[ad_1] A police investigation was launched following a Wellington kidnapping late last month. The incident involved two vehicles seen driving erratically in the eastern suburbs late Tuesday, Aug. 25, Detective Sgt. Stephen Wescott said in a statement today. The vehicles involved are described as a dark-colored BMW hatchback closely followed …
Read More »How a family business saw its value increase by $ 130 million in 24 hours
[ad_1] Laybuy founder, Kiwi retail veteran Gary Rohloff, laughs at global domination, but isn’t entirely kidding. In the three and a half years since Laybuy was sparked by an argument around the dining room table, the family business has expanded into Australia and the UK, which is listed on the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Auckland school ‘close contact’ tests positive for COVID-19
[ad_1] The new case is the second student at a West Auckland school to test positive in recent days after a student at nearby St Dominic’s Catholic College was infected. On Tuesday, ARPHS wrote to parents to tell them that a Henderson North School student had been identified as a …
Read More »Four leaders and a phone
[ad_1] Election 2020 The leaders of the five main parties in Parliament shared a washed-out podium for the first time in the election campaign, with the exception of NZ First’s Winston Peters, broadcast live from his bus tour of the South Island. Tim Murphy reports. This was not a debate. …
Read More »New Zealand Election 2020: ‘Vote For Someone Else’ If You Don’t Like Our Tax Policy – David Parker Labor Party
[ad_1] Figures from Statistics NZ show that there were 49,130 kiwis that made more than $ 180,000 in calendar year 2019. They raised about $ 13.8 billion between them, an average of about $ 280,000. A person with that amount would be paying an additional $ 115 per week in …
Read More »Chiefs part ways with Tabai Matson in Super Rugby coaches shakeup
[ad_1] Michael Bradley / Getty Images Tabai Matson has been fired as an assistant coach by the Chiefs. The Chiefs have tapped assistant coach Tabai Matson. In a press release issued on Saturday, the Super Rugby club said that Matson, who had no contract, would not re-sign for the 2021 …
Read More »Rugby: Dan Carter claims rugby club title with Southbridge
[ad_1] All Blacks great Dan Carter has added another title to his storied rugby career, leading his Southbridge team to victory in his club’s rugby final this afternoon. Carter started in the top five for his childhood club when they won the Coleman Shield in the final of Ellesmere’s senior …
Read More »Couple fleeing US wildfires go missing during attempt to find shelter
[ad_1] Flames rained down on Sandy Butler’s home in the forested hills of Northern California when she called her son to tell him that she and her husband were going to climb a fence and try to find shelter in a nearby pond. It’s the last the family heard from …
Read More »Two new cases linked to the Auckland cluster
[ad_1] Today there are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, both in the community. Both cases have an epidemiological link to an existing case and both are associated with the subset of bereavement events that is epidemiologically linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship in Auckland. One of …
Read More »Rugby: Red card for reckless tackle overshadows Auckland Miter 10 Cup win over Otago
[ad_1] Auckland has announced its intentions earlier in the Miter Cup 10 season, dispatching Otago 38-6 in their first game of the season at Dunedin. But as the Auckland side went through an offensive clinic, it was overshadowed late by poor discipline from Otago, highlighted by the sending off of …
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