[ad_1] An excellent parcel of bare land in Plaza de la Catedral fetched what is believed to be a record price at auction. The land is the former ANZ site bordered by Cathedral Square, Strand Ln, and Colombo and Hereford streets. Emerald Development Ltd, a company owned by an investment …
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[ad_1] Alex Bradley planned to marry the love of his life, Jessica Reid, in March of next year, but he died of sudden and unexplained epilepsy. Photo / Supplied For the first time, a heartbroken 28-year-old man talks about the loss of his suddenly promised after the brand of your …
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[ad_1] UNSPLASH A man abused while in a Catholic boarding school in the early 1950s says he is not convinced that the church’s approach to dealing with abuse has changed at all. (File photo) This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. A man abused while in …
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[ad_1] Police dogs “will do anything for their handler,” the police union chief said after a dog was shot near Dargaville in Northland. The dog, who has not been identified in the media by police, was allegedly shot by a man who was wanted on firearms and cannabis charges. The …
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[ad_1] SUPPLIED / Stuff The Ruahine Range has access problems that seem to be getting worse. As backyard tourism draws more people to the hills than ever before, access to some wilderness environments becomes more restricted as homeowners become frustrated by the abuses. Wanderers and hunters have long enjoyed the …
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[ad_1] Monique Ford / Stuff Last month in Wellington was one of the wettest the city has experienced according to MetService records dating back to 1928. (File photo) Umbrellas went up and raincoats on last month as the capital drenched in one of its wettest November on record. Over the …
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[ad_1] New Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Winston Peters and Speaker Trevor Mallard in Parliament. Photo / Audrey Young Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern paid a personal tribute to former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters tonight at a function in Parliament, saying he had stood …
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[ad_1] The government rejected a recommendation to make state-backed loans of up to $ 500,000 each available to distressed homeowners. The recommendation came in a July document commissioned by the Treasury in the Corporate Financing Guarantee Scheme, which did not meet expectations. The plan was unveiled in March and aimed …
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[ad_1] Robert Charles / Things Jordan Nelson, then 13, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in New Plymouth Superior Court for the murder of Rosemaree Kurth in 2012. He will be released on parole later this month. One of New Zealand’s youngest killers has been granted parole, having served …
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[ad_1] Two days after St. Paul’s Lutheran Community Church in Upper Moutere was stripped of its most precious items, a Good Samaritan appeared out of nowhere to return them. In the early hours of Sunday morning they had broken into the church, and the thieves took almost everything inside, including …
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