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[ad_1] World Dec 25, 2020 08:16 PM4 minutes to read President Donald Trump’s caravan arrives at the Trump International Golf Club, preparing to play golf as a government shutdown looms and Covid-19 relief hangs in the balance. Photo / AP US President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida …

[ad_1] An anti-blocking letter in one of New Zealand’s leading medical journals by “Covid Plan B” academics has drawn contempt from top advisers to the Health Ministry. The letter to the editor of the NZ Journal of Primary Health Care from academics at several major universities states that New Zealand …

[ad_1] Meat exporters are concerned that the free trade agreement reached between Britain and the European Union could compromise New Zealand’s access to the market. Just a week before the deadline, the UK and the EU signed a 2,000-page trade deal on Thursday in a bid to bring certainty to …

[ad_1] Hobbits may be very small, but they have a reputation for being oversized when it comes to famous New Zealand movie locations. Peter Jackson filmed six movies set in Middle-earth here, which means that most of the country has some connection to The Lord of the Rings. I don’t …

[ad_1] Supplied Punters enjoy the sun and the racing at SkyCity’s Boxing Day Races at Ellerslie Racecourse. A record number of people flocked to Ellerslie Racecourse for the Boxing Day races. More than 14,000 people were counted at 2.30pm, and the number increased as the afternoon progressed, one of the …

[ad_1] John Sato with his thank you cards. A veteran who took four buses to join an anti-racism march in Auckland after the Christchurch mosque attacks last year says he is touched and moved by the greeting cards received from abroad. John Sato’s mission to get to the march made …

[ad_1] George heard / things A Lottery player has won $ 18 million. An Oamaru Lottery player has won an incredible $ 18.25 million after the drawing on Saturday night. The winning ticket was sold at New World Waitaki in Oamaru and is comprised of $ 18 million from Powerball …

[ad_1] The Boxing Day jackpot increased to $ 18 million. Photo / Supplied One lucky ticket holder from Oamaru is $ 18.25 million richer tonight after winning the Boxing Day Powerball jackpot. The jackpot increased to one of the biggest winnings of 2020 on Wednesday after no one recorded the …

[ad_1] French health authorities have confirmed the country’s first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions. A Frenchman living in England arrived in France on December 19 and tested positive for the new variant on Friday (local time), the French …

[ad_1] Australia has been defeated 195 by India with the tourists at the top approaching the end of the first day in the Boxing Day test at MCG. India has shown no signs of mental scars after its record collapse in Adelaide last week, rebounding with a renewed lineup for …