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[ad_1] In 2018, two petitions were presented to Parliament calling for a ban on conversion therapy. The Justice Select Committee responded at the time by saying that while there was agreement that conversion therapy was harmful, “more work needs to be done” before any decision is made to ban it. …

[ad_1] Coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand’s largest city will be lifted this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, expressing confidence that a second wave of Covid-19 infections in Auckland has almost been wiped out. The city will go to Alert Level 1 starting at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, joining the rest …

[ad_1] Medical experts are criticizing the president of the United States, Donald Trump, as “crazy” and “irresponsible” for leaving the hospital and surprising his followers, days after he tested positive for Covid-19. Trump briefly left the hospital this morning to greet supporters in his caravan, despite the president’s medical team …

[ad_1] When asked if he killed pregnant mother Angela Blackmoore, David Hawken said “I have a clear conscience.” That was last year. Now the former debt collector and gang partner is one of three people charged in his murder. Hawken, 47, was arrested at his Wānaka home on May 5. …

[ad_1] A man who shot armed intruders outside his rural home was found not guilty of murder. Orren Scott Williams, 38, was also tried on three counts of wounding with intent to cause serious bodily harm in the 2019 incident. Four men had broken into his home on the west …

[ad_1] Virginia Woolf An accident on SH6 has closed Whangamoa Rd. The highway is closed after a truck and trailer unit rolled down State Highway 6 near Nelson, blocking the highway. A police spokeswoman said police arrived at the scene, on Whangamoa Rd between Kokorua Rd and Hori Bay Rd, …

[ad_1] One of Wellington’s major commuter roads will be reduced to one lane for two years while repair work is carried out at the site of a major slip. But before work begins on the Ngaio Gorge Rd ramp, the lizards along the banks will be relocated to the other …

[ad_1] “New Zealanders are huge fans of trust … this is a huge change that will affect many New Zealanders,” said Martelli McKegg’s legal partner Timothy Orr, adding that most trusts had multiple beneficiaries. He estimated that there would potentially be many thousands of people who were completely unaware that …

[ad_1] With two weeks before the elections, New Zealanders living abroad are being asked to make their voices heard by the “team of 5 million” at home. Every Kiwi Vote Counts, a new non-partisan initiative, seeks to increase low turnout among foreign voters with a tongue-in-cheek social media campaign that …

[ad_1] Police were notified after a hole was deliberately drilled in a fence at the Wellington Native Animal Sanctuary, Zealandia. The hole in the predator exclusion fence appears to have been cut with a power tool and is large enough to admit rats and weasels. A member of the local …