[ad_1] Democrats raised more than $ 31 million ($ 45.8 million) in the hours following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, demonstrating how the death of the liberal American icon and the controversial fight for the looming nomination has already galvanized the party base. The staggering sum …
Read More »Election 2020: How Poor Rural Northland Could Decide Elections
[ad_1] Shane Jones admits that he feels the weight of NZ First on his shoulders while serving in the Northland electorate. Since NZ First does not have a high enough vote to meet the MMP threshold, the position is a must for the seasoned politician. But there is a catch. …
Read More »Trump votes on replacing Judge Bader Ginsburg to ruin last wish
[ad_1] The United States Senate Majority Leader has vowed to go ahead with President Trump’s candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which could thwart the pioneering feminist’s last wish. The 87-year-old legal power revealed her last wish to her granddaughter Clara Spera just days before losing her …
Read More »Trump urges Republicans to consider his choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘without delay’
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Saturday (early Sunday, NZT) urged the Republican-led Senate to consider “without delay” its next nomination for the Supreme Court seat left vacant after the judge’s death. Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election. The White House was preparing to select a candidate …
Read More »Russia’s Navalny says he is now more than ‘technically alive’
[ad_1] Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he is regaining his verbal and physical abilities at the German hospital where he is being treated for suspected nerve agent poisoning, but was initially desperate about his condition. Navalny, the most visible opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill on a …
Read More »A $ 34 million deposit alleviates Auckland’s drought, and the mayor wants 50 million more liters of Waikato
[ad_1] Auckland residents have an additional 25 million liters of water to draw in a day thanks to a new $ 34 million reservoir at Pukekohe, and Mayor Phil Goff is trying to draw another 50 million liters from the Waikato River. The mayor of Auckland on Friday visited the …
Read More »Avoid the Auckland Harbor Bridge if you can – Waka Kotahi Transport Chief
[ad_1] It is our city’s largest clothes hanger linking the northern suburbs with the bright lights of the city center and beyond, but motorists are encouraged to, whenever possible, avoid the Auckland Harbor Bridge until major structural repairs are completed. That means taking public transportation, taking the western ring route, …
Read More »Daughter of Jonah Lomu’s former manager Phil Kingsley Jones: ‘Dad kept saying to the end that he didn’t want to die’
[ad_1] Phil Kingsley Jones was a larger than life character loved in all rugby clubs across New Zealand, and in his native Wales, for his speaking engagements that left audiences in trouble. And the 72-year-old, best known for managing professional rugby’s biggest superstar, Jonah Lomu, retained his trademark sense of …
Read More »Waiheke Island ‘full of activists and crazies’ – former Auckland Council CEO Doug McKay’s microphone mistake
[ad_1] Vogue magazine calls it the “Hamptons of New Zealand”, tennis star Serena Williams announced their engagement from there and Bill Gates and Beyonce have been vacationing there, but Waiheke Island is full of “lunatics and activists” according to the former boss. Auckland Council. Doug McKay, President of the Bank …
Read More »US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87 | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive but imposing advocate for women’s rights who became the court’s second judge, died today at her home in Washington. She was 87 years old. Your playlist will load after this ad. Ginsberg was the second woman to serve as a …
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