[ad_1] Supplied Matthew Wallis was killed when his helicopter crashed over Lake Wānaka in July 2018. The Wānaka helicopter pilot, Matthew Wallis, may have been flying too fast when it hit turbulence and crashed into a lake, according to a new report. Wallis was killed when his Robinson R44II broke …
Read More »Maori party MPs leave Parliament in protest
[ad_1] Maori Party co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi. Photo / Mark Mitchell By RNZ The two Maori Party MPs left the Chamber in protest during the debate on the speech and Parliament’s response. Under the rules, party leaders with more than six deputies have 30 minutes to speak and …
Read More »Wellington High School closure: police speak to two young men
[ad_1] Police were called to Wellington High School this morning. Photo / Archive Police are speaking with two young men after threats were made against Wellington High School. The school was closed this morning after the threat was posted on social media and reported to the police. “The threat made …
Read More »Elections in the United States: Republican leads by only nine votes in Iowa
[ad_1] The historically close race for the second seat in the Iowa Congressional District could be approaching a tie. Democrat Rita Hart cut Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ lead to nine votes out of more than 394,400 cast Wednesday, and tally boards in all but two of the district’s 24 counties reported …
Read More »Whakaari / White Island: death toll rises to 22 when police confirm Horst Westenfelder succumbed to disaster wounds
[ad_1] New Zealand November 26, 2020 02:052 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game The NZ Herald was airborne hours after the dramatic White Island eruption, capturing stunning images of New Zealand’s most active volcano. Video / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust …
Read More »The Maori Party leaves the first session of Parliament and protests the ‘tyranny of our democracy’
[ad_1] Only a few hours after the official opening of Parliament and the Maori party had already left, calling the Speaker of the House intolerant and pointing to the “tyranny” of the majority of Pākehā. The two deputies and co-leaders of the party, Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer left Parliament …
Read More »Whakaari / White Island: death toll rises to 22 when police confirm Horst Westenfelder died in disaster
[ad_1] New Zealand November 26, 2020 02:052 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game The NZ Herald was airborne hours after the dramatic White Island eruption, capturing stunning images of New Zealand’s most active volcano. Video / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust …
Read More »The death toll from Whakaari / Isla Blanca eruption rises to 22 as the anniversary approaches
[ad_1] Police can confirm that another person has died as a result of injuries sustained from the Whakaari / White Island eruption on December 9, 2019. Death brings the official death toll from the tragedy to 22. The man was Horst Westenfelder, 64, who died on July 2, 2020, at …
Read More »Coronavirus: Slaughtered Danish mink begins to resurface in mass graveyard
[ad_1] Morten Stricker / NTB via AP Thousands of dead minks are buried at the Jydske Dragonregiment training ground in Noerre Felding near Holstebro in Denmark. As if the Danish government’s hasty decision to euthanize and bury more than 10 million minks wasn’t a lurid enough story, thousands of bloated …
Read More »New Zealand posts a ‘gigantic’ annual trade surplus, the largest since the 1990s
[ad_1] New Zealand benefited from the trade in goods to the tune of $ 2.2 billion in the year through the end of October as Covid-19 restrictions on travel reduced the country’s imports. At the same time, New Zealand shipped more of its key products abroad, including dairy and fruit, …
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