[ad_1] In the northern sky in December there is a beautiful star cluster known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, also known in Maori as Matariki. Look closely and it will probably count six stars. So why do we say there are seven? Many cultures around the world refer …
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[ad_1] Michael Steele / Getty Images Sean Winters was tested at this year’s Auckland Powerlifting Championships (file image). Weightlifter Sean Winters has been suspended for two years by the New Zealand Sports Court after failing a doping test. A statement from Drug Free Sport NZ said that Winters tested positive …
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[ad_1] Kavinda Herath / Things Marcus Lush with his family, from left, his son Denver, 4, his partner Vanessa Underwood and their son Tracker, 7, in his hometown of Bluff. Lush has submitted his name to represent a vacant position on the Invercargill City Council. Featured announcer Marcus Lush is …
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[ad_1] World Dec. 21, 2020, 10:42 p.m.5 minutes to read US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote “beautiful” federal buildings, trying to stamp out “ugly” modernist styles. Photo / AP US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote “beautiful” federal buildings, trying to weed out …
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[ad_1] On Christmas Day at 6am, J, a prisoner in his 30s who Stuff Identified by your first initial, you will enter the large stainless steel kitchen in Auckland Prison, where you are the head chef. J and two other prisoner cooks, plus another in training, will fire up the …
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[ad_1] Lava flows into the Halema’uma’u crater of the Kilauea volcano. The Kilauea volcano on the Big Island erupted and released a cloud of steam and ash into the atmosphere that lasted about an hour, an official with the National Weather Service said early Monday (NZT Tuesday). The eruption began …
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[ad_1] A central Christchurch highway has been blocked in one direction as the growing demand for food packages in the city causes “hectic” traffic scenes. Cars were lining up on Hereford St for Christchurch City Mission Christmas food packages on Tuesday morning. The day before, the line of cars caused …
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[ad_1] Indra Beaufort / AP The USS Georgia traverses the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. A US nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine has traversed the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, the US Navy says, in a rare announcement that comes amid rising tensions with …
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[ad_1] An aerial sweep of the closed area around Mount Ruapehu crater lake, Te Wai ā-moe, was canceled due to bad weather. The area within the 2 km exclusion zone is closed due to the increased risk of eruption as the volcanic alert level had risen to level 2, indicating …
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[ad_1] United States President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public that vaccines are safe. The president-elect took a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a hospital on Monday (local time) not far …
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