[ad_1] ANALYSIS: Experts have been speculating wildly about Stuff’s future in the wake of the NZME stock exchange announcement that it had called for a change of law allowing it to buy Stuff for a dollar. But all we really know for sure is that Australian Stuff owner Nine would …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Family mourns popular Mad Butcher store owner Roy Green
[ad_1] A young Auckland butcher who died suddenly at the weekend has been described as “the absolute heart of his family” and a “ray of sunshine”. Roy Green and his wife Amanda owned the Mad Butcher store in Pukekohe, in south Auckland. Their company, Green Family Butchers Ltd, went into …
Read More »China Bans Australian Meat Imports As Covid-19 Tensions Rise
[ad_1] China has reportedly suspended meat imports from four Australian slaughterhouses as simmering tensions over the source of the increased Covid-19 outbreak between countries. The Asian giant, which is New Zealand’s top meat export destination, suspended imports from four Australian slaughterhouses overnight, but did not officially remove them from the …
Read More »Coronavirus: New Zealand deserves Covid-19 level 2, with all its confusing rarity
[ad_1] Monique Ford / Things Covid-19 graffiti in Wellington. OPINION: At 11:59 pm Wednesday, our long national nightmare comes to an end. Something like. After 49 days in some kind of blockage, things will suddenly become much more normal. You can go shopping, go to the movies, go out to …
Read More »Australian man jailed after two died during drunken New Zealand vacation
[ad_1] An Australian man was sentenced to two years and a month behind bars after a drunken New Zealand heli-ski vacation ended with the death of his cousin and a 72-year-old man. Mark Edward Hayden, 53, was sentenced for murder in connection with the death of Twigel’s Nigel Stuart Freeman. …
Read More »Labor MP Louisa Wall seeks legal action against her own party
[ad_1] By Jo Moir from RNZ Labor’s Manurewa MP Louisa Wall is taking legal action against her own party over a nomination that was accepted to contest her seat. The Labor Party sought the advice of a Queen’s Council on a Waitematā DHB Arena Williams board member nomination that came …
Read More »Coronavirus: No new cases of Covid-19 as NZ prepares for level two
[ad_1] While New Zealand is on the cusp of the Alert Level Three transition, Director General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield has announced another day without a new case of Covid-19. Only two people remained in the hospital, at Auckland’s Middlemore and North Shore Hospitals on Tuesday, but none were …
Read More »‘Go vegan’: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams launches an outrageous racist speech against Covid-19 and China
[ad_1] BRYAN ADAMS / INSTAGRAM Canadian rocker Bryan Adams launches an outrageous racist protest against Covid-19 and China Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has launched an outrageous tirade against Covid-19. Adams, who was supposed to start a series of concerts at London’s Albert Hall on Monday night, posted the abuse-laden message …
Read More »Mixed emotions: Auckland man unlucky, then lucky, lottery ticket
[ad_1] An Auckland man’s luck roller coaster with his Lotto ticket left him with more questions than answers after he was initially told he was not a winner on Saturday night. While the man, who just wanted to be known as Robert, won’t pay off his mortgage with his $ …
Read More »Coronavirus: Winston Peters suggests that Hongi never return
[ad_1] Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has suggested that the Maori abandon the hongi salute to stop the spread of the disease. Hongi is a traditional Maori greeting in which noses are pressed together. It has been in less active use during the Covid-19 crisis due to fear of spreading …
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