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[ad_1] Hannah Peters / Getty Images The All Blacks will have to choose between Christmas with their families or playing in the Rugby Championship. New Zealand Rugby CEO Mark Robinson was furious after Sanzaar launched a draw for the Rugby Championship that will force All Blacks players and staff to …

[ad_1] One person died after a car plunged into a Lower Hutt stream. The single-vehicle accident occurred around 5.30 a.m. Thursday on Main Rd in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata. The vehicle, which was on its roof, was submerged on the main road between Moohan St and Rowe Parade, …

[ad_1] Greens co-leader James Shaw is retracting comments made by one of the party’s top MPs, who said a wealth tax was a “bottom line” in any post-election coalition negotiation. Julie Anne Genter made the remarks at a Newstalk ZB small business panel this week when she discussed the Greens’ …

[ad_1] Tom Pullar-Strecker / Stuff Kiwibank has entered into a settlement agreement with the Commerce Commission that will result in more than 48,000 borrowers receiving compensation. Kiwibank will pay more than 48,000 borrowers a repair totaling $ 5.2 million, after admitting it did not act with the care, diligence and …

[ad_1] A wild brown bear tunnelled under a perimeter fence and killed a popular alpaca at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, authorities said Wednesday. The bear was killed a day later by wildlife officials. The bear had been prowling the zoo, knocking over trash cans and breaking bear-proof latches before …

[ad_1] One person is believed to have died after a car plunged into a Lower Hutt stream. The single-vehicle accident occurred around 5.30 a.m. Thursday on Main Rd in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata. The vehicle, which was on its roof, was submerged on the main road between Moohan …

[ad_1] Emergency services responded to a fire at the Waikato Open Country dairy. The alarm went off at 9.43 a.m. M. When Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to apparent sounds of an explosion and the smell of gas at the Horotiu site. Open Country president Laurie Margrain later …

[ad_1] A former teacher has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing children. Earlier this year Benjamin Christopher Missi Swann, 57, faced a new trial in Auckland High Court, charged with 10 counts of indecent acts against six children. The defense had argued that all the boys lied, while …

[ad_1] American scientists have published a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the coronavirus, which reveals the continued accumulation of mutations of the virus, one of which may have made it more contagious. That mutation is associated with a higher viral load among patients at the time of …

[ad_1] Auckland’s alert level restrictions have been relaxed slightly with the city officially going from Level 2.5 to Level 2 overnight. It occurs when another group of Covid-19 cases emerge in the community, linked to a man who tested positive for the virus after emerging from controlled isolation. The three …