[ad_1] 123rf Queenstown and Wānaka restaurants will be able to employ migrant waiters under the new rules introduced Tuesday. (File photo) Unemployed migrants can now work as waiters, cleaners and tour guides in the Queenstown Lakes district. Immigration New Zealand announced Tuesday that 21 tourism and hospitality roles have been …
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[ad_1] Reclose the hatches: MetService is warning southern residents to prepare for strong gales reaching 130km / h at exposed locations tomorrow. A cold front is forecast to move to the South Island from the Tasman Sea in the morning, preceded by a strong north-northwest flow, and followed by strong …
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[ad_1] A “well-known” worker in the television industry has pleaded not guilty to the theft of $ 500,000 from New Zealand fashion designer Dame Trelise Cooper’s salon in Auckland. The 41-year-old is one of three people charged in the robbery at Cooper’s Newmarket headquarters in October this year. The others …
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[ad_1] East Coast MP Kiri Allan. Photo / Mark Mitchell By Alice Angeloni, local democracy reporter The law around Maori neighborhoods is “discriminatory,” says East Coast MP Kiri Allan, as activists petition the government for an urgent change in legislation. The campaign organization ActionStation and the community group Te Ropu …
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[ad_1] A police officer who struck a woman who bit him while trying to prevent her from attempting suicide did not use excessive force, but should have taken other actions, according to a new report. A report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) was released today, following the incident …
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[ad_1] Elizabeth Zhong is believed to have been murdered. Photo / Supplied. An Auckland businesswoman in dire financial straits and now believed to have been murdered had bought a film company under “strange” circumstances. Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong is believed to have paid millions for Digipost in September 2017 with the …
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[ad_1] The New Zealand pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will cost $ 8 million more than originally planned, after the event was postponed until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, organizers say the investment, which was originally $ 53 million and is now $ 61 million, is needed to …
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[ad_1] Go to Nakamura / Getty Images Dr. Joseph Varon hugs and comforts a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 26 in Houston, Texas. A photo of an American doctor hugging an elderly man with Covid-19 on Thanksgiving Day …
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[ad_1] Dr. Ran Ben-Dom’s name can only be revealed now due to appeal. Photo / Supplied A former Kāpiti doctor found to have performed unjustified clinical breast examinations has lost the fight to keep his name a secret. Dr. Ran Ben-Dom, who still practices in the region, was found guilty …
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[ad_1] Jennifer Sandison skimped, saved, and “sacrificed a lot” to climb the property ladder. When he finally found his home, he fell in love with a “lush” kōwhai tree laden with tūī on the front berm, even burying his 12-year-old daughter’s placenta underneath it, now that the home was finally …
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