[ad_1] The premium required for butter and cream over milk protein has decreased due to pressure from restaurants and foodservice companies. Dairy auction prices fell for the third consecutive auction Tuesday night. Overall prices for dairy products fell 1 percent, while whole milk powder fell 2 percent and butter 1.2 …
Read More »Meng Foon: ‘My prayer is New Zealanders see themselves as human’ – Racist stereotypes on the rise in the Covid-19 era
[ad_1] COMMENTARY The focus on family at the center of the latter group led to a mob mentality on social media and the secret racial biases of ‘confirmed’ people, Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon writes for RNZ. When Auckland returned to level three lockdown a month ago, many New Zealanders …
Read More »Christchurch Winner Scores $ 10.5 Million In Tonight’s Lotto Powerball Drawing
[ad_1] One lucky southern islander is $ 10 million richer after winning the Lotto Powerball First Division. The newly minted Christchurch millionaire pocketed $ 10.5 million in tonight’s drawing, comprised of the Powerball First Division and $ 500,000 from Lotto First Division. Tonight’s luckiest southern islander bought his golden ticket …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: masks become part of the uniform at the University of South Auckland
[ad_1] A university-branded mask has become part of the school uniform on a voluntary basis for students at De La Salle College in South Auckland. Around 60 per cent of the students at Māngere’s first Pacific decile Catholic boys’ school now wear university masks or their own, as the wearing …
Read More »Teen who sexually assaulted women on Palmerston North catwalk avoids conviction
[ad_1] A teenager with ambitions to join the military has avoided convictions for sexually assaulting three women. Te Rangiaho Ian Williams, 19, says he was looking for a gang in Manawatū when he stalked three women and inappropriately touched them in May. He was granted a discharge without conviction in …
Read More »Black Caps coach Gary Stead gets a three-year contract extension until the 2023 World Cup
[ad_1] Gary Stead sat down to chat with Black Caps captain Kane Williamson, threw some balls into the nets, and they said goodbye for the next three months. He put the stamp on the couple’s continued union at the helm of the Black Caps, after New Zealand Cricket’s board of …
Read More »Marcus Lush’s brilliant takedown of Newstalk ZB of the caller by the names of the Maori albatrosses
[ad_1] Newstalk ZB host Marcus Lush has once again had a colorful confrontation with a caller about Maori names, after the caller Judith raised concerns about how the royal bull / northern albatrosses are named. At around 11:45 pm, Judith admitted that she hadn’t been listening, but wanted to raise …
Read More »Coronavirus ‘literally cuts the fat’ from butter and cream prices
[ad_1] The premium required for butter and cream over milk protein has decreased due to pressure from restaurants and foodservice companies. Dairy auction prices fell for the third consecutive auction Tuesday night. Overall prices for dairy products fell 1 percent, while whole milk powder fell 2 percent and butter 1.2 …
Read More »2020 Election: Winston Peters Attacks Government Response to Coronavirus While Relaunching Election Campaign
[ad_1] NZ First leader Winston Peters lashed out at the government’s response to the coronavirus when he relaunched his election campaign this morning, saying Labor ministers could have done a better job fighting the virus. Peters said New Zealand had not been the best in the world and could have …
Read More »Five new Christchurch Covid cases tested negative when they boarded a plane to New Zealand
[ad_1] At least five of the people who tested positive for Covid-19 in administered isolation on Tuesday tested negative before boarding their flight from New Zealand. The five people traveled from India through Fiji, landing in Christchurch on August 27. This included a man in his 20s, a woman in …
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