[ad_1] This story was originally published in RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Ferries are running, Air NZ will distance passengers, InterCity bus company canceled all trips until May 2, 29, and all long-distance tourist railways will be closed. Air New Zealand said it would guarantee an empty seat among passengers …
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[ad_1] A bill was passed granting sweeping powers to the police to potentially enter homes without arrest warrants while enforcing Covid-19 alert level rules. The Covid-19 Public Health Response Bill was quickly brought to Parliament in time for Alert Level 2, but it came under intense scrutiny by the Opposition. …
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[ad_1] New Zealand joined together to fight Covid-19, we were told. Actually, there were two versions of confinement: while the working class kept the country safe and orderly, white-collar kiwis easily slipped into their offices. Andy Fyers, Carmen Parahi and Steve Kilgallon report. Rose Kavapalu is proud to be a …
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[ad_1] Police are investigating an incident in the early hours of this morning in West Auckland that resulted in a death. Police and emergency services were called to Great North Rd, in the Henderson suburb, just before 1.30 in the morning. A photographer on the scene said members of the …
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[ad_1] Philip Harkness and his sons were some of the first Kiwis to get their lockdown locks chopped as the clock struck 12.01am on Thursday. Barbershop & Co, Bob the Barber and B & M Barbers, all located in the suburb of Birkenhead on Auckland’s North Shore, opened their doors …
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[ad_1] Philip Harkness and his sons were some of the first kiwis to cut their locks when the clock struck 12:01 on Thursday morning. Barbershop & Co, Bob the Barber and B & M Barbers, all located in the Birkenhead suburb on Auckland’s north shore, opened for the first time …
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[ad_1] Finance Minister Grant Robertson will deliver one of the largest budgets in New Zealand history today. And while New Zealand looks at the barrel of what was yesterday described as the “deepest and deepest economic recession in history,” the government has a clear focus: “Jobs, jobs, jobs.” According to …
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[ad_1] Police declined to be interviewed and did not address the record of Coster’s comments. “Police briefly held Clearview AI earlier this year to assess whether it offered any value to police investigations,” Detective Superintendent Tom Fitzgerald, national manager of criminal investigations, said in a statement. “This was a very …
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[ad_1] Brian Tamaki has been accused of “promoting lawlessness” by The AM Show host Duncan Garner in a heated confrontation over the bishop’s intention to lead a church service this Sunday, despite level 2 restrictions requiring that religious services have a limit of 10 people. The self-described apostle and founder …
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[ad_1] OPINION: 2020 is the year of tough decisions, the kind for which there is no good result, only the “least worst”. The decision to put the country under lock and key was probably easier than we like to think. As Greens co-leader James Shaw said, “The choice is: do …
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