[ad_1] Labor has unveiled its billion-dollar social development policy, which would allow people who receive a benefit who work part-time to earn more and reinforce the flexible salary scheme. If re-elected, he would also reinstate an allowance for single-parent beneficiaries who go to college more than 10 years after removal. …
Read More »New Zealand Elections 2020: Maori Party Proposes New Independent Children’s Agency, Says Oranga Tamariki Staff ‘Don’t Care’ About Maori Babies
[ad_1] The party wants to spend 600 million dollars in the new entity, extracted from the budget of Oranga Tamariki, which according to Kapa-Kingi will be “for Maori, by Maori, as Maori.” He is confident that it can be set up fast enough that “not one more mokopuna” ends up …
Read More »Australia surpasses 800 deaths related to Covid-19, amid a protest action against the blockade | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] The Covid-19 death toll in Australia has surpassed 800 after Victoria reported six other deaths. An empty central business district during closure in Melbourne, Australia. Source: Associated Press The virus-ravaged state confirmed the deaths today along with 37 more cases from the past 24 hours. It means that the …
Read More »Advance Party and crowd rallies against Covid-19 restrictions and shutdowns
[ad_1] The woman jailed for escaping from a managed isolation facility appeared at a protest rally against the government’s use of lockdowns and other Covid-19 restrictions. A crowd of a few thousand filled Auckland’s Aotea Square this afternoon at the “National Rally for Freedom”, organized by Advanced Party co-leaders Jami …
Read More »Kiwi Family Missing After Cattle Boat Capsized Release Map Of Where They Think It Is
[ad_1] The family of a kiwi missing after the cattle boat he was on sank have sought the help of an independent marine expert to find out where to look for him. Ten days after Lochie Bellerby and fellow New Zealander Scott Harris disappeared after Gulf Livestock 1 was caught …
Read More »Iran executes fighter after Trump asked for his life spared
[ad_1] Uncredited / AP The case of Navid Afkari, 27, has drawn the attention of a social media campaign that portrays him and his brothers as victims targeted for participating in protests against Iran’s Shiite theocracy in 2018 (seen here on this 2018 file photo). Iran’s state television reports that …
Read More »Iran executes fighter Navid Afkari after Trump asked for his life spared
[ad_1] Iran’s state television reports that the country’s authorities have executed a fighter for allegedly murdering a man after President Donald Trump called for the 27-year-old convict’s life to be spared. State television quoted the Chief Justice of Fars Province Kazem Mousavi as saying on Saturday: “The retaliatory sentence against …
Read More »Tasman is too strong for the counties as Kieran Read enters a new province
[ad_1] Not even former All Blacks captain Kieran Read was able to stop Tasman from beating the Counties Manukau 41-24 at Pukekohe on Saturday night. Read may have accomplished more than most rugby players during his brilliant career, but he said it meant a lot to him to make his …
Read More »Two sightings in a week put Canterbury’s big cats back in the spotlight
[ad_1] JESSE FEARY Jesse Feary isn’t going to pose alone after shooting what he thinks is a big baby cat. A North Canterbury possum hunter has vowed not to go into the bush alone after encountering what he believes to be the mysterious Canterbury big cats. Jesse Feary was near …
Read More »Rugby Championship: Australia returns to play on a penalty day for NZ Rugby
[ad_1] OPINION: The blame game is in full swing as the government and New Zealand Rugby point the finger at each other for failing to win the Rugby Championship. Both parties will relax in the coming days as they realize the futility of that exercise, and the more NZ Rugby …
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