[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. The executive director of the United Firefighters Association, Bill Butzbach, has been removed while the reports of bullying and harassment are being investigated. The investigation is being conducted by an independent QC, Kristy McDonald, who will examine two …
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[ad_1] Last week, Mallard referred former national MP and now independent Jami-Lee Ross to the Privilege Committee for misusing edited parliamentary television videos for political ads. The spokesperson ordered that an anti-vaccination video, posted by the New Zealand Public Party co-led by Ross and Billy Te Kahika, be removed from …
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[ad_1] The National Party adheres to its policy of allowing international students to enter the country and allowing them to isolate themselves in university accommodation, but has postponed the time frame of that policy indefinitely. Under former leader Todd Muller, the party announced a policy that would have allowed international …
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[ad_1] Supplied Emergency services off Rangiora property where a suspected gas leak was reported. The smell of a decaying phone battery in a North Canterbury store sent three people to hospital, says Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz). Fenz spokesman Andrew Norris said firefighters were called to the Spark store …
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[ad_1] A touch of magic that emerged in a Christchurch forest during the national Covid-19 shutdown has to be relocated. Hundreds of mini fairy houses appeared in the trees at Bottle Lake in April, adding to a small pre-existing collection. Joseph Johnson / Stuff The homemade fairy homes gave children …
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[ad_1] New Zealand’s coronavirus case count has surpassed 1,400, as 14 more people have tested positive for the virus. Five of the latest Covid-19 infections, announced Tuesday, occurred in the community, while nine were found in controlled isolation or quarantine (MIQ) facilities. All community cases have been epidemiologically linked to …
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[ad_1] Ninety-seven percent of staff working in managed isolation facilities and quarantine hotels were tested last week, and no one tested positive for Covid-19. The next round of MIQ testing is currently underway, said Minister for Managed Isolation and Quarantine, Megan Woods, and will be completed on September 6. Regular …
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[ad_1] Supplied Amberlie died after a tragic accident. The mother of a 3-year-old girl who died on an Upper Hutt playground said her daughter “touched the lives of many.” Amberlie Pennington-Foley was critically injured in Harcourt Park on Thursday and died shortly thereafter. Police have referred her death, which they …
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[ad_1] The massive fire that devastated more than 3,500 hectares of trees and brush in Pūkaki highlights the need for a proactive approach to the problem of Scots pine in the area, says the mayor of the Mackenzie district. Graham Smith acknowledged that the district had a great job ahead …
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[ad_1] A landlord who removed the front door to a rental property before it was ransacked and threatened to go to jail if the tenants did not move out within 16 days, must pay thousands of dollars in compensation. In a recently published leasing court decision, Darren Phillip Thomas Williams …
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