[ad_1] National promises to create a single Crown-owned bank to streamline and finance infrastructure projects if elected to government. The Crown Financial Institution would combine several entities into a single agency called the National Infrastructure Bank, which would advise and finance local and central government projects. It would act as …
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[ad_1] A fringe New Zealand political party that has not appeared in pre-election polls and whose co-leader has been criticized for spreading conspiracy theories about Covid-19, has been listed in a televised debate on TVNZ, a state-owned broadcaster . The invitation to Advance NZ has raised concerns that the debate …
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[ad_1] Three people were injured, two seriously, in an explosion at an Invercargill home on Wednesday. Emergency services have been called to reports of an explosion at Rothesay Place, Rockdale. Police were alerted to the incident shortly before 1:30 p.m. A spokesperson for St John said three patients were evaluated …
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[ad_1] GOOGLE MAPS Ricky Osgood died after being attacked on Rugby St in Palmerston North on Tuesday. A 34-year-old man died of his injuries after being attacked in Palmerston North. Police said the man, named in court documents as Ricky Osgood, was assaulted on Rugby St at 11:30 am Tuesday. …
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[ad_1] A Northern Express bus driver tested positive for Covid-19. Ritchies director Andrew Ritchie confirmed that a driver had tested positive and that health officials were using the HOP card system to help track those who had been on the buses he was driving. Northern Express buses carry passengers from …
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[ad_1] Catherine Groenesein / Things St Joseph’s Catholic School Stratford sent the email to parents on Tuesday. The Education Ministry plans to remind educators of the “proper approach” during election season after a Stratford Catholic school upset parents by sending an email with reasons for “voting no” in the referendums …
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[ad_1] Jason Dorday / Stuff The Church of the Evangelical Community of Mt Roskill. An automatic door to the building was opened Wednesday morning, revealing a large room with various QR codes for the Covid-19 tracking app. The church at the center of a coronavirus subgroup in Auckland now embroiled …
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[ad_1] A Ritchies bus driver tested positive for coronavirus, the company director confirmed. A staff member at a Maori public health unit in West Auckland also tested positive for the virus. Ritchies director Andrew Ritchie said other drivers had been tested and “are fine.” SUPPLIED A Ritchies bus driver on …
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[ad_1] Lynn Grieveson / Press room Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi says the government has no plans to build more social housing beyond its current targets. The government is signaling that it has listened to families who have been divided by the country’s strict border measures by announcing a series …
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[ad_1] National wants to create a state-run “National Infrastructure Bank” to finance central and local government infrastructure projects. Eager to point out the failures of the government’s KiwiBuild and Auckland light rail, national leader Judith Collins announced Wednesday her party’s intention to create a new crown financial institution that would …
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