[ad_1] Thrill North Shore Travelers – The Harbor Bridge is much closer to a permanent solution. However, motorists and bus passengers will first have to endure at least one more night of lane closures. This is because work crews at the Waka Kotahi NZ Transportation Agency plan, weather permitting, to …
Read More »Election 2020: Labor targets planning rules with promise to remove and replace RMA
[ad_1] Campaign diary: Labor promises to eliminate the Resource Management Act (RMA), a nearly 30-year-old planning law often blamed for onerous regulation that raises the cost of building new homes. “Overly restrictive planning rules are one of the causes of high house prices,” Labor leader Jacinda Ardern said on Friday. …
Read More »Covid-19: Biden, World Leaders React to US President Donald Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus. On Friday, the president posted on Twitter confirming his diagnosis, saying that he and his wife were beginning their quarantine and recovery process immediately. The news came shortly after the White House announced that Senior …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden for wearing a mask before testing positive
[ad_1] During the first presidential debate, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, mocked Joe Biden for wearing masks in public. On Tuesday, the president said he wore masks “when necessary,” but said his opponent Biden used masks unnecessarily when people were “200 feet away from him and he …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern refuses to open trips to Australia, says it’s ‘too risky’
[ad_1] “The reason for that decision for us is security. In our opinion, we are not ready to travel without quarantine with Australia,” he said. And if Australians can’t come here, that means their money can’t either. “We will not open the borders to travel without quarantine with Australia until …
Read More »2020 Election: National ‘less sophisticated’ in Facebook marketing
[ad_1] Labor, The Greens and ACT may be getting better value from their Facebook ads than National, a new analysis reveals. Between Sept. 23-29, Facebook’s ad library revealed that Labor spent about $ 31,000 on 171 paid posts, Greens spent $ 14,000 on 175 posts, and Act spent less on …
Read More »Deliberate Timaru Dumpster Fires Surge, Police Say
[ad_1] Bejon Haswell / Stuff The remains of a burned garbage can in the middle of Timaru’s Pages Rd, outside the Gleniti golf course on Friday morning. Police are investigating a series of dumpster fires in Timaru early Friday that they say appear to have been deliberately set on. Seven …
Read More »2020 election: Andrew Little steps in to stop abuse of gay Labor candidate
[ad_1] ANDY JACKSON / Stuff New Plymouth Labor candidate Glen Bennett was approached for his sexuality after Gray Power and the Positive Aging Trust met with the candidate debate on Thursday. A high-ranking Labor MP intervened, highlighting the prejudice of a debate attendee when he approached a New Plymouth candidate …
Read More »2020 New Zealand Elections: Jacinda Ardern Criticizes Paul Goldsmith’s ‘Ridiculous And Desperate’ Claim Of A $ 10 Billion Gap In Labor Finance Plan
[ad_1] National also continues to dispute claims that it double-counted transportation financing. It allocated $ 3.9 billion of transportation funds under the New Zealand Upgrade Program, but that money no longer exists under that umbrella, as the government transferred it earlier this year to a more general transportation fund. National …
Read More »Government Makes “Significant” Changes to Rules for International Aircrew in New Zealand, but Expert Says They Could Go Further | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] The government has announced “significant” changes to the rules for international aircrew entering the country, but one expert says they could go further. Your playlist will load after this announcement. There are significant changes to insulation requirements, but one expert says they could go further. Source: 1 NEWS The …
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