[ad_1] National Party leader Judith Collins said today that Act’s job is to destroy New Zealand’s first vote. And the leader of the First New Zealand, Winston Peters, today virtually ruled out any prospect of going with National, explicitly making an offer to re-partner with Labor in government. National leaders …
Read More »‘Extremely traumatic’ kidnapping: CCTV footage released
[ad_1] Police have released CCTV footage to help them locate those involved in a Wellington kidnapping last month. The man who was allegedly abducted can be seen on the right running down a crossroads into a supermarket. Photo: New Zealand Police / CCTV Screenshot The incident took place between 8:00 …
Read More »About 500 pilot whales stranded off the coast of Australia, 380 have died
[ad_1] More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, bringing the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 who have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors from an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a …
Read More »The Lockwood house of the year 2020: not your Nana’s Lockwood
[ad_1] It might have been named Lockwood House of the Year out of a short list of 10, but Tony and Sue Pfeiffer’s gull-winged, galleries Wanaka house wasn’t the couple’s first choice to build. It wasn’t until all the plans were drawn up that the Pfeiffers realized that the cost …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Hundreds of teacher jobs in jeopardy as foreign students decline
[ad_1] School principals warn that they may have to lay off hundreds of teachers because now they have given up hope of recruiting new foreign students by the start of the next school year. They have reached a critical moment for staffing decisions after the Ministry of Education confirmed its …
Read More »Election 2020: With the Bill’s polls at 7 percent, who’s on track to join David Seymour in Parliament?
[ad_1] Colmar Brunton’s poll yesterday for TVNZ saw the Act creep towards its best election result, at 7 percent. With that, the one-man gang would become a club of nine led by Seymour. Who the hell are they? By now, David Seymour must be among our most recognized political figures. …
Read More »The entire female leadership lineup in the largest union in the country
[ad_1] JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON / THINGS Kerry Davies, the new co-leader of the PSA. The country’s largest union has confirmed its first all-female leadership. Kerry Davies will replace Glenn Barclay, who is retiring as one of the two national secretaries of the Public Service Association. She has been Acting National Secretary …
Read More »The Auckland school was closed after two people tried to remove a child from the school grounds
[ad_1] Stuff The school was closed at around 1:15 pm after two people tried to remove a student from the school grounds. Police are investigating an incident in which Kelvin Road School in Papakura was closed and a teacher was injured. The school was closed at around 1:15 pm after …
Read More »Arrest after alleged assault on a police officer serving a court order in Papakura
[ad_1] Two people reportedly assaulted a police officer while the officer was attempting to comply with a court order in south Auckland. The officer was speaking to a man during a routine investigation while they were serving a warrant at a Papakura home, when they were allegedly assaulted. Superintendent Jill …
Read More »Rugby: Wallabies leaders Dave Rennie and Michael Hooper praise New Zealand government for quarantine changes ahead of Bledisloe Cup tryouts
[ad_1] Quarantine now looks much more attractive to Wallabies coach Dave Rennie, who has praised the New Zealand government’s work ahead of his two Bledisloe Cup events in New Zealand. The Wallabies depart tomorrow for New Zealand, where they will enter the mandatory two-week isolation period, before the October 11-18 …
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