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[ad_1] Supplied / Waitaki Tourism Oamaru has several heritage buildings that have been restored and others that need an upgrade. (File photo) Speculation abounds in the small town of Oamaru on the east coast of the South Island. Last week, someone bought a Waitaki New World lottery ticket on the …

[ad_1] World Dec 27, 2020 12:02 AM4 minutes to read Sydney’s Paramatta Westfield was packed with shoppers on Saturday. Video / Nasem Allam via Twitter Shocking scenes have emerged from Boxing Day shoppers at Parramatta Westfield in western Sydney. A video posted on Twitter by @nasemallam showed the main mall …

[ad_1] David Rogers / Getty Images Kiwi coach Chris Boyd, Northampton’s director of rugby, says the Saints’ first home win in 2020 ‘takes the monkey off our backs’. (File photo). Northampton British and Irish Lions star Dan Biggar dedicated a rare win to New Zealand coach Chris Boyd as the …

[ad_1] The desolate remains of the MV Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe reef in October 2011, have been reclaimed by nature and turned into a thriving kelp forest. Tauranga diver and ecologist Phil Ross has been monitoring the remains of the Rena since 2012 and says the wildlife …

[ad_1] World Dec 26, 2020 07:28 PM4 minutes to read George Blake, a former British spy who served as a Soviet agent, at a press conference in Moscow. Photo / AP George Blake, a former British intelligence officer who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union and passed …

[ad_1] Oliver Davies hit five six in a row as the Sydney Thunder achieved the second-biggest Big Bash victory in history with a 129-run beating of the Melbourne Renegades on Saturday. Davies racked up 48 of just 23 balls in the Thunder’s club record of 209-8, before Tanveer Sangha’s 4-14 …

[ad_1] Auckland radio host Harnek Singh, 53, was stabbed in the driveway of his Wattle Downs home on December 23 and is in critical condition at Middlemore Hospital. Photo / Supplied Police are asking for information after a controversial Auckland radio host fights for his life after being stabbed multiple …

[ad_1] There is a part of New Zealand so remote that humans have never touched the vast majority of its vast landscape. There you will find some of our most beautiful mountains, icebergs settled in emerald lakes and bushes that have only been trodden by moa and takahē. This land …

[ad_1] Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard lies on the court after sustaining an injury during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets. Photo / AP Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard must have wondered what he did wrong when all he got for …

[ad_1] After a dramatic year for the Royal Family, the Queen’s annual Christmas speech contained a tough message for Harry and Meghan. When it comes to adjectives that perfectly sum up the Queen, “inscrutable” is one of my favorites. For a woman whose expression and word are meticulously crafted and …