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Read More »Kia ora 2021: the New Year wishes to eliminate worries
[ad_1] Fireworks go off for New Years Eve at the Sky Tower. Photo / Michael Craig It was a world where locks and casualties were often the norm. But as a new year dawned after the coronavirus pandemic defined 2020, New Zealand was among the few nations where people were …
Read More »Australia changes letter of national anthem for 2021
[ad_1] Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images The fireworks display over the Sydney Opera House during the evening New Years Eve celebrations. Australia’s national anthem will sound a little different in 2021. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday night that Advance Australia Fair’s second line will change from “Because we …
Read More »US congressman dies from Covid-19 days before taking office
[ad_1] World Dec 30, 2020 03:15 AMFast reading Luke Letlow. Photo / Luke Letlow Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s most recent Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, died of complications related to Covid-19 just days before taking office. He was 41 years old. Letlow spokesman Andrew Bautsch said the …
Read More »Gilligan’s Island star dies of Covid-19
[ad_1] Dawn Wells, who harnessed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty and made her into lasting television fame as sweet desert island castaway Mary Ann in the classic 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island “He died Wednesday at age 82, his publicist said. Wells, who won the Miss Nevada title in 1959 …
Read More »The recipient of the Queen’s Service Medal believes the honor also belongs to the late husband
[ad_1] JOHN BISSET / Stuff Temuka woman Elizabeth Norton received a Queen’s Service Medal on this year’s New Years Honors list for her services to the Hampden community. A woman who received the Queen’s Service Medal for her 17 years serving the Hampden community believes the honor also belongs to …
Read More »New Years honors 2021: athletes recognized on the honors list
[ad_1] New Zealand’s president of cricket, Debbie Hockley. Photo / Photosport A wide range of athletes have been recognized on the 2021 New Year honors list. Mrs. Deborah (Debbie) Ann Hockley New Zealand Order of Merit Companion for Cricket Services Almost 20 years after the day of her biggest win …
Read More »‘Diabolical’ Covid-19 mail outages cause Christmas headaches for NZ Post
[ad_1] The 260 overseas packages hosted by NZ Post before the Christmas deadline are no longer stuck in New Zealand and can reach their destination before the tree falls. Last week, NZ Post admitted that there were still hundreds of gifts at the NZ Post International Mail Center, even though …
Read More »New Years Honors 2021: ‘accidental’ kiwi Suzanne Snively named honorary lady
[ad_1] Suzanne Snively’s move to New Zealand was supposed to be temporary. But nearly 50 years later, the American-born economist is still here, and her contribution to the governance problems in Aotearoa has been recognized with one of the country’s most prestigious honors: being named an honorary companion of the …
Read More »Steps created path to cavalry
[ad_1] In 2008, there came a time when Ian Taylor decided to close Animation Research Ltd after a deal fell through in India. Twelve years later, Taylor recalls the 30-year journey his company, now a world leader, has been on by receiving one of the highest rewards on the New …
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