[ad_1] The Maori Party wants to remove Maori children from the care of Oranga Tamariki and turn them into a new independent entity, saying the current system is “disgraceful”. The Mokopuna Māori Policy, launched by Te Taitokerau candidate Mariameno Kapa-Kingi today in Whangārei, targets the beleaguered state agency, which has …
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[ad_1] A severe weather advisory has been issued for the western parts of the South Island, where heavy rains are expected during Sunday and Monday. MetService issued a warning saying a front is expected to move to Fiordland Saturday night and stay slow through Sunday. According to the weather service, …
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[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also went to China last year and raised “the question of [human rights] directly “with President Xi Jinping. New Zealand has recently been a signatory to several joint statements calling on China for its practices and the Prime Minister highlighted Aotearoa’s stance on the issue …
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[ad_1] Shocking footage of the moment when a kidnapping is thwarted in broad daylight has surfaced online. CCTV cameras from a pizzeria in Florida, Johannesburg, captured the entire incident, which took place around 5 p.m. Thursday (local time). In the video, a 24-year-old man appears to grab a 4-year-old girl …
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[ad_1] Friday’s announcement that the Rugby Championship will be played in Australia this year could mean that several All Blacks decide not to go for family reasons. The All Blacks will be faced with the same dilemma that the Warriors and Wellington Phoenix faced, having to be away from their …
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[ad_1] MELANIE EARLEY / Stuff Protesters marched down Queen St asking people on the street to “join them.” More than a thousand protesters gathered in Auckland CBD on Saturday for a “freedom rally” in Auckland alongside Advance NZ party leaders Billy Te Kahika and Jami-Lee Ross. A sea of people, …
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[ad_1] Crowds of people could be seen disobeying the lockdown rules as they descended into Auckland’s CBD today to protest the Covid-19 lockdown. Your playlist will load after this announcement. People could be seen disobeying blockade rules as they marched down Queen Street. Source: 1 NEWS Thousands of people, many …
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[ad_1] It took Julian Savea just five minutes to announce his return to New Zealand rugby, but his return for Wellington ended in defeat against an impressive-looking Waikato team in Hamilton on Saturday. Wellington was a favorite on paper with All Blacks Ardie Savea, TJ Perenara and Asafo Aumua performing …
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[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. …
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[ad_1] A Chinese physicist claimed to have built a quantum computer that would leave Western competitors in the dust, but he and his team said they needed to “further verify” the claim. Pan Jianwei, a physicist at the China University of Science and Technology, announced at a conference at Westlake …
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