[ad_1] Fake images Ross Taylor will become New Zealand’s most capped cricketer of all time this summer. The Black Caps are back in action this week, after an eight-month hiatus, and Ross Taylor is back on his way to making history. When the Covid-19 pandemic brought an untimely end last …
Read More »New York City’s first African-American mayor, David Dinkins, has died at 93
[ad_1] David Dinkins, who broke barriers as the first African-American mayor of New York City, has died at 93. The New York City Police Department said officers were called to the former mayor’s home that night. The first indications were that he died of natural causes. Dinkins’ death came just …
Read More »Coronavirus: Government begins working through ramifications of a vaccine, but borders could be closed for another 18 months
[ad_1] The government is calculating how many people should be vaccinated against Covid-19 before the borders can be opened, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She was speaking to the media Tuesday morning after news broke of a third major vaccine effective against Covid-19. But Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said …
Read More »Wellington woman expresses her anguish at constantly having to pay the price of her first home: “We are constantly out of $ 100,000” | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] An aspiring first-time home buyer from Wellington has spoken of the heartbreak of losing a number of properties and his fears of never owning his own home again. Your playlist will load after this announcement. With the government scrapping a capital gains tax, some suggest that a land tax …
Read More »‘The human option’: Manawa of the museum dies
[ad_1] Manawa, the jeweled gecko that made headlines after it was smuggled from New Zealand to Germany and returned to Otago years later, has had to be euthanized. The Otago Museum and Te Rūnanga or Ōtākou announced that the gecko was euthanized after it failed to be revived during treatments …
Read More »Why Chris Hipkins was late for the Labor caucus class photo
[ad_1] Ministers David Parker and Chris Hipkins are late for the official photo of the Labor caucus in Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell Children who ate their packed lunches on a school trip to Parliament found that Labor MPs did a good job with their class photo. “Everybody is smiling …
Read More »Bic Runga to headline free concert for the 10th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake
[ad_1] Grant Matthew / Things Bic Runga, photographed in 2017, will headline a free concert marking the 10th anniversary of the February 22nd Christchurch earthquake. Bic Runga will headline a free concert marking the 10th anniversary of the February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The Christchurch City Council said the concert, …
Read More »Auckland builder fined $ 80,000 for converting warehouse into offices and apartments | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] A builder has been fined tens of thousands of dollars for illegally converting a warehouse into a building with offices, parking lots and apartments in the central Auckland suburb of Eden Terrace. Construction site. (file image) Source: istock.com John Liong Kiat Wong was fined $ 80,750 in connection with …
Read More »Jeweled gecko smuggled back to Dunedin dies
[ad_1] Kane Fleury Museum / Otago Manawa, the Otago moko kākāriki (jeweled gecko) museum has died. A jeweled gecko repatriated from Germany after an exotic pet smuggling operation was arrested has died. Named Manawa, the moko kākāriki (jeweled gecko) has been on display at the Otago Museum in recent years, …
Read More »Deputy Minister of Education Kelvin Davis launches $ 42 million fight against school racism
[ad_1] Everything from class passing to racism, “seeded throughout” the system, could be kicked out of school in a $ 42 million program launched by Associate Minister of Education Kelvin Davis. The minister launched Te Hurihanganui at Takapūwāhia Marae in Porirua, kicking off an anti-racism initiative for schools and communities, …
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