[ad_1] An altercation has broken out in Parliament over Green Party MP Marama Davidson, who accuses Nicola Willis of National of sharing a “racist and classist” concern about her safety in Wellington. Willis, who is the National Party’s housing spokesperson, had told reporters earlier in the week that she no …
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[ad_1] John Bisset / Stuff Police have cordoned off an area of Waimate. (File photo) Schools are closed as police respond to an incident at a property in Waimate in South Canterbury. At 2:20 pm, a police spokesman said an area of Waimate had been cordoned off “as a precautionary …
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[ad_1] World Mar 17, 2021 10:23 PM3 minutes to read Migrants, many of them from Syria, walk towards police vans after Danish police found them while checking the identity documents of passengers on a train arriving from Germany in 2016. Photo / AP Denmark has announced that it will limit …
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[ad_1] Manki Kim / Unsplash Fluoride is already added to more than half of New Zealand’s drinking water. The government is taking control of water fluoridation from councils and handing it over to CEO of Health Ashley Bloomfield. Associate Health Minister Dr. Ayesha Verrall announced the policy Thursday, dusting off …
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[ad_1] Cakes were a hot item in the Dunedin student area, as thousands of people celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. In the most serious incident, which occurred just before midnight Wednesday, three people from North Otago tried unsuccessfully to join a party in a flat on Dundas St. The trio, a …
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[ad_1] Stacy Squires / Stuff The man appeared in Christchurch District Court on Thursday. A man has been accused of raping four women in three years. Police are concerned that the alleged serial rapist, whose name is withheld, may have attacked other women. The 35-year-old is believed to have lived …
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[ad_1] Christel Yardley / Stuff The man admitted to an attempted murder charge related to the actions he took in October 2020. A man in his 80s has pleaded guilty to attempting to kill his wife in what has been described as a failed suicide pact. The 81-year-old Waikato man …
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[ad_1] Emergency services at the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Gossamer Drive, Pakuranga. Photo / Benjamin Marriott At least one person was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident in East Auckland this morning. Emergency services are responding to the accident, in which one of the involved vehicles crashed into …
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[ad_1] DealUpdated 17 Mar, 2021 07:17 PM3 minutes to read First-time home buyers have to shell out an average of nearly $ 94,000 more to climb the property ladder than they did a year ago. CoreLogic data shows that the median price paid in February for a first-time home buyer …
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[ad_1] The global media reacts to the New Zealand team’s 7-3 America’s Cup victory over Italian rivals Luna Rossa. Magnus Wheatley of the Rule 69 sailing blog said that this New Zealand team crew was one of the best to lift the Auld Cup. “Somewhere in New Zealand right now, …
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