[ad_1] Denise Piper / Things Vice Prime Minister Winston Peters announced $ 30 million for Northland projects in Whangārei on Tuesday. Winston Peters and Shane Jones last opposed the Provincial Growth Fund and announced a $ 30 million investment in a wide range of Northland projects. The deputy prime minister …
Read More »Madeleine McCann’s lawyer suspect Christian Brueckner says she is innocent, cites new evidence
[ad_1] Christian Brueckner’s attorney, the man identified as the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, has claimed his client is innocent, citing new evidence that he believes exonerates the convicted pedophile. Friedrich Fulscher told The Sun newspaper: “I cannot go into details, but it is very significant and involves someone …
Read More »Coronavirus: ‘humane’ New Zealand managed isolation compared to ‘brutal’ Australia
[ad_1] Peter Macky recently flew home to New Zealand from Berlin via Doha and Sydney. He experienced managed isolation in both Australia and Auckland. OPINION: My time in Managed Isolation (MI) in Sydney was as a guest of the New South Wales government. Anyone passing through Sydney at night is …
Read More »Miter Cup Power Ranking 10: Taranaki and Wellington on the Rise
[ad_1] OPINION: The All Blacks are gone, but the power rankings are going nowhere. Forget about the competition record and the premier and championship division as the staff ignores the ladder and ranks all 14 sides after each round of the 10 Miter Cup. There is nothing scientific about the …
Read More »People Earning More Than $ 150K Are Stressed About Money, CFFC Data Shows
[ad_1] Money is causing relationship stress for 20 percent of New Zealanders, and even those making more than $ 150,000 a year are struggling, research from the Commission on Financial Capability shows. Their survey of more than 3,000 people found that one in five had relationship problems with their partners, …
Read More »‘It’s been a critical journey’: Commonwealth Games champion opens up about mental health struggles
[ad_1] Dianne Manson / Getty Images New Zealand mountain biker Sam Gaze says he has spent the past 18 months battling depression. This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and is being republished with permission. New Zealand mountain biker Sam Gaze is in the picturesque medieval Spanish city of Girona …
Read More »Young Auckland musician Reuben Winter, aka Totems, dies
[ad_1] Kiwi musician and producer Reuben Winter, also known as Totems, has died at age 26. “Reuben Samuel Winter 5/20/1994 – 9/17/2020,” his mother wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of what appeared to be her son as a child, standing on a pier. READ MORE:* ‘An angry young teenager …
Read More »Taranaki police ‘unjustifiably’ struck man in the face during arrest – IPCA
[ad_1] Stuff An investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority found that a Taranaki police officer “wrongfully” struck a man in the face while arresting him in December last year. A Taranaki police officer wrongfully struck a man in the face during his arrest in December last year, according to …
Read More »Deadly mineral erionite could complicate the Waitematā tunnel project
[ad_1] By RNZ’s Phil Pennington A $ 7.7 million search is underway for a deadly mineral beneath Auckland, but has already encountered objections from the city’s train tunnellers. Cancer-causing erionite is worse than asbestos, but less common. It could complicate major construction projects, including drilling a new tunnel under the …
Read More »2020 Election: National promises shorter Covid-19 isolation for some and privatization of additional border facilities
[ad_1] National promises a radical shakeup at the border, which would allow travelers from low-risk countries to bypass the full Covid-19 quarantine. The party also wants to add additional capacity to the managed isolation and quarantine network (MIQ), but this would be privatized, and private providers could offer isolation services. …
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