[ad_1] There is a heavy rain watch in some parts of the south. Photo / 123RF Those in the south should prepare for the wet weather this week. Metservice has issued a heavy rain watch for North Otago, Dunedin and Clutha from Balclutha northbound since 9 a.m. M. From Friday …
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[ad_1] Giuseppe Cacace / AP Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton received a knighthood for his services to motorsports Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has received a knighthood for his services to motorsports. In 2020, the 35-year-old Briton equaled Michael Schumacher’s record of seven Formula One world titles, was a staunch supporter …
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[ad_1] Tracy Neal / RNZ The upper part of the South Island, site of Abel Tasman National Park, is extremely busy, says the DOC. This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. More New Zealanders are getting out into the open this summer than ever, with campers …
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[ad_1] Sport|Cricket December 30, 2020 10:33 PM2 minutes to read Andrew Alderson and Dylan Cleaver reflect on New Zealand’s victory in the last session’s cricket test over Pakistan at Bay Oval, provisionally taking them to world No. 1. The way Neil Wagner ran to throw ball after ball in the …
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[ad_1] Peter nunn Taranaki firefighters worked for hours to contain a fire after a gas explosion at a cabin in New Plymouth Tuesday night. A ladder and the quick thinking of a neighbor helped two people escape their New Plymouth home after it burst into flames after a gas explosion. …
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[ad_1] Dawn Wells died at the age of 82. Photo / Getty Images Dawn Wells, who played the healthy Mary Ann among a misfit gang of castaways in the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday of Covid-19-related causes, her publicist said. The television star was 82 years old. Wells died …
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[ad_1] The British government has extended its tighter coronavirus restrictions to more than three-quarters of England’s population, saying that a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus has reached most of the country. British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at midnight Wednesday (local time) that the government’s maximum level of infection …
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[ad_1] Founder and CEO of Animation Research, Ian Taylor. Photo / Supplied Ian Taylor says he might have ended up being a downcast rock singer if it weren’t for a reunion in 1989 that led him down the road to founding his Animation Research business 30 years ago. That meeting …
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[ad_1] Mercy missions operated by Air New Zealand repatriated 7,100 stranded passengers due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. Air New Zealand’s first and most prominent Covid-19 repatriation effort was flight NZ1942 in early February from Wuhan, China, where the first coronavirus outbreak occurred. The flight landed in Auckland with nearly 100 …
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[ad_1] Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price (right) with former Commissioner Mike Bush during his update on the Christchurch massacre. Photo / NZME Canterbury’s top cop has been awarded a new year’s honor after a decade in which he and his colleagues grappled with “a multitude of challenging police problems.” …
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