[ad_1] Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sent their first Christmas card since they stepped down as royalty. The card, which was released through Markle’s animal welfare sponsorship Mayhew, features a painting of the Duke and Duchess in the garden of their Montecito California home, sharing a quality family moment with …
Read More »Kiwi stranded by Covid sails alone from around the world to be home at Christmas | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] It’s a story straight out of a Christmas-Covid playbook: a stranded man, a son who misses his father, and the willingness to get together by whatever means before Christmas. Your playlist will load after this announcement. Dmitry Pelevin’s entire journey back to New Zealand has been a battle. Source: …
Read More »Home Sweet Home: St Clair Families Evacuated Two Years Ago Finally Return
[ad_1] Residents of five properties in Dunedin’s suburb of St Clair can spend their first Christmas in their homes since a slip forced their evacuation two years ago. Photo: Supplied / Keith Kelsall Six homes on Motu Street and Allandale Road were evacuated after a half-meter-wide crack was found in …
Read More »No happy endings for Beauty and the Beast
[ad_1] OPINION: So Christmas is here, and as Melania Trump will go down in history for saying, “Who cares a …?” about that. Easy for those with servants and sycophants to be indifferent, less so for those who have to cook. A universal Christmas gift that I am grateful for …
Read More »Napier Highway kilometer with 13 temporary speed signs and no road works
[ad_1] A motorist who regularly drives on Waiohiki Rd says the council’s use of 13 temporary reduced speed signs along a one-kilometer stretch of highway is excessive. Photo / Warren Buckland There are 13 temporary speed reduction signs on a one kilometer stretch of the Taradale road and there are …
Read More »UK and EU announce post-Brexit trade deal
[ad_1] After months of talks and almost at the last minute, Britain and the European Union reached an interim free trade agreement on Thursday (early Christmas day, NZT) that should avoid New Year’s chaos for cross-border traders and provide certain security to companies. after years of Brexit turmoil. With just …
Read More »Mother sent $ 865,000 to romance scammer, bank ‘not responsible’
[ad_1] A woman whose mother sent nearly $ 1 million to a foreign romance scammer has had her complaint about her bank rejected. The woman discovered the scam six weeks after her mother obtained a third loan and sent the money abroad. She took out three loans for a total …
Read More »Brexit: Time is running out for trade deal, but negotiations are in ‘final phase’
[ad_1] British and European Union negotiators moved closer to a trade deal on Thursday (New Zealand time), raising hopes that a chaotic economic breakdown between the two sides could be avoided on New Year’s Day, authorities said. After resolving some outstanding fair competition issues, negotiators last dealt with EU fishing …
Read More »Australia’s top doctors call for NYE Sydney fireworks to be canceled amid outbreak
[ad_1] The Australian Medical Association has called on the New South Wales government to cancel the proposed fireworks for New Year’s Eve in Sydney as the state struggles to contain a Covid-19 outbreak. Dr Michael Bonning, president of the NSW Division of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), told radio station …
Read More »New Zealanders in the UK beg to return as new Covid variants spread
[ad_1] The rapid spread of new strains of Covid-19 in the UK has prompted some New Zealanders to ask the government for help getting back home. Meanwhile, people here, including health experts, want the government to tighten the screws on its border controls. A new highly infectious variant of Covid-19 …
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