[ad_1] ASB is moving to quickly increase the minimum deposit investors need for a New Zealand home deposit by 10 percent, in a move to support first-time home buyers. Your playlist will load after this ad. Others are still waiting to have their homes assessed for damage, and some are …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: K-festival postponed due to latest covid scare
[ad_1] Entertainment November 12, 2020 10:28 PM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game K-festival was to be Auckland’s first massive cultural event since the beginning of the year. Video / K-festival What was intended to be the first major cultural …
Read More »UN migration agency: 74 drowned after ship sank near Libya
[ad_1] World November 12, 2020 07:10 pm3 minutes to read Several migrants drowned after their ship bound for Europe broke down off the coast of Libya. Photo / AP At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN migration agency …
Read More »The detail: What is the future of horse racing in New Zealand?
[ad_1] The Detail is a daily news podcast produced for RNZ by Press room and is posted on Stuff with permission. Click on this link to subscribe to the podcast. Horse racing has lost its biggest champion to Winston Peters out of politics, but his successor has promised to complete …
Read More »Covid-19: Soldiers in Auckland with curfew, Defense Force silent on responsibility for outbreak
[ad_1] Defense Forces personnel serving in isolation and quarantine facilities in Auckland have a strict curfew and a temporary ban on drinking alcohol has been imposed. The measures came after a handful of new community Covid-19 cases linked to a soldier working at Jet Park’s managed isolation facility. Meanwhile, on …
Read More »New climate report with troubling findings already being questioned by scientists
[ad_1] New research on climate change suggests that the world has already passed the point of no return of global warming. A new paper’s model suggested that under conditions where human-made greenhouse gas emissions peaked during the 2030s and dropped to zero in 2100, global temperatures would be 3 ° …
Read More »US elections: money to support Trump court fight could flow to president
[ad_1] President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the White House on Thursday, November 5. Photo / AP As President Donald Trump’s chances of reelection declined last week, his campaign began to launch a relentless stream of emails and text messages that led to a website raising money for an …
Read More »Disposal of toxic waste from disused Mataura paper mill hits another wall
[ad_1] A further complication has complicated the work of ongoing attempts to accelerate the disposal of more than 10,000 tons of potentially toxic waste from the disused Mataura paper mill. Photo: Helicopters supplied / high mountain In 2018, New Zealand and Rio Tinto aluminum smelters agreed with city councils and …
Read More »Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers surrender their resignations
[ad_1] Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers began resigning in protest on Thursday (local time), a day after the government expelled four members from their side. The remaining 15 members of the bloc have said they will resign en masse in a show of solidarity after China’s central government in Beijing passed …
Read More »Politicians point fingers on runaway housing market
[ad_1] Concerns about runaway house prices in New Zealand are mounting, and politicians are generally weighing the blame. Data from the Real Estate Institute released Thursday shows that the national median home price in October of $ 725,000 was 20% higher than at the same time last year. Ten regions …
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