[ad_1] Abigail Dougherty / Stuff About 25 workers from Toll’s third-party logistics arm plan to leave work at 10 a.m. Workers at Toll Logistics plan to leave work Tuesday morning after labor negotiations stalled. First Union, on behalf of the workers, said the company was offering non-union workers more severance …
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[ad_1] A summer roadie is as much about the places along the way as it is about the journey. New Zealand is full of interesting little towns that are worth getting out of the car. Here is our selection of pit stops. READ MORE:* 7 small New Zealand towns with …
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[ad_1] A man who lost $ 30,000 from his bank account after someone saw him enter his PIN number at a bar is being used as an example of the need to be careful with cards this summer. Banking Ombudsman Nicola Sladden said it was important for people to be …
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[ad_1] EAST GRINSTEAD RFC / Supplied Matt Ratana was posthumously named winner of the Unsung Hero Award on the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year program. Matt Ratana, a slain New Zealand police officer, has been posthumously named the winner of the Unsung Hero award on the BBC’s Sports Personality …
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[ad_1] Supplied A modified map used by Kiwi researchers to measure the thickness of Antarctic ice. A New Zealand research team has achieved an important milestone: being the first in the world to measure the thickness of Antarctic sea ice from the air. The team, led by glaciologist Wolfgang Rack …
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[ad_1] GeoNet is recording “volcanic earthquake bursts” and an increase in the amount of gas that passes through the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu as it warms to 43 degrees Celsius. Mount Ruapehu in the Tongariro National Park. Source: istock.com The volcanic alert level has been raised to level 2, …
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[ad_1] Chris McKeen / Stuff Te Kawerau ā Maki have acquired ancestral lands in Te Henga / Bethells Beach where they can build a marae (File photo). The Auckland-based Te Kawerau ā Maki iwi eventually acquired land at Te Henga / Bethells Beach to build a marae and kāinga whakahirahira …
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[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern / Instagram The prime minister was joined by famous friends such as Taika Waititi, Sam Neill and Rhys Darby in her special Christmas message for MIQ workers. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on some famous faces to help her thank New Zealand’s isolation and managed quarantine staff …
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[ad_1] Now million dollar homes are being sold in one of Auckland’s lowest-income suburbs and a local politician says government failure is allowing the market to create more inequality and hopelessness. Auction sign. Source: rnz.co.nz By Jordan Bond for rnz.co.nz Last month, a 1960s weatherboard house on less than a …
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[ad_1] The German government said it is banning flights from Britain in reaction to a new strain of coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in southern England. The Transport Ministry said that all UK flights, with the exception of cargo flights, could no longer land in Germany as of midnight Sunday …
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