[ad_1] New Zealand Dec 1, 2020 01:00 AM4 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Focus Live: Auckland Mayor Phil Goff Holds Budget Press Conference Auckland Mayor Phil Goff today announced plans to increase rates by 5 percent next year. In …
Read More »Coronavirus Covid 19: three new cases in controlled isolation; Christmas party warning
[ad_1] There are three new cases in managed isolation today. Photo / file There are three new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation. Today there are no new community cases. From today’s new cases: • One person arrived on November 23 from Germany via Singapore and tested positive for routine …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand has raised concerns to China about the falsified image of an Australian soldier
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand has directly expressed concern to China over a tweet criticizing Australia with a forged image. Australia and China are in the middle of a dispute over a tweet by a senior Chinese official about the recent report on war crimes allegedly committed …
Read More »‘I’m very ashamed’: Pumas star Pablo Matera apologizes for social media posts
[ad_1] Brendon Thorne / Getty Images Wing Pablo Matera led Argentina to a famous victory over the All Blacks in Sydney last month. Pumas captain Pablo Matera apologized after allegedly discriminatory comments made by the Argentine rugby star in 2011 resurfaced on social media this week. Since then, the wing …
Read More »Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: National Leader Judith Collins would like mea culpa more, a little more ‘precision’
[ad_1] Enlarge the mea culpa please. Opposition leader Judith Collins has called for more media atonement in a reaction, with a sardonic twist, to the apology made by Things to the Maori. “You know there are a lot of things that I think the media could apologize for. Racism is …
Read More »Man shot by police after allegedly shooting police dog in Tangowahine, Northland
[ad_1] Police shot a man after allegedly shooting a police dog during an incident near Dargaville, Northland. Police said the couple were separately airlifted to hospital and veterinary surgery for treatment after the shooting in the rural settlement of Tangowahine. Superintendent Tony Hill said officers were still working to understand …
Read More »Sky TV boss resigns a week after deciding to return to Europe
[ad_1] Things Sky TV CEO Martin Stewart had been in office for just 21 months. Former Sky Television CEO Martin Stewart says he decided to resign last week and has not yet thought about what he plans to do upon his return to Europe. The pay-TV firm announced Stewart’s resignation …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins discuss Whakaari / White Island housing crisis ahead of party caucuses
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Opposition Leader Judith Collins confronted the Parliamentary Press Gallery in parliament ahead of the Labor and National Party caucus meetings this morning. Ardern spoke about the Whakaari / White Island tragedy and the controversy between China and Australia over an inflammatory post on social …
Read More »Christchurch Heritage House Featured In Hollywood Movie Burns
[ad_1] Graeme Russell / Stuff Smoke and flames rose from the roof of the abandoned building on Hereford St. The cause is now being investigated. An abandoned, heritage-listed Christchurch villa included Peter Jackson’s home Celestial creatures The film has caught fire for the second time in 16 months. Firefighters were …
Read More »Police acquitted of excessive force when woman hit and sprayed pepper
[ad_1] Grant Matthew / Stuff Police were acquitted of using excessive force when a woman suffering from a mental health episode bit an officer, then received a blow to the head and pepper sprayed him. Police did not use excessive force when a woman was hit in the head and …
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