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[ad_1] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been named second in a list of the 2020 World’s 50 Best “Thinkers”. British magazine Prospect ranked some of the world’s top leaders, listing those who were forward thinkers, had practical minds, and were involved in what is being described as the …

[ad_1] If you felt that the big chill never came this year, you would be right; According to Niwa, it was the hottest winter on record in New Zealand. Seven of the 10 warmest winters have occurred since 2000, increasingly driven by climate change, the “long-term tailwind.” The national average …

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump suggested during a trip to North Carolina that people should commit voter fraud to test whether the voting-by-mail system works. Trump’s comments to a local journalist at an airport stop in Wilmington were videotaped after the reporter informed the president that 600,000 voters in North …

[ad_1] COMMENTARY: Raise your hand if you ever went to work while you were feeling bad because you were not on sick leave or felt it was not serious enough to warrant a sick day. Okay, I can’t see all the raised hands, but I guess there are a lot …

[ad_1] Maruschke Barnard was already two weeks late with her first baby on September 4, 2010. Lying in bed at the Christchurch Women’s Hospital, she had endured a 17-hour labor in the early hours of the morning and it seemed likely she would have to be induced. She tried one …

[ad_1] The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) has stopped considering livestock export applications after a ship that recently left New Zealand went missing. Rescuers are searching for cattle carrier Gulf Livestock 1 and his 42 crew members, including two New Zealanders, who a survivor said sank off an island in …

[ad_1] Supplied Ray Jane, 87, was seen driving his lawnmower into town after his car was stolen. An elder from Napier living alone didn’t have many transportation options after his car was stolen, so he took the lawnmower for a drive. Local police officer Sophia Holloway ran into 87-year-old Ray …

[ad_1] Supplied Emergency services off Rangiora property where a suspected gas leak was reported. The smell of a decaying phone battery in a North Canterbury store sent three people to hospital, says Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz). Fenz spokesman Andrew Norris said firefighters were called to the Spark store …

[ad_1] Supplied Emergency services off Rangiora property where a suspected gas leak was reported. The smell of a decaying phone battery in a North Canterbury store sent three people to hospital, says Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz). Fenz spokesman Andrew Norris said firefighters were called to the Spark store …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s top-tier security apparatus has come together to defend against ongoing cyber attacks. Government officials that make up the ODESC (Officials Committee for the Coordination of Internal and External Security) met on Friday to discuss the cyberattacks, which last week crashed the website of the NZX stock exchange …