[ad_1] Qantas and its Jetstar subsidiary were quick to start selling flights across Tasmania following news that Australia will allow New Zealanders to visit without needing to self-quarantine. And airlines say there are likely new routes that they hadn’t previously offered from New Zealand to Australia, as more Australian cities …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern sends Trump’s best wishes to New Zealand
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has conveyed “New Zealand’s best wishes” to Covid-19 infected US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. “We have now seen several world leaders who are being affected by Covid-19 and I know that I am with others in wishing them all the best,” he …
Read More »Pregnant woman forced to the ground, kneeling by US police
[ad_1] A video from social media shows a Kansas City police officer arresting a pregnant woman Videos of a Kansas City police officer kneeling over a pregnant black woman while being arrested prompted calls for the officer involved to be fired and rekindled demands that the police chief resign. The …
Read More »Large tree falls on Lambton Quay, blocking traffic
[ad_1] A large tree has fallen onto an electrical box on Lambton Quay in Wellington’s financial district, stopping traffic. Police were alerted to the incident at noon on Saturday. A police spokesman said no one appeared to have been injured, but traffic heading south into the central area of the …
Read More »Covid-19: A new case of coronavirus was reported, found in controlled isolation
[ad_1] A new case of coronavirus found in controlled isolation was reported on Saturday. The government will decide on Monday whether Auckland can go down to alert level 1. Any decision that is made will take effect at 11:59 pm on Wednesday. RYAN ANDERSON / Stuff Nurse Cayla Jensen at …
Read More »Covid-19: Trans-Tasmanian Bubble Inflation Music To Australian Expat Ears …
[ad_1] OPINION: The fish bite, the beers are cold, and tears flow at the prospect of returning home for the first time in nearly a year. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack broke the good news on Friday: New South Wales and the Northern Territory are opening their borders to …
Read More »Donald Trump heads to military hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] President Donald Trump will spend “a few days” in a military hospital after contracting Covid-19, the White House said on Friday (Saturday NZT). Your playlist will load after this announcement. Trump wore a black mask as he crossed the south lawn of the White Houses to the waiting Marine …
Read More »Elections in New Zealand 2020: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is one of the first to vote when early voting begins
[ad_1] Labor leader Jacinda Ardern was one of the first New Zealanders to vote in the 2020 election this morning, casting her vote a few hours after early voting began. Her vote was “two Labor ticks,” she told reporters who were invited to watch the prime minister cast her vote. …
Read More »The tragic death of Sophia Crestani: a family reflects a year after the horror of the Dunedin college party house
[ad_1] The knock on the door, the police standing there, the words that changed their lives forever, things that Sophia Crestani’s family will never forget. And a year after the loss of the beautiful, talented, loving and beloved teenager, he still haunts his parents and his twin sister. Sophia Michelle …
Read More »Auckland Harbor Bridge – City bound lanes to close overnight for repairs
[ad_1] All city bound lanes on the Auckland Harbor Bridge will be closed overnight to allow for the replacement of a damaged strut. Starting at 5 p.m., the southbound and northbound lanes in the center of the bridge will be closed to allow the temporary strut that was installed to …
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