[ad_1] Nearly 6,000 people have signed up for the Job Search Support benefit in the past four weeks, a return to levels last seen after the country’s first lockdown. There were 1702 more people who received the benefit in the week ending September 4 than in the week ending August …
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[ad_1] John Bisset / Stuff One person was “extremely traumatized” after being abducted in Wellington, police said. (File photo) One person was kidnapped in Wellington but managed to escape the incident physically unscathed. Detective Sergeant Stephen Wescott said police were investigating the incident and looking for witnesses who saw two …
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[ad_1] A church elder in the Auckland subgroup center says he got tested for the first time today after receiving a call from one of the pastors. Mount Roskill Evangelical Fellowship Church Source: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly By Amy Williams of rnz.co.nz Joseph Hohepa Kotuku said that as a church …
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[ad_1] “Organized criminal groups and networks are gaining greater access … and the scope, scale and value of their business … is growing.” But hard evidence and a way to measure the threat were lacking. The agencies needed more powers that were better linked, as well as better coordination with …
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[ad_1] New Zealand Police / Supplied Inmate Katrina Epiha was last seen around 12:30 a.m. Friday running towards Gray Ave in Māngere after fleeing Corrections staff while at Middlemore Hospital. An Auckland prisoner escaped while being returned to prison from hospital and is on the run. The prisoner is Katrina …
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[ad_1] The New Zealand Rugby (NZR) director says the country’s quarantine protocols were a significant factor in losing to Australia in a bid to host the Rugby Championship. Photo: Photosport Talking to ControlNZR CEO Mark Robinson said New Zealand’s quarantine protocols were a factor that “meant we couldn’t win the …
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[ad_1] OPINION: It was the sweatshirt that left me dry. It was used by an elderly relative, whose name I couldn’t immediately recall, on a friend’s Facebook post. It was the words on his shirt that caught my attention. I’m a fan of a good catchphrase, and this was a …
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[ad_1] RICKY WILSON / THINGS A stamp temporarily blocked traffic on State Highway 1 in Wellington, but police showed up and found nothing. (File photo) Police who tried to catch a mysterious and wandering seal on the Wellington Urban Highway showed up at the scene and found nothing there. A …
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[ad_1] The parents of one of the New Zealanders who disappeared after the sinking of a cattle boat are “desperate” for the government to help them with search and rescue efforts. Lochie Bellerby and Scott Harris have been missing for more than a week after the ship they were on, …
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[ad_1] COMMENTARY: Is the outcome of the 2020 election really the foregone conclusion that polls and commentators suggest? Josh Van Veen suggests otherwise, pointing to some of the shortcomings of opinion polls that could cause some politicians to say “screw the pollsters” on election night. In November 1993, opinion polls …
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