[ad_1] Piers Fuller / Stuff Education Minister Chris Hipkins (left) and Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty (right) at Greytown Elementary School in South Wairarapa, where the minister announced $ 164 million of new spending on school construction projects. The first thing the Education Minister said to a crowded school room in …
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[ad_1] One of the duo charged in connection with the NZ First Foundation donations case has argued that he would have a “media trial” if named. The couple is alleged to have fraudulently deposited more than $ 740,000 into an NZ First Foundation account and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) …
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[ad_1] Former employees of a well-known Christchurch café have accused their owner of bullying, not allowing required breaks, inappropriate questions in interviews and discouraging sick days. The wave of allegations comes after student Levi Painter posted an account of her bad experience with C1 Espresso coffee shop owner Sam Crofskey …
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[ad_1] Supplied / New Zealand Police Queenstown police would like to speak to this man after the bar stools he bought at Kmart were allegedly exchanged for those in a nearby cafe. Queenstown police are looking for an elderly couple to help solve the mystery of the coffee bar stools …
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[ad_1] An LPG tanker has been denied entry to Christchurch’s Lyttelton port, as multiple crew members discovered they were on board a flight with an active case of Covid-19. The Arago tanker near Lyttelton. Source: 1 NEWS The Arago has been forced to anchor off Camp Bay, in the middle …
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[ad_1] New Zealand has joined its allies in criticizing China’s “concerted campaign to silence all critical voices” in Hong Kong after elected politicians were expelled from the city’s Legislative Council. The strong statement, issued by the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance countries, said China was in breach of its international obligations …
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[ad_1] A suspect in a European multinational organized crime investigation that uncovered a makeshift prison and torture chamber was previously acquitted of a high-profile murder in Wellington in 1999, according to Dutch media reports. Nine arrests were made after Dutch police discovered seven shipping containers turned into a makeshift prison …
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[ad_1] Police launched a homicide investigation after a man was killed in a house fire in East Auckland. A police spokesman said a post-mortem examination of the victim, Wiremu Arapo, has led them to treat the matter as a suspect. “A team of researchers has been formed to work on …
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[ad_1] David Millane, the father of slain British backpacker Grace, has died, police confirmed. David millane Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly Millane had been diagnosed with cancer, the RNZ understands. He died in his hometown in England this week. David Millane traveled to New Zealand after his daughter disappeared in …
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[ad_1] Samoa’s first positive case of Covid-19 has now tested negative in a follow-up test, according to a Samoa government press release. The man was part of a group of 27 Samoan sailors who had been stationed with the Mediterranean Shipping Fleet in various parts of Europe and arrived with …
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