[ad_1] New Zealand will benefit from Joe Biden’s presidency, but such a shift in US leadership could further challenge relations with China and the Pacific countries. Presidential candidate Biden appeared to be heading for victory in Thursday morning’s US elections. The Democrat was closing in on a victory in key …
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[ad_1] Marcio José Sánchez / AP A poll worker sorts mail-in ballots at the Duniway-Lovejoy Multnomah County Elections Building in Portland, Oregon. Oregon has become the first state in the US to decriminalize the possession of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone, and other hard drugs. Voters in Oregon also legalized the …
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[ad_1] Wild weather has cut down trees, cut off power and could shut down the Auckland Harbor Bridge when a system hits the north of the North Island on Thursday. Heavy rain, thunderstorms and winds of up to 100km / h are possible, and New Zealand’s Transport Agency, Waka Kotahi, …
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[ad_1] The work will inject $ 311 million into a job support program designed to help 40,000 New Zealanders who have been unemployed due to Covid-19 to return to work. Speaking at a business event in Auckland on Thursday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern outlined some of the government’s priorities and …
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[ad_1] Delegates in Philadelphia agreed, in the summer of 1787, that the new country they were creating would not have a king but an elected executive. But they did not agree on how to elect that president. Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson called the problem of electing a president “truly one …
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[ad_1] The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has launched an investigation into allegations that a surplus of cheap European potato chips is being dumped here, potentially damaging New Zealand’s $ 1 billion potato industry. Your playlist will load after this announcement. The industry asks the government to intervene. Source: …
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[ad_1] New Zealand November 4, 2020 11:40 pm4 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game There are five new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand, including one community case and four people in controlled isolation. There are two new cases of …
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[ad_1] 8:55 am – Trump has threatened to go to the Supreme Court. But can he? While President Donald Trump has promised to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a presidential race that is still too close to convene, the nation’s highest judicial body may not be the …
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[ad_1] David White / Stuff Manchao Li denies murdering his ex-wife. He is being tried in the Auckland High Court. A man accused of stabbing his ex-wife to death has admitted to inflicting the injuries, but says he has no recollection of the incident. Manchao Li, 65, denies murdering Zhimin …
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[ad_1] STACY SQUIRES / Stuff A group of older children chased a Christchurch boys’ high school down the road. A Christchurch student was hit by a car after being chased by a group of older students in an end-of-the-year prank gone wrong. Christchurch Boys’ High School (CBHS) principal Nic Hill …
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