[ad_1] A $ 26 million project to replace the Auckland airport runway will begin in two weeks and create 150 jobs. The works were advanced after the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting reduction in flights created an opening. Earlier this year, the airport runway had to be closed for emergency …
Read More »Covid-19 positive traveler jailed after refusing medical examination at Auckland airport | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] A woman who tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend had been in an Auckland jail for 10 days after refusing to be examined when she arrived at Auckland International Airport from the United States. Prison. (File photo) Source: istock.com The woman in her 20s agreed to take the …
Read More »Melbourne Highway Tragedy: Victoria Police oppose Porsche driver’s bail request
[ad_1] Porsche driver Richard Pusey allegedly filmed the dying police for three minutes and eight seconds, but “did not attempt to assist in any way,” a court has heard. He allegedly shot two videos, “enlarged” and “walked straight to” chief police officer Lynette Taylor, dying as she moaned and mocked …
Read More »‘It is not the language I would have used’ – Ardern responds to email directive to prevent ministers from interviewing on Covid-19 documents | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says “it is not the language I would have used” when asked about an email sent to ministers ordering them not to interview the media at a Covid-19 document dump last week. Your playlist will be loaded after this announcement. The prime minister says he …
Read More »Trump takes cautious approach to highlighting Biden accuser
[ad_1] President Donald Trump rarely holds his fire, hurling accusations true and false. But when it comes to the sexual assault allegation levelled against Joe Biden, his Democratic rival, the president has been unusually reticent. Trump didn’t publicly address the issue until April 30, more than a month after former …
Read More »Wellington bar owner is ‘stunned and gutted’, cannot immediately reopen below alert level 2
[ad_1] Wellington restaurateur Mike Egan is preparing Monsoon Poon for a grand reopening for level 2. “I’m really excited. It’s like opening a restaurant for the first time,” he says. “It takes a couple of days, it’s not like you could come half an hour before the service. So the …
Read More »Covirus 19 coronavirus: what you need to know about Monday’s big developments
[ad_1] New Zealand will go to Alert Level 2 at 11.59pm on Wednesday, but a staggered move means that not all companies will be back online immediately on Thursday. Get all the important news and read the full stories at the links below. Key developments in New Zealand • New …
Read More »‘We are gutted’: bars cannot open until a week after the first day of alert level 2
[ad_1] The bars will have to wait another week after alert level 2 starts to open, as they represent “the greatest risk,” says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. But a Wellington bar owner says the delay could be the final nail in the coffin for many establishments in the struggling hotel …
Read More »Coronavirus: Blues debut for Beauden Barrett against Hurricanes in Super Rugby
[ad_1] Super Rugby is back with the possibility of Beauden Barrett making his Blues debut against the Hurricanes in the first round of the revised Kiwi competition. The Blues will host the Hurricanes in Auckland on Sunday, June 14, the day after the opening game between the Highlanders and the …
Read More »Seinfeld actor Jerry Stiller dies at 92
[ad_1] Charles Sykes / AP Ben Stiller, left, and his father Jerry Stiller arrive at the Help Haiti benefit in 2011 honoring Sean Penn hosted by the Stiller Foundation and The J / P Haitian Relief Organization, in New York Comedy veteran Jerry Stiller, who launched his career opposite wife …
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