[ad_1] A coroner recommends changes to building regulations after an elderly woman died after falling off a deck. Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson Violet Watson, 78, died a week after falling from a deck during a weekend getaway on Waiheke Island last year. He had been spending time with two …
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[ad_1] Michael Regan / Getty Images The All Whites have secured an international friendly match against England, world No. 4. The All Whites will play two of the top five ranked nations in world soccer in the space of a month later this year. New Zealand soccer has been locked …
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[ad_1] Landlords have been advised to act now to get rid of antisocial tenants before changes to the rental law go into effect next year. Tenant groups have not noticed an increase in evictions, but are seeing more people receiving rent increases before the end of the Covid-19 six-month rent …
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[ad_1] A young man was arrested after a stone went through the windshield of a car taking a couple and their young child to West Auckland. The incident occurred in Royal Heights at Northwestern Motorway on Saturday afternoon, a witness who contacted the Herald said. At around 4 p.m., police …
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[ad_1] “There is a huge missed opportunity for government revenue that would be better spent on health and economic services,” said Kathy Errington, executive director of the Helen Clark Foundation. Ardern has been consistent in refusing to reveal how he will vote in the referendum, saying today: “My position has …
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[ad_1] The fact that his 41-year-old home was up for sale by court order seemed to surprise Justin Gregory Wednesday morning. The Napier City Council says it shouldn’t have, because it says it has spoken to him and “has done everything possible” to get the fees owed for more than …
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[ad_1] A large night fire swept through the largest refugee camp in Greece, which had been put under the Covid-19 blockade, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in an emergency situation in need of refuge on the island of Lesbos. In dramatic night scenes, migrants in the crowded Moria refugee camp, …
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[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* 125 active cases in New Zealand, with four people in hospital; Worldwide, there have been 27.5 million cases and nearly 900,000 deaths* Who is the Mt Roskill church at the center of the group?* Mike Hosking: Has Australia overtaken NZ in Covid response?Derek Cheng: Why the Mt …
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[ad_1] One lucky player from Auckland took home $ 4.3 million in the Lotto Powerball jackpot tonight. A winning Powerball ticket in the Lotto NZ app. Source: Lotto NZ The winning numbers are 01, 05, 15, 21, 24, 36, Bonus 13, Powerball 05. The $ 4.3 million prize pool is …
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[ad_1] Police are being urged to restore ever-shrinking breath test checkpoints as the number of alcohol-related road deaths continues to rise. The latest police figures show that fewer than 1.3 million roadside breath tests were performed in 2018-19, up from more than 3 million in 2013-14. With road fatalities involving …
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