[ad_1] The Queenstown and Rotorua gondola and luge operations will reopen Saturday after weeks of being idle due to the coronavirus blockade. Skyline Enterprises CEO Geoff McDonald said its Queenstown and Rotorua operations would open in reduced capacity after New Zealand moved to Level 2 Alert. “It will be a …
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[ad_1] RNZ Chief Executive Paul Thompson told the Ministry of Culture and Heritage in November that he did not need an additional FM radio slot to launch his youth music service plan. The disclosure was contained in a series of documents released under the Official Information Act by RNZ on …
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[ad_1] Participants in the racing industry will have to wait to find out how the unaccounted for part of today’s $ 72.5 million government aid package escapes them. Because the man in charge of the races admits he doesn’t know it yet. Racing Minister Winston Peters was once again the …
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[ad_1] Former All Blacks wing Nehe Milner-Skudder has been linked to an immediate return to Super Rugby. The 29-year-old World Cup winner signed a lucrative three-year contract with Toulon in late 2018, but has not yet played a match for the French club due to a shoulder injury. With the …
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[ad_1] Former All Black Nehe Milner-Skudder will reportedly make a dramatic return to the field of play in the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition. But it will not be with his old side the hurricanes. Instead, the 13 All Black winger or fullback test will play for the Highlanders, according to …
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[ad_1] PETER MEECHAM / THINGS Westpac New Zealand Chief Executive David McLean said the bank was conducting a comprehensive review to find out what caused the widespread disruption of the systems on Monday. Westpac Chief Executive David Mclean apologized to customers for Monday’s extended failure of the bank’s payment systems. …
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[ad_1] The National Party will vote against the first reading of a new Covid-19 law, which cannot be enacted until just before Wednesday’s deadline. The law is required to allow Level 2 alert compliance with rules such as social distancing and meeting restrictions. The government had urgently planned to pass …
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[ad_1] The man who brought the government to court and earned the right to leave mandatory isolation to visit his dying father has now been forced to re-plan the funeral. Upon arriving in New Zealand from the UK on April 23, Oliver Christiansen applied for an exemption from administered isolation, …
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[ad_1] As New Zealand prepares to significantly ease coronavirus restrictions, some countries that have already at least partially released their societies are facing outbreaks in new Covid-19 cases. In a briefing on Tuesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acknowledged that she was concerned about the possibility that cases in New Zealand …
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[ad_1] A Viaduct bar owner is planning to hold a level 2 party with 100 of his friends during the first weekend of level 2. Leo Molloy told Newstalk ZB’s Heather Du Plessis-Allan that those attending the central Auckland bash were “friends of Headquarters and personal friends of mine”. Among …
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