[ad_1] REVIEW: Two of the most beloved family holiday movies of the last 30 years are passed under the microscope in this new miniseries from the makers of The movies they made us. Having already tackled the crowd-pleasing Christmas cookies Home alone Y Die hardIt only makes sense that this …
Read More »The United Nations warns that 2021 could be catastrophic due to the consequences of Covid-19 and famine
[ad_1] Susan Paradela, a member of the medical staff, pauses for a moment as she places her hands on the hands of a deceased patient who died of Covid-19 in Texas. Photo / Getty Images Misery loves company. In the case of Covid-19, that undertaking includes unemployment, economic turmoil, and …
Read More »About a one in four chance that New Zealand’s population is declining in the 2050s, says Stats NZ
[ad_1] Depending on which projection turns out to be correct, New Zealand’s population could be declining by the 2050s, or it could exceed 7 million, Statistics New Zealand says. On Tuesday, it released its national population projections for the period through 2073, based on a base population of 5.094 million …
Read More »High Court overturns Thames Coromandel council decision not to sign statement on climate change
[ad_1] Dominico Zapata / Things Supreme Court Justice Matthew Palmer said the council’s decision-making process behind his decision not to sign a climate change declaration was “illegal.” A Superior Court judge reversed a council’s decision not to sign a national declaration on climate change, saying the decision-making process behind it …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: UK administers first doses of vaccine as world watches
[ad_1] Margaret Keenan, the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, administered by nurse May Parsons at Coventry University Hospital, England. Photo / AP UK health authorities today began releasing the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed Covid-19 vaccine, kicking off a global …
Read More »Christchurch council buys Red House for $ 2.5 million
[ad_1] Red House. Photo / Harcourts The Christchurch City Council has purchased a site on the Banks Peninsula near Akaroa described as being of national importance and of immense importance to the local Maori. The council paid $ 2.5 million for the Red House in Takapūneke, which will be incorporated …
Read More »AustralianSuper makes a $ 5 billion acquisition for Infratil
[ad_1] Infratil owns half of Vodafone NZ. Photo / 123RF Australia’s largest retirement fund has made a tender offer for New Zealand’s Infratil, which owns half of Vodafone NZ, a majority stake in Wellington International Airport and local energy assets. AustralianSuper’s offering values the NZX-listed infrastructure investor at $ 5.37 …
Read More »Barry Soper: Trevor Mallard’s rape accusations could have been his downfall
[ad_1] New Zealand|Politics Dec 8, 2020 06:10 AM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game In May 2019, President Trevor Mallard addressed the media to clarify the rape claim in Parliament and announced that a member of staff had been removed. …
Read More »Man fined $ 5000 for breaking Taiwan’s Covid-19 quarantine for 8 seconds
[ad_1] World December 8, 2020 05:59 am2 minutes to read A man in Taiwan (not pictured) was fined a whopping $ NZ5000 after violating the country’s strict Covid-19 quarantine regulations for just 8 seconds. Photo / AP A man in Taiwan was fined a whopping NZ $ 5,000 after violating …
Read More »Divers uncover Nazi encryption machine lost under the Baltic Sea
[ad_1] Axel Heimken / Getty Images Florian Huber, a research diver, kneels in front of the Schleswig-Holstein archaeological office as he hands over the Enigma cipher machine, which he found in the Baltic Sea, next to the machine. A team of divers made an incredible discovery when they found a …
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