[ad_1] John Cowpland / Photosport Braden Currie wins the Nutrigrain Ironman at Taupō on Saturday. Braden Currie and Hannah Wells claimed victory at Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand, with Wells winning on his Ironman debut. A close race saw Currie push through the final stages to take the title nearly nine …
Read More »Prime Minister unveils 4-meter-high snail shell at Pukeahu, monument to the soldiers of Pasifika
[ad_1] Perhaps, as the horrors – death, fire, and endless mud – unfolded around him, the soldier could grasp the conch, feel the warmth of a distant ocean, perhaps even hear it. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has unveiled a monument in the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, commemorating the war …
Read More »Rising Transtasman bubble: positive step as number of infected Australian travelers revealed
[ad_1] Experts have hailed the new data as a positive step toward a transtasman bubble. Photo / 123RF Data has emerged showing that only three people who traveled directly from Australia to New Zealand tested positive for Covid-19 for eight months. Experts have hailed it as a positive step towards …
Read More »Dads should tell their kids that boos and bullying are not acceptable, says one parent
[ad_1] Dads should “step up” and tell their children that booing and harassing women is not okay, says the father of a girl who participated in a sexual harassment protest this week. The concerned father’s daughter attends Christchurch Girls High School. About 100 girls marched into the nearby Christchurch boys’ …
Read More »Fox News Sued by Dominion Voting Systems for Voter Fraud Conspiracies
[ad_1] Fox News is accused of peddling “a bogus electoral fraud story to serve its own business purposes.” Photo / Twitter Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $ 1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing that the cable news giant, in an effort to increase viewership ratings, falsely claimed …
Read More »From Six Figures to Redundancy: How Covid-19 Changed a Street Vendor’s Luck
[ad_1] WARWICK SMITH / Things Quaid Robinson was a street vendor who became a barista after the confinement ruined his career. He lost two jobs and nearly his home amid the Covid-19 shutdown. It turned out to be the best thing that could have happened. Living the good life in …
Read More »‘Not a priority’: tenants feel ignored after government housing announcement
[ad_1] When Caroline * heard there was going to be a housing policy announcement, her hopes were high. This was the government’s opportunity to tackle an increasingly serious housing crisis that, in its view, the Labor Party was chosen to do. But the package did not contain guarantees or help …
Read More »Australian envoy describes China as ‘vindictive’
[ad_1] Australia’s ambassador to Beijing reportedly described China as a “vindictive” and “unreliable” trading partner, as Australian officials revealed sharp declines in most exports to the nation’s most important market. Ambassador Graham Fletcher told a China-Australia business group in an online briefing from Beijing on Thursday that he did not …
Read More »Fears that a container ship blocking the Suez Canal will be stuck for weeks 1 NEWS
[ad_1] Tugboats and a specialized suction dredger worked today to dislodge a giant container ship that has been stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for the past three days, blocking a crucial waterway for global shipping. Your playlist will load after this announcement. International trade has been badly affected by …
Read More »Former US President Donald Trump Defends Capitol Rioters, Says There Was ‘No Zero Threat’ To Lawmakers
[ad_1] World March 26, 2021 06:39 AM2 minutes to read Former President of the United States, Donald Trump: “A lot of people [at the Capitol on January 6] they beckoned them in and then went in and out. “Photo / AP Former US President Donald Trump has defended some of …
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