[ad_1] Supplied Wellington city councilors agreed to sell and lease land for the $ 500 million Shelly Bay development on the Miramar Peninsiula. (File photo) Wellington city councilors have given the green light to the controversial Shelly Bay redevelopment, voting 9-6 after an eight-hour marathon session in favor of allowing …
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[ad_1] The Auckland Council’s projected budget explosion could more than double to $ 1 billion, a new forecast suggests. Phil Goff, Mayor of Auckland Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Councilors have been told that the $ 450 million hole caused by Covid 19 could grow another $ 540 million if …
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[ad_1] Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers said Wednesday they were resigning en masse following a move by the semi-autonomous Chinese territory government to disqualify four of their pro-democracy lawmakers. The 15 lawmakers announced the measure at a press conference on Wednesday, hours after the Hong Kong government said it was disqualifying …
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[ad_1] SUPPLIED Hannah Francis, 11, died in a bus accident on Mount Ruapehu in July 2018. A mechanic who inspected a bus involved in a fatal accident says its auxiliary switch could have been accidentally hit, causing the air supply to the brakes to drain. The investigation into the death …
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[ad_1] “The two seats we are seeking are not necessarily to challenge the bottom line of who won,” he told Magic Talk’s Sean Plunket on Wednesday afternoon. Instead, Tamihere says, it is an effort to expose the “rather silly” laws enshrined in the Election Law, such as the Five-Year Maori …
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[ad_1] Members of the West Indies men’s cricket team have been denied coaching privileges after “repeatedly” breaking controlled isolation rules. The team is isolated in two bubbles of 20 at the Chateau on the Park hotel in Riccarton, Christchurch, ahead of three Twenty20s and two test matches against the Black …
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[ad_1] City Planning and Transportation Commission. Photo / Logan Church Rules that would increase building heights and remove minimum car parking requirements in parts of Christchurch have been called “horribly deaf” and an “Auckland plan written by Wellington bureaucrats.” It comes as the Christchurch City Council works on an implementation …
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[ad_1] When Washington state scientists destroyed the first nest of so-called killer hornets found in the United States, they discovered about 500 live specimens in various stages of development, authorities said Wednesday (New Zealand time). Among them were nearly 200 queens that had the potential to start their own nests, …
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[ad_1] As President Donald Trump continued to claim without evidence Tuesday that the presidential election was undermined by voter fraud, social media users falsely claimed that people had cast additional votes using the identities of those killed in Pennsylvania and Michigan. There is no evidence that this happened. The false …
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[ad_1] ROSA WOODS / Things A pod of at least three killer whales, including a mother and calf, took a tour of Wellington Harbor on Wednesday afternoon. Killer whales. Large marine mammals. Oceanic pandas. Whatever you do, don’t call them killer whales. A group of killer whales took a leisurely …
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