[ad_1] Fiona Goodall / Getty Images Tasman won his second straight NPC title last month. New Zealand Rugby (NZR) needs more time to make a decision on the future of the men’s national provincial competition. However, NZR CEO Mark Robinson confirmed that the Farah Palmer Cup would return to its …
Read More »New Zealand Rugby announces list of All Blacks matches for 2021
[ad_1] Things Conrad Smith breaks through Fiji’s defense during the All Blacks’ last test against Fiji in 2011. The All Blacks will kick off a 2021 year by hosting Fiji in the first meeting between the two nations in more than a decade, if Covid-19 allows. Chief Executive Mark Robinson …
Read More »Melania Trump secretly plans White House finances
[ad_1] World Dec 10, 2020 01:10 AM4 minutes to read CNN’s Don Lemon criticizes Melania Trump after she unveiled the new White House tennis pavilion amid the coronavirus pandemic. Video / CNN Reports from Washington suggest that America’s most powerful couple are on two different trajectories. President Donald Trump clings …
Read More »Rugby: New Zealand Rugby reveals 2021 All Blacks matches
[ad_1] The All Blacks defeated Ireland in the 2019 Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. Photo / Photosport The All Blacks will attempt an ambitious tour of Europe in 2021, despite the constant threat of Covid-19 on the continent. New Zealand Rugby announced that the team will host Italy and Fiji in …
Read More »The Most Mispronounced Words of 2020 in America
[ad_1] Alex Brandon / AP Dr. Anotny Fauci, left, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are among others on this year’s list of the most mispronounced words. Fauci, Kamala … Da Vinci? America’s leading infectious …
Read More »Retailers and buyers are likely to share the spoils of ‘cap caps’ on bank card fees
[ad_1] Banks could have avoided looming regulation of the fees they charge retailers for processing credit and debit card transactions if they had “done the right thing,” says Small Business Minister Stuart Nash. The government started consultations on regulating commercial fees on card transactions on Thursday, predicting that it would …
Read More »Shelly Bay legal fight in doubt after Sir Peter Jackson is believed to have withdrawn $ 2 million of funding
[ad_1] Iwi members fighting to reverse the Shelly Bay land sale have taken a “severe blow” after a major funder linked to the film industry withdrew $ 2 million that was financing their legal battle. Mau Whenua, a group coming from Taranaki Whānui members who did not support the sale …
Read More »Cricket: Kane Williamson returns with Black Caps after leaving training to be with his pregnant wife
[ad_1] The captain of the Black Caps, Kane Williamson. Photo / Photosport Gary Stead is confident that Kane Williamson will be available for the second Test against the West Indies after the Black Caps captain missed training to be with his pregnant wife. Williamson revealed that he and his wife …
Read More »Wellington Municipal Office Building on Chopping Board
[ad_1] MONIQUE FORD / Things A council committee is recommending that the municipal office building (left) be demolished and remodeled, rather than strengthened as originally planned. Wellington City Council seeks to bring life to the city’s comatose Te Ngākau-Civic Square. At a meeting of the council’s policy and strategy committee, …
Read More »‘It just smells bad’: Sewage closes school after heavy rain hits Wellington
[ad_1] A school is closed, slips blocked roads and rockslides struck a car after heavy rains in the Wellington region on Thursday morning. The Paremata school was closed after sewage entered the playground, a staff member said. The floods had subsided and the rain had subsided around 10:30 a.m. M., …
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