[ad_1] This comes after Sunday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll results showed National was up 4.5 percentage points from the last poll, falling just below 30 percent. The traditional left – Labor and the Greens – fell a combined 10 percentage points in the Newshub-Reid Research poll (the Greens were up 0.8 …
Read More »Down the drain: how the phones in the shower are raising bills and ruining sustainability
[ad_1] If there was a competition for the cleanest man in New Zealand, Matt * from Lower Hutt would definitely be in the race. He puts his personal surf record in the shower in about 1.5 hours. That marathon effort was accomplished while watching episodes of a television series on …
Read More »Bay of Plenty, Tewi Savage, jailed for life for murdering his 2-year-old daughter Arnica
[ad_1] A man who murdered his daughter in a Bay of Plenty river has been jailed for life. Tewi Daniel Savage, an electrician, killed two-year-old Arnica Savage in the Rangitāiki River, at Te Mahoe south of Whakatāne, in 2018. The 35-year-old was sentenced in Rotorua High Court this morning and …
Read More »The Australian cricket team could be in two countries at once to complete the Black Caps tour
[ad_1] Hannah Peters / Getty Images Black Caps captain Kane Williamson and Australian David Warner after the Twenty20 international in Auckland in 2018. Cricket Australia has committed to having its men’s national team potentially in two places at once in February, to fulfill its obligations to New Zealand and South …
Read More »Ashburton man killed in two-car crash remembered as ‘hard case’
[ad_1] Stuff Robert William Kauika of Ashburton died after a two-car accident on William St in Netherby around 8 p.m. Saturday. (File photo). A man who died in a two-car accident in Ashburton was “a character” who loved working outdoors, says a spokeswoman for a recruiting company. Robert William Kauika, …
Read More »New Zealand Elections 2020: Judith Collins Believes Jacinda Ardern ‘Has A Duty To New Zealanders’ To Reveal Her Stance On Cannabis
[ad_1] A proposed legal regime is outlined in the Cannabis Control and Legalization Bill, but there is no legal obligation for it to be adopted if the referendum passes. The end-of-life election bill is binding and will become law if passed. Ardern has explained how she believes that her role …
Read More »Down the drain: phones in showers ruin sustainability
[ad_1] Showering with your cell phone may seem strange to some. But for a growing number of Kiwi families, it is seriously hampering efforts to reduce bills and increase sustainability, discovers Teresa Cowie of RNZ. If there was a competition for the cleanest man in New Zealand, Matt * from …
Read More »Kawhia shooting: defendant sold ‘pounds’ of family-owned cannabis, but denies selling it from ‘home’
[ad_1] A man defending serious charges after the violent break-in of his home admitted to selling “pounds” of cannabis from his family property, but not from his home. In the afternoon session in Hamilton Superior Court today, Crown Prosecutor Jacinda Hamilton began questioning Orren Scott Williams about how much cannabis …
Read More »SunLive – Eight Arrested at the BOP and Drug Seizure
[ad_1] Police today arrested eight people on drug-related charges after several search warrants were carried out in Tauranga, Paeroa and Rotorua. The search warrants followed a two-month investigation by the National Police Organized Crime Group into a major drug trafficking ring operating in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. …
Read More »Trip to Trans-Tasmania: Australia hopes to open its borders to New Zealanders in November
[ad_1] Australia’s tourism heavyweights have given a timeline for when they want a trans-Tasmanian bubble to be up and running. A task force made up of Tourism Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Flight Center and other industry leaders has come up with a plan that would allow …
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