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[ad_1] An accused bigamist is in a position to stand trial, says his lawyer. The 48-year-old man from Porirua was granted provisional name suppression in Porirua District Court in an earlier appearance in November, for reasons that were also suppressed. It appeared in court today, where the removal of the …

[ad_1] The long winter holiday drought in Aotearoa will be broken next year with the new Matariki public holiday, which will fall on Friday, June 24. In announcing the 2022 date in Waitangi, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it would be the first public holiday “that recognizes you Ao Māori” …

[ad_1] Kevin Stent / Stuff Van Gogh Alive tickets have been sold for an inflated price on Viagogo. Music and art lovers are cautioned not to buy tickets on the Viagogo online resale site as it targets New Zealand events, an agency warns. WellingtonNZ has received dozens of complaints of …

[ad_1] Nearly six months after a rare face and hand transplant, American Joe DiMeo is relearning how to smile, blink, pinch and squeeze. The 22-year-old New Jersey resident underwent surgery last August, two years after sustaining severe burns in a car accident. “I knew it would be small steps,” DiMeo …

[ad_1] World February 2, 2021 08:48 am3 minutes to read So far more than 7,500 hectares have been devastated. Photo / Evan Collis, DFES A wildfire burning northeast of Perth on Australia’s west coast has destroyed 56 houses and threatens more, and many locals in the region have said it …

[ad_1] Ryan Pierse / Getty Images Doubts are growing that Australian coach Justin Langer, Pat Cummins and Tim Paine will tour South Africa amid Covid-19. Kane Williamson and his Black Caps cricketers are assured of a World Trials Championship final in the UK in June after Australia’s three-trial cricket tour …

[ad_1] World February 2, 2021 07:50 am2 minutes to read Images have emerged of a violent fight that started after a man slapped a woman in an Australian bubble tea shop. The video shows a man in a black T-shirt arguing first with the worker, 22, and then slapping the …

[ad_1] World February 2, 2021 07:05 am3 minutes to read President Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s senior advisers walk the South Lawn of the White House on November 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo / Getty Images Former first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, who served as …

[ad_1] A The Maori doctor from the government’s immunization implementation advisory group, Dr. Rawiri Jansen, recently said that Maori would be a priority in launching the Covid-19 vaccine. A predictable outcry ensued, with family protests about “race-based politics” and a convenient ignorance about the other priority groups under discussion: the …

[ad_1] The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board by-elections have attracted a number of high-quality and passionate candidates. Photos / Supplied, Tina Tiller By-elections are taking place in South Auckland and, as Justin Latif reports, he would have a difficult time finding a more diverse pool of candidates. What do a famous singer, …