[ad_1] Stuff A computer seized by members of the National Organized Crime Squad during raids in the Bay of Plenty region in September Eight people have been arrested and facing drug charges following police raids in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato region today. Search warrants were carried out in …
Read More »Covid-19: the global death toll from coronavirus dwarfs one million
[ad_1] The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has dwarfed one million, nine months after a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested the resolve of world leaders, pitted science with politics and forced crowds. to change the way they live, learn and work. “It is not just a …
Read More »The popular hut on Mount Taranaki burns down
[ad_1] Tamsen Walker – DOC / Supplied Lake Dive Hut on Mount Taranaki burned down over the weekend. A popular cabin inside Mount Taranaki burned to the ground over the weekend. On Tuesday, Department of Conservation (DOC) staff confirmed that Lake Dive Hut had been destroyed by fire. However, at …
Read More »‘It was him or me’ thought Kāwhia accused of shooting before the first shot
[ad_1] When a figure approached Orren Williams on his driveway, he thought ‘it’s him or me’, and pulled the trigger on his semiautomatic. Three or four men, one with a gun, had forced their way through Williams’ front door, wounded him and his wife, and stood over them at gunpoint …
Read More »A man died after lung injury was found, but the cancer was not treated
[ad_1] 123rf The reporting radiologist’s registrar recommended that the man undergo a “respiratory opinion” and documented a discussion with the emergency department registrar. A man died after cancer spread from his lung to his brain, even though doctors had detected a lung injury four months earlier. The Canterbury District Board …
Read More »‘All hail the King’: UFC legend Daniel Cormier compares Israel Adesanya to world sports stars
[ad_1] UFC legend Daniel Cormier claims that middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is already the best light heavyweight fighter in the world and a global superstar. In speaking of his approval of the Kiwi fighting sensation, Cormier has compared Adesanya’s global star power to that of Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, LeBron …
Read More »Heavy gusts and snowfall as the cold hit Antarctica
[ad_1] A pickup truck skidded on the ice before falling 5 meters from a bridge as snow and cold temperatures rioted the South Island on Tuesday. In the north, Auckland’s Harbor Bridge was closed for more than an hour due to strong gusts as strong winds hit the top of …
Read More »Rugby Championship: All Blacks coach Ian Foster is ‘bitterly disappointed’ by time change
[ad_1] All Blacks coach Ian Foster has been fired at SANZAAR, claiming that the governing body has not followed through on its originally proposed plans for the Rugby Championship. NZ Rugby has protested against the tournament schedule that will see the All Blacks play their final game against the Wallabies …
Read More »Judith Collins hits her old enemy
[ad_1] National leader Judith Collins has gone on the offensive in Nelson, encouraged by a GreyPower crowd urging her to embrace her “Crusher” persona. Collins treated the audience with a barrage of invective aimed at “wildly stupid decisions” by the government and launched an attack on Nicky Hager, saying that …
Read More »Abuse in care: sister speaks on behalf of a man who spent 44 years at the Kimberely Center
[ad_1] Warning: this story goes into the details of the physical abuse. Paul Beale spent more than 40 years of his life as a patient in care. The treatment he received has been described to the Royal Abuse in Care Investigation Commission. Paul Beale spent more than 40 years in …
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