[ad_1] Associate Finance Minister James Shaw says he warned the couple behind the controversial Taranaki Green School and New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom to stay away from seeking government funding, but they went ahead anyway. The revelation came during a whirlwind Tuesday in which Shaw publicly apologized for his decision …
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[ad_1] SUPPLIED A driver tried to grab his truck to prevent it from being stolen, but was dragged down the sidewalk. A courier driver was dragged off the sidewalk and left bloodied in Hawke’s Bay after a suspected thief tried to escape with his work truck. A police spokesman said …
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[ad_1] A GP who inflicted physical contact on the face of a two-year-old during a consultation should have known better, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found. The little boy, who had been ill with conjunctivitis and fever for a few days, was with his mother when he saw the …
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[ad_1] Auckland’s private training schools fear losing a $ 10 million fund designed to help schools survive the loss of international students, because the criteria favor schools in regional areas. The criteria for the new fund released this week by the Commission on Tertiary Education include “regional importance,” defined as …
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[ad_1] But a screenshot of National Rep. Simeon Brown’s Facebook page taken by Newshub shows that the post on his page was still active at 5:03 p.m. Tuesday, after Mallard was assured it was removed. It remained on their page until it was removed around 5:20 p.m., shortly after Newshub …
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[ad_1] This story was originally posted on RNZ.co.nz and is being republished with permission. WARNING: This story is about assisted death and suicide and may be distressing to some readers. A woman whose terminally ill husband chose suicide over a prolonged and painful death urges New Zealanders to allow people …
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[ad_1] By Robin Martin, RNZ The nearly $ 12 million given to the privately run Green School in Taranaki was always intended to be primarily loans, says CEO Chris Edwards. Edwards said the school applied for funds for an expansion project in good faith and was fighting backlash. In the …
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[ad_1] Parliament’s Privilege Committee has endorsed President Trevor Mallard and his decision for Advance New Zealand to remove a political video from its social media channels about Covid-19 vaccines. But the party is challenging the ruling and the video, falsely claiming that Labor will force people to get vaccinated, remained …
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[ad_1] A Tauranga man has been prosecuted for burning demolition waste material, some containing asbestos, at a residential subdivision site in Rotorua in June 2018. Kevin John Davies pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Tauranga District Court to $ 14,000 in fines, including a $ 9,000 fine and a $ …
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[ad_1] TSB Bank has alerted authorities to an interruption in its banking services on Tuesday, while Kiwibank also experienced outages. The rest of the banking sector is on high alert for cyber attacks abroad after several New Zealand companies were attacked in recent days. TSB’s phone, website and mobile banking …
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