[ad_1] There has been a serious accident in Auckland’s Waterview Tunnel and traffic is accumulating rapidly. Some northbound lanes are now blocked as traffic backs up from the tunnel exit to the Dominion Rd exit. Ambulance and police teams are on site attending to those involved in the accident and …
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[ad_1] Virginia Woolf / Stuff Figures taken from Airdna on June 11 showed that there were 441 entire properties listed on Airbnb in Nelson. City councils are urged to create a “level playing field” for Airbnb-style rentals and charge commercial rates. Nelson became the latest battleground this week in a …
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[ad_1] A Covid-19 ‘Catch 22’ has sentenced a woman to stay in a moldy isolation room at Rotorua’s Ibis Hotel, even though she believes exposure to mold makes her sick and causes Covid-like symptoms . New Zealand resident Laura Virkkala returned from Finland and immediately informed officials of her sensitivity …
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[ad_1] Controversial plans to build a giant waste dump in Auckland’s Dome Valley must be rejected due to cultural and environmental concerns, the council says. It is the first time that Auckland City Council has publicly opposed plans by Chinese-owned private waste company Waste Management for a landfill, on land …
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[ad_1] Ricky Wilson / Stuff Winston Peters spoke at Orewa, made famous by another racially charged speech in 2004. NZ First leader Winston Peters attacked Labor for Ihumātao in a searing speech, saying he halted a deal there that would have opened a flood of reopened Treaty claims. He said …
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[ad_1] School holiday traffic is expected to affect northbound traffic on the Auckland Harbor Bridge from noon on Friday. On September 18, sudden strong gusts brought down two trucks as they crossed the bridge. One of the trucks hit the bridge, causing serious damage. A temporary repair has been made …
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[ad_1] The Ministry of Health reports that New Zealand has two new cases of COVID-19, one imported and one in the community. The imported case is a man in his forties who recently returned from Russia on a flight through Turkey and Malaysia on September 19. He returned a positive …
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[ad_1] The nephew of the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar has said he found a plastic bag of cash worth $ 18 million ($ 27 million) hidden in the wall of one of his uncle’s houses. Nicolás Escobar told the Colombian media “a vision” indicated where to look for the …
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[ad_1] A long-promised new health center in Westport is not fit for purpose, according to a community health advocate. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is converting the first turf of the $ 20 million Buller Integrated Family Health Center (IFHC) in Westport on Friday. However, it is too small, $ 10 …
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[ad_1] Failure to disclose child abuse could be punished by three years in prison if the National Party is elected in October. National MPs Louise Upston and Alfred Ngaro were in Hamilton on Friday to further elaborate on the party’s child policies, re-announcing the party’s intention to create a new …
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