[ad_1] Deal Dec 1, 2020, 9:00 p.m.2 minutes to read Data from the largest agency in the city. Photo / supplied The latest figures from New Zealand’s biggest real estate business showed that nearly half of all Auckland homes sold in November changed ownership for amounts in excess of $ …
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[ad_1] An elephant that was rescued from Pakistan is settling into his new home in Cambodia, touching logs with his new friends. The images show the 36-year-old male jumbo named Kaavan at the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary in Siem Reap province. At dawn, he enjoyed a refreshing mud bath and then …
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[ad_1] One person has escaped with minor injuries after a car collided with a train near Rangiora. Emergency services were called for the accident between a car and the KiwiRail Coastal Pacific train at a level crossing on Marsh Rd in Rangiora at 7.26am Wednesday. A KiwiRail spokeswoman confirmed that …
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[ad_1] US Attorney General William Barr says the Justice Department has uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. His comments come despite repeated claims by President Donald Trump that the election was stolen and his refusal to acknowledge his defeat …
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[ad_1] A 28-year-old man charged with murder for the death of a baby in south Auckland has denied the murder. The man, who has provisional name deletion, was originally charged with assault, but the charge was later upgraded to murder. The baby was found dead at a property on Sandbrook …
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[ad_1] Christchurch authorities are coming under fire for letting a heritage listed building be abandoned. The abandoned villa, featured in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures movie, caught fire shortly after 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. Heritage activist Dr. Anna Crighton said the council and Heritage New Zealand must take a tougher line on …
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[ad_1] Health Minister Andrew Little says a new bill will provide a short-term solution over the summer and a longer-term solution will be worked out next year. Photo / Mark Tantrum Health Minister Andrew Little says young people who use drugs at festivals are not bad people and should have …
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[ad_1] A friend of a guest at an Auckland run seclusion hotel attempted to smuggle cannabis into the facility by attaching it to a tennis ball and throwing it over the wire. Another returnee escaped police sanction despite receiving a courier package containing one gram of methamphetamine and a glass …
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[ad_1] Thousands of homes in Dunedin could face soaring insurance premiums, or even total elimination of coverage, within 15 years. That’s the stark warning in a major new report assessing how insurers could be forced to cope with New Zealand’s growing exposure to rising sea levels, prompting calls for stronger …
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[ad_1] Lorna Hughes stole from her mother’s bank account for 13 years. Photo / Robb Kidd As her mother languished in various Dunedin nursing homes, Lorna Christine Hughes bled her savings of more than $ 100,000. It was only when Gwendoline Hughes died in May last year that her other …
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