[ad_1] The enthusiastic bidder who missed out on buying the nation’s most expensive houseplant to sell on Trade Me (a mixed low of $ 8,150) has won the top pick. A furious bidding war between two people on Wednesday night turned a rare type of philodendron into the second most …
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[ad_1] A former vice chairman of the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) says he was ordered to “get rid” of Canterbury’s chief of health, David Meates. In a speech at a private function to dismiss Meates, given to Stuff, Tā Mark Solomon recalled the leadership of the then Director General …
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[ad_1] A man who had been at his first job for seven weeks lost three fingers and part of his palm after a “traumatic amputation” at a Taranaki sawmill. Taranaki Sawmills Ltd was sentenced yesterday in New Plymouth District Court for failing to ensure the machine was safe for workers …
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[ad_1] The race begins before a second typhoon expected to carry out a new search in the area where a cattle boat with 43 people on board, including two kiwis, disappeared off the coast of Japan. Gulf Livestock 1 left Napier on August 14 with around 5,800 head of cattle …
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[ad_1] Supplied / Stuff Robert van der Hayden, 60, has been reunited with his son Chris, 37, here with his grandson Cooper, 6, and his five-month-old granddaughter Luka. After fighting with Australian federal border authorities and circumventing a questionable charter agreement, a Pukekohe father circumvented travel restrictions through Tasmania to …
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[ad_1] Supplied First Light is the first operational satellite that Rocket Lab has designed, built and launched into orbit. The space company Rocket Lab says it has launched New Zealand’s first operational satellite into orbit. The satellite named ‘First Light’ is the first operational satellite designed and built in-house by …
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[ad_1] The remains found buried in concrete in a house in central Auckland have been identified as the owner of the property, who has been missing for a decade. The bones found at the site belong to David Stanley Hart, police say. “The police are treating Mr. Hart’s death as …
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[ad_1] Auckland residents would be wearing masks to work and school and still wouldn’t be able to leave the city under a Covid-19 “alert level 2.5” if a team of public health experts had their way. And in addition to alert level 1, the trio has proposed a transition house …
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[ad_1] Police have confirmed the identity of a body found locked up specifically in Auckland’s Mt Eden earlier this year. The deceased was David Stanley Hart, the former owner of a boarding house at the Marlborough Street address. Hart’s remains were originally found on January 31 and police are treating …
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[ad_1] Actor Robert Pattinson tested positive for Covid-19 while filming The Batman in the UK. Warner Brothers studio released a statement saying that British production of Matt Reeves’ The Batman was halted, after one of the people in the production tested positive for Covid-19. Actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive …
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