[ad_1] Holiday highway tolls are now double what they were overall last year after the deaths of four more motorists in the past two days. Your playlist will load after this ad. Three more people have died since last night, bringing the total number of deaths to eight. Source: 1 …
Read More »‘Stolen too soon’: family pays tribute to diver who died during Catlins’ voyage with ‘favorite person’
[ad_1] Jake Bridson. Photo / ODT The family of a man who died while freediving off the southeastern coast of the South Island says he was “robbed” “too soon” but died doing what he loved. Jake Bridson, 23, of Heriot, West Otago, died Sunday while diving near the Owaka Heads, …
Read More »North Otago Family Scores Second Biggest Lotto Powerball Win of the Year
[ad_1] New Zealand Dec 29, 2020 02:05 AM2 minutes to read Celebration of the 2000 Lotto live draw. Video / Lottery The second biggest Lotto Powerball win of the year was won by a North Otago family, who took home $ 18.25 million. Their Christmas dreams came true on Boxing …
Read More »Holiday road toll: eight dead in accidents so far over Christmas and New Year
[ad_1] Blair Jackson / Stuff Emergency services deal with a fatal accident on the Riverton-Wallacetown Expressway in Southland. The holiday highway toll rose to eight after two fatal accidents Tuesday. Police confirmed the death of one person in a mid-morning crash at Dairy Flats, while earlier in the day one …
Read More »Brexit: UK deal with EU hurts New Zealand exports, says Beef and Lamb
[ad_1] Deal Dec 29, 2020 01:07 AM3 minutes to read The post-Brexit trade deal may bring reductions in export earnings to New Zealand. Photo / RNZ By RNZ The meat industry is urging the government to fight the new quotas for local exporters as part of the new trade agreement …
Read More »Traffic backs up as tourists return to Wellington
[ad_1] KEVIN’S STENT / THINGS Heavy traffic has been the norm this holiday period on State Highway 1 between Otaki and Levin (File photo). Travelers are being told to expect long delays as traffic continued to pile up in both directions in and out of Wellington on Tuesday. Congestion built …
Read More »SunLive – Claim against TVNZ confirmed
[ad_1] A complaint that Television New Zealand used a discriminatory term in a news story about the annual relocation of sharecroppers has been confirmed. The Broadcasting Standards Authority found that TVNZ violated standards of discrimination and denigration by referring to the annual movement of sharecroppers across the country “as a …
Read More »Parents of a four-year-old girl murdered in the US Plead innocent and claim there is “devil” inside the child | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] The parents of a four-year-old Missouri girl allegedly killed by neighbors to eliminate a “demon” pleaded not guilty to charges related to the case today. Mary and Ethan Mast. Source: Associated Press Mary S. Mast, 29, and James A. Mast, 28, both of Lincoln, Missouri, were charged last week …
Read More »SunLive: one seriously injured after Coromandel accident
[ad_1] Update, 8.35pm: The road has been reopened. Update, 4:44 pm: SH25 from Coromandel to Whitianga, south of Kuaotunu, is now closed in both directions after the accident. Update, 4pm: A person is seriously injured after a serious motorcycle-to-car accident in SH25, Kuaotunu, Coromandel. A helicopter and the Serious Accident …
Read More »‘Hatred intensifies’: mosque victim’s sister confronts shopper
[ad_1] The sister of a man killed in the March 15 mosque attacks came out after being asked if she was “born and raised” in New Zealand. Aya Al-Umari was shopping with her mother Janna Ezat at the Farmers branch in Rangiora when she was confronted by an older couple …
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