[ad_1] Alden Williams / Stuff A line failure caused a power outage in central Wellington (file photo). Cafes up and down Cuba Street in downtown Wellington have been forced to close thanks to 24-hour power outages. Espressoholic owner Bhupinder Singh said he had lost as much as $ 6,000 in …
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[ad_1] Things A dead pedestrian has been named after an accident in Tokoroa (file photo). Police released the name of a pedestrian who died in Tokoroa after being hit by a car. It was Keith Robert Roebuck, 70, from New Plymouth. Roebuck died after an accident on State Highway 1 …
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[ad_1] RICKY WILSON / Stuff Several police officers are at the scene of the incident in West Auckland. An incident that forced the closure of a primary school in West Auckland appears to have ended when a man was taken away by police. Leisha Byrnes, principal of Lincoln Heights School …
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[ad_1] Things Preetam Maid on trial in Dunedin District Court. A staff member from the Aviation Security Services allegedly planted a fake bomb containing cables, a cylinder, batteries, a cell phone and a cryptic note at Dunedin airport to raise safety concerns. Preetam Prakash Maid was arrested and charged with …
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[ad_1] There are four new Covid-19 cases to report in New Zealand, all four detected in isolation. The Health Ministry said one of the cases was a fisherman from the Russian and Ukrainian group in isolation at the Sudima Hotel in Christchurch. A ministry spokeswoman said the case was detected …
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[ad_1] Things Preetam Maid on trial in Dunedin District Court. What appeared to be a bomb containing wires, a cylinder, batteries, a cell phone and a cryptic note, was detected at Dunedin airport two days after the Christchurch mosque attack. Preetam Prakash Maid, who worked for the Aviation Security Service …
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[ad_1] More than 1,000 Air New Zealand employees have petitioned the airline’s management to save New Zealand jobs and stop outsourcing jobs, including cabin crew positions to Shanghai-based Chinese nationals. But in response to the “Kia Kaha Aotearoa” petition, signed by the 1287 staff, Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran …
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[ad_1] Police have blocked a west Auckland street and an elementary school is closed following a firearm incident. Photo / Archive An elementary school is closed and armed police have invaded a West Auckland suburb following a firearms incident this morning. Police say they are responding to an incident at …
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[ad_1] There are four new cases of Covid-19 today in managed isolation. There are no new community cases, marking 11 days without a community case, reports the Ministry of Health. One of the four new cases today is an international sailor staying at Sudima in Christchurch, detected in the test …
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[ad_1] Andy Jackson / Stuff An off-duty police officer offered drugs at a bar to a random stranger. A police officer has been discharged without conviction by a judge for the second time, this time for drug-related offenses. Richard James Gibson received his first fatality in 2017 for dangerous driving …
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