[ad_1] By Gill Bonnet of RNZ New Zealand backpackers who bought visas from STA Travel-related companies are pleading with immigration officials to allow them access to the jobs they were promised. At least one of them unknowingly overstayed after staff told him that his work exchange visa application was already …
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[ad_1] A division drug touted by Donald Trump may contain the secrets to stopping the spread of Covid-19, and its potential is enormous. Every morning before Claire Lobb goes to work on the front lines of Victoria’s second wave coronavirus crisis, she takes a mystery pill. There is a 50 …
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[ad_1] After his four-over-par first round at the US Open, Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox was hopeful that he had played his worst round of the tournament. “Everyone is going to have a bad day around here at some point and I hope that’s me today,” he said. It was not. …
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[ad_1] COMMENTARY: If you want to understand Diana’s toxic relationship with the press, look no further than a quick Google image search. There is Diana with her head on her lap in the back of a black cab; Diana running through the streets of London being literally chased by photographers; …
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[ad_1] Clarke Gayford / Twitter The toy ‘cat’ has studs that your ‘kitty’ can connect to. Clarke Gayford loves her knitted daddy cards, so it’s perhaps no surprise that her favorite of the many handcrafted gifts her 2-year-old daughter Neve has received is a ‘crazy-eyed, paws-cat plug ”made of wool. …
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[ad_1] CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE / AP The jury convicted Joseph Oberhansley of murder and robbery. An American accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and eating parts of her body was found guilty of one count of murder on Saturday (NZT). Jurors deliberated for about five hours before announcing the guilty …
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[ad_1] The Labor Party is promising voters that it will double workers’ sick leave rights from five to ten days a year. If he is reelected, he agrees to make the change within his first 100 days and will work with companies and unions within the established deadlines. Labor relations …
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[ad_1] There are two new coronavirus cases in New Zealand on Saturday, including one in the community. The Health Ministry said the source of the latest community case was being investigated. All close contacts have been identified by the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) and have been isolated and …
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[ad_1] Some relatives of an Auckland boy killed earlier this year are refusing to help the police with the investigation into his death. The results of an investigation into the death of 14-month-old Sofia Taueki-Jackson show that she died of a “catastrophic head injury” deliberately inflicted at her home on …
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[ad_1] Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the American feminist icon, has died at the age of 87. The United States Supreme Court announced his death, saying the cause was complications from cancer. Ginsburg, the second judge on the court, died at her home in Washington. In July, he announced that he …
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