[ad_1] Only a handful of immigration officials are working on processing investor visas that have a total value of more than $ 2 billion. By Gill Bonnett of rnz.co.nz An immigration attorney says the potential investment “locked in an office in Wellington” should be released. In a briefing for incoming …
Read More »Inmate Surrenders as Maori Party Co-Leader Heads to Waikeria with Offer to Help Negotiate, Showdown Continues | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] One prisoner has surrendered, but 16 others remain standing in the besieged Waikeria prison, which will be visited by Maori party leader Rawiri Waititi as prisoners protest the poor living conditions. Your playlist will load after this announcement. Seventeen inmates remain in hiding at Waikato’s Waikeria Prison after starting …
Read More »‘Worst of all’: Melania Trump’s legacy brutally mocked
[ad_1] Lifestyle Dec 31, 2020, 7:24 PM4 minutes to read The first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, could be remembered for leaving no legacy. Photo / Getty Images Melania Trump’s days in the White House are now clearly numbered despite her husband’s denial of his electoral defeat. But …
Read More »The price of cigarettes rose 1.4% at the beginning of the New Year | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] The price of cigarettes and tobacco is on the rise again as New Zealand welcomes the New Year, this time increasing with a new excise duty of around 1.4 percent. It is a smaller increase than in previous years; last year, the price jumped 10 percent to $ 33 …
Read More »New Zealand Breakers prepares to leave Melbourne
[ad_1] Anthony Au-Yeung / Getty Images The Breakers have moved to Australia ahead of the 2021 NBL season. The NBL’s South East Melbourne clubs Phoenix and New Zealand Breakers will temporarily relocate to Hobart on Friday following a new Covid-19 outbreak in Victoria. The Breakers had moved to Victoria in …
Read More »The lyrics of the Australian national anthem changed: a new version of Advance Australia Fair was adopted
[ad_1] World December 31, 2020 06:04 pm3 minutes to read Australia has made a slight change to their national anthem. Photo / Getty A new version of the Australian national anthem was adopted, with a lyric line for the song changing as of January 1. In an evening announcement on …
Read More »Covid-19: America ‘poised to fail’ as seniors camp out, fight in parking lots for limited vaccine
[ad_1] Terry Beth Hadler was so eager to receive the life-saving Covid-19 vaccine that the 69-year-old piano teacher queued overnight in a parking lot with hundreds of older people. She would not do it again. Hadler said he waited 14 hours and that a fight almost broke out before dawn …
Read More »‘Self-indulgent Brats’: $ 6,000 Stolen Stock, Blackies Cafe Roof Damaged in Whangamatā Riots
[ad_1] New Zealand December 31, 2020 06:25 pm4 minutes to read Hundreds of teenagers have climbed onto the roof of the Surf Club and are throwing bottles at the police. Video / Jane Phare The mayor of Thames Coromandel has criticized a group of rebellious teenagers who ran rampant in …
Read More »Hidden treasures: 150-year-old stuffed mammal trapped in the attic
[ad_1] Only 1 percent of the Canterbury Museum’s collection is on display at a time. As part of a special series, reporter LEE KENNY and visual journalist JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON went behind the scenes to uncover the hidden treasures found in their vast archives. “The elephant in the room” is an …
Read More »Soccer: Man United’s Edinson Cavani, suspended for three games for offensive post
[ad_1] Sport Dec 31, 2020, 4:30 PM2 minutes to read Edinson Cavani of Manchester United. Photo / AP Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani was suspended from three games by the English Football Association on Thursday after using a Spanish term for blacks that he said was intended to be a …
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