[ad_1] It has been a chilly start to the day for many, with unusually cold spring temperatures in parts of New Zealand very negative. Clear skies and light winds created some particularly icy conditions in the heart of the South Island, with Christchurch the coldest of the major hubs at …
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[ad_1] Store owners in Hastings West say antisocial and aggressive behavior by a group of homeless people is reaching a tipping point, intimidating customers and locals. Police were called Thursday to Stortford Lodge, where a A woman, understood to be homeless, received minor injuries in an altercation following a robbery …
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[ad_1] A member of the public who snuck into major surgery allegedly used a magnetic card belonging to a medical student that is now banned from Wellington Hospital. Several separate investigations are underway after the massive breach, which has led to an urgent security review at the hospital. The Weekend …
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[ad_1] An Auckland exclusive private school has more than $ 1 million compromised to a failed Cayman Islands fund manager now under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. Diocesan School for Girls, the nation’s richest private school for girls, noted in its latest accounts that its investment arm, the Heritage …
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[ad_1] The tense negotiations to bring the Rugby Championship to New Zealand were harpooned by the government’s unwillingness to negotiate, with officials making only one concession in nearly three months. This, and not the “Sanzaar policy” as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested, led to Australia receiving the tournament venue rights, …
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[ad_1] Deadly wildfires in densely populated northwestern Oregon, USA, are growing, with hundreds of thousands of people being told to flee the invading flames as residents of the south tearfully assess their losses. The number of people ordered to evacuate statewide due to the fires rose to an estimated 500,000, …
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[ad_1] STACY SQUIRES / Stuff Anita Johnson makes the most of the cheapest gas in Christchurch. Christchurch motorists are enjoying the nation’s cheapest gasoline for the first time in years as new discount stations arrive in the city. Last week, the no-frills chain Gull launched in Christchurch with a new …
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[ad_1] Home prices in National and Otago are at an all-time high due in part to the pandemic as sales rebound after closing and people upgrade their homes where they spend the most time. Last month’s new national record median of $ 675,000 is up from $ 580,000 a year …
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[ad_1] The horticultural worker shortage due to Covid-19 border restrictions is putting $ 9.5 billion of the country’s economy at risk, says New Zealand Apples and Pears CEO Alan Pollard. About 10,000 seasonal workers would be needed starting next month to prune and collect $ 1 billion worth of fruit …
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[ad_1] It was supposed to be a year to remember for the rest of his life. And it will be, but not for the reasons Waikato teenager Tommy O’Brien intended when he began his senior year at Cambridge High School as its 2020 principal. The 18-year-old soccer fan was diagnosed …
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