[ad_1] Diego Maradona of Argentina holds the World Cup trophy after defeating West Germany 3-2 during the 1986 FIFA World Cup final in Mexico. Photo / Getty Diego Maradona, the great Argentine footballer who was among the best players in history and who led his country to the 1986 World …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: China’s claims about virus in frozen foods fuel controversy
[ad_1] World November 25, 2020 02:104 minutes to read New Zealand beef products with QR codes linked to their coronavirus test results at a supermarket in Beijing on November 24. Photo / AP China has sparked controversy with claims that it has detected the coronavirus in imported frozen food packages. …
Read More »Operation Abbey High Priest Jailed for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Laundering Millions of Dollars
[ad_1] Gary Colin O’Connell ran a very lucrative meth ring from his home in Shannon, making $ 4 million in five years. Jono Galuszka reports on O’Connell’s rise of throwing weed in the schoolyard at one of Horowhenua’s top methamphetamine dealers. Picking potatoes is hard work. Down in the dirt, …
Read More »Adrian Orr puts taxes back on the table in the affordable housing debate
[ad_1] Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has responded strongly to Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s plea for him to pay attention to skyrocketing house prices, saying he is likely to give open and frank advice on the changes. the government could use to cool the housing affordability crisis. In a sitting …
Read More »‘Alone in Ōpōtiki’: Walk of shame for emu after a runaway getaway
[ad_1] New Zealand November 25, 2020 03:58 am3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game An emu stopped traffic and luckily he didn’t get hurt on his hikoi around Ōpōtiki. Video / Supplied First came the stray horses. Now Ōpōtiki has …
Read More »Milton’s public toilet rapist Daniel Peter Moore denied parole; more treatment is needed
[ad_1] Rapist Daniel Moore was assessed as a below-average risk of sexual recidivism. Photo / ODT A Milton man who threw a woman into a public toilet and raped her will remain in prison for further treatment. Daniel Peter Moore, 35, is serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence, handed down in Dunedin …
Read More »Helicopter rescues man hanging from cliff over rocks, second person seriously injured in fall
[ad_1] Supplied An intensive care paramedic was lowered with a winch to assist a man hanging from a cliff 20 meters above the rocks in Titahi Bay. One person was seriously injured after falling off a cliff, while another was rescued unharmed after hanging from a cliff 20 meters above …
Read More »East Cape triple fatal accident ‘appears to have been self-inflicted’: coroner
[ad_1] Lance Rangihuna with his partner Tiny Tibble and their children Ashton-Lee Ranghinua and Ana-Roimata Rangihuna in March 2012. Photo / Supplied A coroner investigating the death of a woman and her two children has indicated that the accident in which they died appears to have been self-inflicted. Ashton-Lee Rangihuna, …
Read More »New Plymouth Streets Flood As Downpours Hit North Island | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] Floods and slides are causing disruption in Taranaki and the council has mobilized its emergency response teams as heavy rains hit much of the North Island. Floods on New Plymouth Street. Source: New Plymouth Council MetService said rain and thunderstorms would affect Auckland, the Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, Waitomo, Taumarunui, …
Read More »The Court of Appeals said evidence was lacking in the death-embrace case of what asbestos fibers do in the lungs
[ad_1] SUPPLIED / Stuff Deanna Trevarthen passed away after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. She is seen here with her father and family. Four years after she died of a deadly asbestos condition from hugging her father, whether Deanna Trevarthen should have ACC coverage goes back to court. The Accident Compensation …
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