[ad_1] Evan Vucci / AP “We will have to see what happens,” Trump said Wednesday at a press conference, responding to a question about whether he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power. US President Donald Trump again refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he …
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[ad_1] National leader Judith Collins is fighting back attacks from the left on her farm policy, saying the Greens are “hysterical.” And he accuses Labor leader Jacinda Ardern of “going for the jugular” by saying that the National Party had changed its position on climate change. “We have been very …
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[ad_1] An America’s Cup sailor has expressed frustration at the state of one of New Zealand’s Managed Isolation and Quarantine facilities, calling it “degrading” and “unacceptable”. But Rotorua’s Sudima hotel says staff removed a large piece of furniture from Luna Rossa’s Andrea Tesei room to allow equipment to be worn, …
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[ad_1] MetService warns that travel disruptions are likely this weekend, as heavy gales, heavy rain and large waves hit the country, followed by cold air from Antarctica bringing snow to low levels in the Deep South. . Snow is expected to be a challenge for cattle on the South Island …
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[ad_1] Renee McKay / Getty Images New Zealand has dominated the trans-Tasmanian rugby rivalry on the field, with a mortgage on the Bledisloe Cup. The two home events of the All Blacks Bledisloe Cup will have a later start time than originally scheduled. The games, in Wellington on Sunday, October …
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[ad_1] BRADEN FASTIER / Things A 10-year-old girl living in Nelson faces deportation from New Zealand because her conditions would likely impose significant costs on New Zealand’s special education services. A 10-year-old girl faces deportation from New Zealand, despite the fact that her parents offered to pay for help with …
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[ad_1] A train is believed to have started two grass fires that sent smoke into the sky over Christchurch. A spokesman for Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) said one of the fires was on Truscotts Rd in Heathcote Valley, near the Ferrymead Heritage Park. The other was on Brougham …
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[ad_1] Andrew Hasson / Getty Motueka High School teacher aide Warwick Stubbs lost his teacher’s record after bringing a jar of magic mushrooms to school in 2018 (file photo). A Nelson teacher who brought magic mushrooms onto the school grounds showed a “lack of understanding” of the potential effects of …
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[ad_1] Supplied Alfred Vincent, about 12 years old, in a standard photo of 2 Kaiapoi school classes, 1949. (File photo) An attempt has been made to free Alf Vincent, New Zealand’s oldest prisoner. His attorney, Tony Ellis, says Vincent’s continued detention is illegal and ridiculous. Sunday will mark 52 years …
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[ad_1] MARTIN DE RUYTER A bicyclist and a truck collided near the intersection of Dyers and Breezes Highways in Bromley around 1 p.m. Thursday. (File photo). A cyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a truck in Christchurch. A police spokeswoman said the bicyclist and truck collided near the …
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