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[ad_1] World February 11, 2021 07:21 am4 minutes to read Inside a suburban house, not far from a busy shopping center in the leafy suburb of Mount Waverley in south-east Melbourne, a modern slave was allegedly lying incoherent and unable to move. It was 2015, and behind closed doors in …

[ad_1] Coast radio host Sam Wallace has revealed the names of his twins. Wallace shared that he and his fiancee Sarah Bowman had chosen the names Sienna Florence and Cosette Kennedy for the babies. It comes after they welcomed their newest additions to the world last month. “She finally decided …

[ad_1] LAWRENCE SMITH / things Seven former New Zealand gymnasts have spoken out on alleged abuses in sport An independent review by Gymnastics New Zealand (GNZ), published after allegations of abuse within the sport, found that “scars exist and the damage that has caused those scars needs to be repaired.” …

[ad_1] See live coverage of the previous impeachment trial. The impeachment managers of the House of Representatives plan to present a “devastating” case that is similar to a criminal prosecution in the second impeachment of former US President Donald Trump in the Senate. That’s according to senior assistants familiar with …

[ad_1] Supply problems have led to a shortage of potato chips in some supermarkets. Photo / Jason Dorday The grocery store potato chip aisle seems a bit tight as the supplier of some of the country’s most popular snacks faces stock issues. Customers across the country, including Auckland and Wellington, …

[ad_1] Trial results suggesting that the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine might offer only minimal protection against mild and moderate doses of the “South African” Covid-19 variant “is not the news we were looking for,” says a New Zealand vaccinologist. “But we had to be prepared, this could happen,” said Associate Professor Helen …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addressed the housing crisis in her weekly post-cabinet conference. When asked about the housing crisis, he said the government is looking for what it can to “tilt the playing field toward early home buyers.” “Nobody wants to live in a country where the only way …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is speaking at her weekly post-cabinet conference. Hours earlier, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the government plans to clamp down on property speculators to address the housing crisis. “There is a crisis when it comes to the housing situation right now in New Zealand,” Robertson …

[ad_1] Jurassic Park Star Sam Neill has revealed that fellow actor Michael Fassbender “took offense” at having a rooster named after him. Appearing on a talk show This morning to promote the release of your film in the UK Rams, the conversation centered on Neill’s practice of naming animals after …

[ad_1] Rescue teams in northern India were working on Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of water and debris towards the mountain. More than 2,000 members of the armed forces, …