[ad_1] Including a poem by an anti-Chinese extremist on an NCEA level 2 history test prompts students to ask for better sources from test takers. Cadence Chung, 17, took her end-of-year history test, which sought to examine “the sources of a historical event that is of significance to New Zealanders.” …
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[ad_1] American talk show host Stephen Colbert has tried bungee jumping as his Late show aired a special edition dedicated to New Zealand on Saturday. The show, titled “Return to New Zealand: A Magical Land Where Hugging Still Happens,” was intended to air in March, but Colbert said it was …
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[ad_1] US President Donald Trump says the Supreme Court “really disappointed us” by rejecting a lawsuit to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump has tweeted that the justices showed “No wisdom, no courage!” Patrick Semansky / AP US President Donald Trump had previously called the lawsuit “the big one” that …
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[ad_1] World Dec 12, 2020, 12:55 PM4 minutes to read US President Donald Trump previously criticized the FDA for taking too long to authorize the Pfizer vaccine. Photo / AP The United States has given the final go-ahead to the country’s first Covid-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning …
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[ad_1] Covid-19 has caused New Zealand’s average residential energy use to rise in 2020, but the average bill is the lowest in a decade. File photo. Photo: 123RF Data released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment showed that the national average residential energy bill dropped by $ 126 …
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[ad_1] Uncomfortable, expensive or culturally insensitive netball uniforms are driving players away from the game abroad and Netball New Zealand recognizes that its traditional game must change with society if it is to remain a sport of choice. Australia’s Caitlin Bassett receives the ball in a game against the Silver …
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[ad_1] Sport|Cricket Dec 12, 2020 12:10 AM4 minutes to read Dylan Cleaver and Andrew Alderson reflect on New Zealand gaining the lead on the opening day of the second Test against the West Indies at the Basin Reserve through the century of Henry Nicholls and the carelessness of tourists. Black …
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[ad_1] Arthur Taylor has been arrested on a series of serious drug charges, some of which carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. Photo / Archive Arthur Taylor, the country’s highest-profile former inmate and incarcerated attorney, was called to prison this morning on serious drug charges. Police arrived at …
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[ad_1] Internationally renowned academic and professor emeritus of political studies at the University of Otago, Jim Flynn, has passed away at the age of 86. A long-time chair of the politics department, he was best known internationally for his research on the “Flynn effect,” a substantial and sustained increase in …
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[ad_1] MARTIN DE RUYTER / Things Emergency services responded to the accident on Saturday. Six people were taken to hospital after a two-car accident in Tekapo on Saturday. St John’s police, fire and emergency (FENZ) and ambulance crews were dispatched to the accident, on Tekapo-Twizel Rd between Hayman Rd and …
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