’s tourist hotspots, where there is hope that the holidays will boost coffers in the struggling tourism sector. . “Go ahead, go ahead,” said David Trewavas, mayor of …
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