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[ad_1] Warwick Smith / Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tours the Pahīatua water treatment plant, after its official opening on Friday, as part of her 2020 election campaign road trip. The long-awaited $ 3.9 million water treatment plant in Pahīatua is a boon to both the city of Tararua and …

[ad_1] Martin Hunter / Getty Images Former All Black Andrew Mehrtens believes New Zealand rugby must mend its fractured relationship with Australia. Former All Black Andrew Mehrtens has challenged New Zealand Rugby to cut down on aggressive rhetoric and repair a damaged relationship with Australia in the best interests of …

[ad_1] ‘Bluetooth proximity detection’ could be included in next month’s NZ COVID Tracer app update, as the Health Ministry recognizes that the proposed CovidCard “has the potential to help make contact tracing faster.” . Initial testing of CovidCard found that it can work under controlled conditions, but a ministry spokesperson …

[ad_1] High Performance Sport NZ has instructed Canoe Racing NZ to address the “new” allegations of abuse within its elite squad of women after one of the top paddlers raised her concerns to the government agency. Stuff understands that Aimee Fisher met with the head of High Performance Sport NZ, …

[ad_1] Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell took a pay cut in the 2020 financial year despite his base salary increasing and pulling New Zealand’s largest company out of the red. The farmer-owned cooperative’s 2020 annual report shows that Hurrell received a total of $ 2.008 million in the financial year, receiving …

[ad_1] To date, the country has recorded more than 87,000 COVID-19 cases and 5,800 deaths. Unemployment in Sweden rose from 7.0% to 9.1% in one year, according to the Swedish Public Employment Service. At the end of August, the number of unemployed registered with the service was 475,000. U.S On …

[ad_1] National’s proposed temporary tax cuts would make some households feel better, but they are likely to be the ones that would use their extra income to pay off their mortgages rather than spend money to stimulate the economy, says a tax expert. Publishing its alternate budget on Friday, National …

[ad_1] New Zealand heads into the weekend with no new Covid-19 cases today. A total of 54 people linked to the Auckland group remain in a quarantine facility. Of those people, 22 tested positive for the virus and their household contacts. There are four people with Covid in the hospital. …

[ad_1] Wellington’s property is the most sought after in the country, according to the latest Trade Me property price index. A wave of buyers arrived in the capital in August and demand for Wellington properties saw the largest annual percentage increase on record in August, after rising 34% year-on-year. Trade …

[ad_1] National is promising temporary “massive” tax cuts that it says will put $ 3,000 in the back pocket of average New Zealanders. If elected, the party would raise the lower, middle and upper tax thresholds in an attempt to “allow the Kiwis to keep more than they earn.” The …