[ad_1] A second person was pulled out of the water by the Japanese Coast Guard, more than 48 hours after Gulf Livestock 1 sank during a typhoon. The Japanese Coast Guard confirmed that another man was found, unconscious, at 6.30 a.m. Japan Standard Time, 120 km from Amami Island. He …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: 5 new cases as Jacinda Ardern reveals alert level call
[ad_1] New Zealand will remain at alert level 2 and Auckland at alert level 2.5 for at least 10 more days, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The Cabinet has decided to maintain the current alert levels and will review them again on Monday, September 14, when it will decide whether …
Read More »Election 2020: The Green Party takes back the pieces after a damaging week caused by the ‘mess’ of the Green School
[ad_1] Marama Davidson was furious. The Green Party co-leader sat in her seat in Parliament for possibly the last time, yelling invective at Nicola Willis, the equally outraged National education spokeswoman. Willis was giving one of the last speeches in the latest revived Parliament debate, and he was sparking the …
Read More »Judith Collins defends allowing the baby to suck on her hand: ‘Younger people rarely get Covid-19’
[ad_1] On Thursday opposition leader Judith Collins hugged babies, on Friday she adhered more strictly to social distancing. One of the babies she met at Ashburton the day before was 8-month-old Millie, who decided that Collins had a tasty-looking hand and quickly put it to her mouth. Although like Aucklander …
Read More »7 police officers suspended in the US for their role in the death of a black man
[ad_1] The mayor of New York’s third-largest city in the US suspended seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of a black man in March 2020 on Thursday (US time). Daniel Prude, 41, known to his Chicago family as “Rell,” died on March 30 when his family took his …
Read More »Three arrests after armed police raided Wellington gang-related properties
[ad_1] SIMON O’CONNOR / STUFF / Stuff Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) made arrests on a property in a Wellington suburb (file photo). Wellington police arrested three people following search warrants in Strathmore and Hutt Valley on Friday morning. The court orders followed an altercation between members of Nomads and Black …
Read More »Z Energy seeks former employees to return millions in vacation pay
[ad_1] Z Energy is going after former employees of its corporate division, because they are believed to have received underpaid vacation pay of around $ 1.3 million. Holiday pay miscalculations have been a serious problem for several New Zealand businesses and organizations in recent years. In 2016, it was revealed …
Read More »Liquidator found guilty of fraud after stealing $ 130k from companies
[ad_1] Claire Eastham-Farrelly / RNZ The trial was interrupted by the country’s Covid-19 blockades. A former Auckland liquidator has been found guilty of fraud on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Geoffrey Martin Smith was convicted of two counts of theft by a person in a special relationship and …
Read More »‘Day of mourning’: the bodies of five children found in an apartment in Germany
[ad_1] Martin Meissner / AP The mayor of Solingen, Tim Kurzbach, puts a candle at the entrance of the house, where five dead children were found in Solingen, Germany. A “day of mourning” has seized the German city of Solingen after the apparent murder of five children. The five children …
Read More »Liquidator found guilty of fraud after stealing $ 130k from companies
[ad_1] Claire Eastham-Farrelly / RNZ The trial was interrupted by the country’s Covid-19 blockades. A former Auckland liquidator has been found guilty of fraud on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Geoffrey Martin Smith was convicted of two counts of theft by a person in a special relationship and …
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