[ad_1] Marewa resident Sandy Hunter’s home is surrounded by water. Photo / Supplied At least 16 homes in Napier have been deemed uninhabitable, while those in their homes may face another night in the dark, after a monstrous flood hit Hawke’s Bay last night. New Zealand Fire and Emergency Area …
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[ad_1] Self Assured and Mark Purdon have won Group I of the New Zealand Trotting Cup. Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen’s All Stars stable pulled the trifecta with Spankem second and Ashley Locaz third. Race favorite Copy That and Blair Orange were left behind in a controversial stand-up start that seemed …
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[ad_1] A Wellington mother is “disappointed and concerned” after health authorities told her husband that he was a close and casual contact for a Covid-19 case in one day. Health authorities initially told Nicki Clark’s husband, who works as a chef, that he was a casual contact on Case B …
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[ad_1] The course of US President-elect Joe Biden’s transition to power depends in part on an obscure statement called “verification.” Some details about that process: What is verification? The formal presidential transition does not begin until the administrator of the federal General Services Administration determines the “apparently successful candidate” in …
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[ad_1] Wild weather continues to plague the North Island, with approximately 2,000 lightning strikes recorded in the last two days. Dramatic video captured by Aucklander Laura O’Gorman showed lightning striking the ground near her friend’s property in St. Heliers Monday night. O’Gorman parked his Tesla Model S outside and went …
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[ad_1] Grant Dalton, CEO of Team New Zealand and America’s Cup Event. Photo / Jason Oxenham A prominent business lawyer with long ties to the New Zealand team has launched a scathing attack on the government’s handling of allegations made about its use of taxpayer funds for the America’s Cup. …
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[ad_1] But Pfizer has received no support from the US government beyond a $ 1.95 billion deal to buy 100 million initial doses. No money is paid until the vaccine is approved. Pfizer’s head of vaccine research and development, Dr. Kathrin Jansen, told the New York Times that the team …
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[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s campaign launched its broadest challenge yet to the election results that appears destined to oust him from office, accusing Pennsylvania officials of running a “two-tier” voting system. , in person and by mail, that violates the Constitution of the United States. Legal experts said the …
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[ad_1] SUPPLIED Meet Jagger, a very good boy and now officially New Zealand’s best office dog. Three Auckland dogs have been named the country’s best canine companions in the workplace, in a year in which four-legged friends were credited with saving the sanity of some workers. The annual Top Office …
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[ad_1] A city councilman’s fight over a $ 12 parking ticket has cost his council more than $ 14,000, and the bill will increase as a legal battle looms. Councilman Lee Vandervis was censured for a dispute with a Dunedin City Council customer service representative over a parking ticket on …
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