[ad_1] The SPCA has joined calls to ban greyhound racing following the death of five dogs in five weeks. It comes as the Greyhound Protection League, along with the animal rights charity Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE), has created a petition to ban the sport. The petition calls for all …
Read More »Abusers often wait, hoping the child will wake up, Starship Hospital clinical director tells murder trial jury
[ad_1] Benn Bathgate / Stuff Shane Claude Roberts is on trial in Rotorua High Court charged with the 2014 murder of 10-month-old Karlos Stephens. Baby Karlos Stephens’ nonfatal brain hemorrhage offers insight into who killed him, according to Starship Hospital’s clinical director. Neil Patrick Kelly made the comment about the …
Read More »The murdered boy’s great-grandfather says police 111 consider mistakes not to be blamed for tot’s death
[ad_1] Supplied Nevaeh Ager was killed by her father, Aaron Izett, in Little Waihi in 2019. The great-grandfather of the murdered girl Nevaeh Ager says 111 emergency call errors are not to blame for the death of the two-year-old. The Independent Police Conduct Authority released its findings regarding the handling …
Read More »American billionaire stranded in New Zealand fulfills Rocket Lab promise and donates $ 286,000 to Starship
[ad_1] Deal Nov 24 From 2020 12:303 minutes to read Stranded in Paradise: Valve founder and billionaire Gabe Newell has been in New Zealand since March, when the US holidays were interrupted by the first lockdown. Photo / Getty American billionaire Gabe Newell has kept his promise to donate $ …
Read More »US election: Watergate journalist exposes 21 Republicans who ‘despise’ Donald Trump
[ad_1] Republican senators in the United States have been sidelined for privately expressing disdain for President Donald Trump while publicly supporting him. Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein, who has been a consistent and energetic critic of Trump, released today a list of 21 senators who he said had “repeatedly expressed extreme …
Read More »Wellington Musicians Accusations: Twenty Women File Official Allegations of Rape, Sexual Assault and Assault
[ad_1] Robert Kitchin / Things Police have revealed the number of complaints they have received against a group of Wellington musicians, just days after they launched their fourth annual campaign to reduce sexual assault and alcohol-related harm. Twenty women have come forward to the police with official complaints of rape, …
Read More »US Election: President-elect Joe Biden is named the winner, allowing for formal transition to the White House
[ad_1] The General Services Administration has formally designated President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the November 3 US election, and the agency has cleared the way for cooperation in a transition of power. The move allows Biden to coordinate with US federal agencies on plans to take office …
Read More »Grant Robertson writes to the Reserve Bank, saying it’s time to think about house prices
[ad_1] Finance Minister Grant Robertson has told Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr that it’s time to think about runaway house prices. Robertson has written to Orr telling him that “instability in house prices is detrimental to our goals of reducing inequality and poverty, and is also likely to negatively affect …
Read More »Healthy Home Guide targets the ‘shit quality’ of our new homes
[ad_1] SUPPLIED Design the Right Way: This three-bedroom home was designed by Superhome Movement co-founder Bob Burnett. It has a compact footprint and solar panels for the hot water and underfloor heating systems. “New Zealand building standards are over 20 years out of date; and it’s making us sick. “ …
Read More »Election in the United States: Trump cooperates with the transition of president-elect Joe Biden to the White House
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump, who had refused to grant the election, now says he is leading his team to cooperate in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition to power, but vows to keep up the fight. After weeks of delays, the General Services Administration determined that Biden was the “apparent winner” …
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