[ad_1] A rescue helicopter arrives at Auckland Hospital with a man shot by police during an incident in which a police dog was also shot in Northland. Photo / Dean Purcell It was all over in less than a minute. In that minute, the rural silence of Northland’s Tangowahine was …
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[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the UK retail scene. Photo / Associated press The future of around 25,000 retail jobs in Britain is at stake after the bankruptcy of two long-established companies exposed the fragility of much of the sector during the coronavirus pandemic. Debenhams, …
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[ad_1] World December 1, 2020 05:27 pm3 minutes to read A square is blocked by police in Trier, Germany, where four people were killed after a man sped through a pedestrian zone. Photo / AP At least four people died and 15 were injured today when they were hit by …
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[ad_1] All lanes of the Auckland North Expressway (SH1) are re-open this morning. Image / NZTA All lanes on one of Auckland’s busiest motorways are reopened after urgent repairs had to be carried out. The north highway (State Highway 1) is now fully open, after lanes in each direction had …
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[ad_1] The future of around 25,000 retail jobs in Britain is at stake after the bankruptcy of two long-established companies exposed the fragility of much of the sector during the coronavirus pandemic. Debenhams, the 242-year-old department store chain, said on Tuesday (local time) that managers had decided to begin shutting …
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[ad_1] Claudio Bresciani / AP Police at the scene of an apartment where a woman is suspected of having locked up her son, in Haninge, south of Stockholm. Stockholm police are investigating a woman in her 70s suspected of having kept her son locked up, reportedly for 28 years, in …
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[ad_1] The last word Den Thi Baird said was her husband’s name, presumably to warn him about a falling tree. The aspen fell just as the car Baird was riding in the back seat rounded a narrow bend on State Highway 1 near Otago’s Waikouaiti Township shortly after Nov.5. Alister …
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[ad_1] Paul Batchelor in 2013 when strong waves wash over a house in Eastbourne, Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell Thousands of seaside homes in New Zealand could face high insurance premiums, or even have some coverage removed within 15 years. That’s the stark warning in a major new report assessing …
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[ad_1] The average Auckland household can expect to pay an extra $ 230 in rates and water charges next year – in part to meet a $ 1 billion hole in the council’s finances from the impact of Covid-19. This follows plans by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff to raise rates …
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[ad_1] Joe Fraser would steal candy from cupboards as a kid just to eat. He would find cereal on a good day. Now, seven years after being separated from his mother, he is 17 years old and receives the Prime Minister’s award. Joe is living proof that state-organized foster care …
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