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[ad_1] More than a billion dollars will be spent by the New Zealand government creating “nature jobs” as part of its a pandemic recovery, including environmental work in regions, but critics expressed dismay there wasn’t more emphasis on climate change. On Thursday the finance minister Grant Robertson unveiled more than …

[ad_1] NZ Police Julian Varley is missing, police say. Police have serious concerns for the safety of the missing Tauranga man, Julian Varley, after they revealed that bullet holes were found in the side of his car. Varley disappeared in Tauranga on January 23. The last confirmed sighting of him …

[ad_1] In political terms it was a “sharp reprimand”. In the language of the young it was a “sick burn.” Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters was nervous with National Leader Simon Bridges in the House today, saying he needed to use the first day of Level 2 to “cut his …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s most popular dog is also the one that gets into a lot of trouble. Labradors fight crime like drug detection dogs, help people like guide dogs and therapy dogs, and are also friendly family members. But in the past year, a pet insurance company said it had …

[ad_1] The disappearance of Julian Varley, Tauranga’s father of two, has taken a sinister turn when police reveal bullet holes were found in his burned-out car. The case appeared on Police Ten 7 on Thursday night, as police try to find out what happened to Varley, who has been missing …

[ad_1] Foreign Minister Winston Peters revealed that China tried to dissuade New Zealand from entering the closure. “Without speaking out of turn, they wanted a discussion about why we were doing it, because they thought it was an overreaction,” Peters told Stuff. NZ coronavirus podcast In an extended interview, the …

[ad_1] Supplied Police found a large quantity of cannabis at two properties in Manawatū. Two men were arrested for cultivation and possession of drugs after the police raids in Manawatū. Police found more than 80 cannabis plants, 500 stalks, and about 7 kilograms of cannabis head at a retail store …

[ad_1] UNSPLASH The hundreds of plants available will be gifted on Instagram, rather than in person. When commercial landscaping company Outside In announced its plan to give away hundreds of free plants, they anticipated interest, but not so much. People have been appearing at the company’s Penrose offices “non-stop” since …

[ad_1] SuperGold cardholders will receive a free annual eye and health check-up as part of health spending that goes primarily to DHBs who are addressing huge treatment delays caused by the Covid-19 blockade. New funds have been earmarked to implement a promised free annual medical checkup for the country’s more …

[ad_1] The opposition leader said “everything must be returned” and warned New Zealanders to prepare for a “debt tsunami about to sweep us away.” He said it represents “the biggest debt burden in the history of our country by a long way.” Bridges speculated that it will be paid through …