[ad_1] The dream of becoming a billionaire before Christmas has not happened after tonight’s $ 16 million Lotto Powerball drawing. Photo / New Zealand Herald The dream of becoming a Lotto Powerball billionaire overnight to two days before Christmas is over in New Zealand. Tonight’s Big Wednesday $ 16 million …
Read More »Kiwis stranded in UK due to cancellation of connecting flights
[ad_1] Kiwis hoping to fly home from the UK have had their flights canceled due to the new strain of Covid-19 sweeping Britain. More than 50 countries have imposed travel bans on flights from the UK. Singapore Airlines, which offers connecting flights to New Zealand, is among those that have …
Read More »Alliance Group to reimburse $ 34 million in wage subsidy
[ad_1] Supplied Alliance Group has already reimbursed $ 21 million in wage subsidy. The Alliance Group meat processing cooperative will reimburse $ 34 million it received from the government’s wage subsidy earlier this year. President Murray Taggart said the group had already reimbursed $ 21 million to the Ministry of …
Read More »Man Arrested After Rotorua Hot Pool Incident
[ad_1] A man has been arrested after an incident in Rotorua. Photo / 123rf Police made an arrest after a man was allegedly assaulted in Rotorua on Saturday night. The incident occurred around 11:30 pm at a public swimming stream known as the “hot and cold” pools on Waiotapu Loop …
Read More »Three richest $ 333,000 lottery players just in time for Christmas
[ad_1] George heard / things Three Lotto players won the First Division on Wednesday night (file photo). Three people who bought their tickets in Auckland have won “an early Christmas present,” claiming $ 333,000 each in the First Division Lottery in Wednesday night’s drawing. The lucky winners bought their tickets …
Read More »New Canterbury health board chief takes over ‘poisoned chalice’
[ad_1] MARION VAN DIJK / Things Nelson-Marlborough Health CEO Dr. Peter Bramley will assume the highest permanent position at the CDHB. The new executive director of the Canterbury board of health has assumed “a poisoned chalice” by leading the country’s most indebted and rebellious health board, health commentators say. Nelson-Marlborough …
Read More »US President Donald Trump threatens to veto Covid 19 aid bill
[ad_1] World Dec 23, 2020 06:54 AM4 minutes to read US President Donald Trump criticizes the Covid-19 aid bill passed by Congress. Video / @realDonaldTrump US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night (US time) threatened to torpedo the huge Covid-19 aid package from the US Congress amid a raging pandemic …
Read More »Daniela Elser: Kate’s wild gift to Prince Harry and how royalty celebrates Christmas
[ad_1] OPINION: In a year in which the word “unprecedented” was thrown out with nauseating ubiquity, life before Covid has taken on a particular nostalgic glow. For the Queen, a woman whose entire life had been ruled by glorious repetition, this year and all of her new demands must have …
Read More »Pike River mine workers reach the seal on top of the mine drift
[ad_1] Pike River mine workers have reached a seal near the end of the mine access tunnel, their latest milestone in the reclamation operation for 2020. The government commissioned the Pike River Recovery Agency to recover the 2.3 km tunnel, or drift, in hopes of finding bodies and evidence of …
Read More »Stranded in UK as New Covid-19 Strain Stops Transit Flights Through Singapore, Hong Kong
[ad_1] A Kiwi couple trying to get home from London fear they will soon be homeless after their flights to New Zealand were canceled with Singapore and Hong Kong banning transit from the UK. The situation for Liz Crawshaw and her husband Rob has been compounded by the reservation of …
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