[ad_1] A recount sought by the Maori Party in Te Tai Hauāuru’s electorate has seen party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s total drop by five votes. Successful Labor incumbent Adrian Rurawhe won 13 votes, Ngarewa-Packer lost five, and the overall vote dropped by six in what has been called a “clerical error” …
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[ad_1] WADE WILLIAMS / Supplied Actor Wade Williams has been posting videos to his YouTube channel from New Zealand. Wade Williams, an American actor known for Prison Break, says he was exposed to Covid-19 in Auckland and had to go back into isolation. Williams is understood to be in Auckland …
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[ad_1] Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has doubled down on his criticism of motorhomes, saying that non-self-driving vans do not fit in with his plan to position New Zealand among the top three “aspirational” global tourist attractions. Nash spoke in Rotorua on Thursday as part of a tour that has seen …
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[ad_1] Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi calls for calm as his country grapples with its first Covid-19 case. The man, a sailor, arrived in Apia on a repatriation flight from Auckland last Friday and happened to test positive in a quarantine facility four days later. There were 274 …
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[ad_1] Monique ford Wellington is among the regions most economically affected by Covid-19, in large part because people work from home and spend less. The New Zealand economy is recovering, but Wellington is countering the trend. Economic activity in Wellington fell 1.5 percent in the September quarter, the fourth worst …
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[ad_1] Matty McLean’s job had been to present the TV Personality of the Year trophy. There were 10 nominees, with hosts like Kimberly Crossman, journalists like Patrick Gower, and actors like Jayden Daniels. However, the hotly contested popular choice competition was expected to feature Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield as …
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[ad_1] A city councilman censored after a standoff over a $ 12 parking ticket is having his day in court, against his own advice. Lee Vandervis faced the Dunedin City Council in Dunedin Superior Court on Thursday morning. The frank councilor, who declined to comment Things Prior to the case, …
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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 lawmakers 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] Supplied An illustration of the planned $ 150 million Boulcott village in Lower Hutt to be built by the retirement village operator Summerset Group after receiving consent from the Environmental Court. The large retirement village operator, Summerset Group, hopes to begin construction next year on a controversial $ 150 …
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[ad_1] martin van beynen / Things The Arago has been kept out of the Lyttelton port until the Covid-19 tests are returned. An LPG tanker has been denied entry to Christchurch’s Lyttelton port as a Covid-19 precaution. The 99-meter ship Arago arrived from Australia on Wednesday and was told to …
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