[ad_1] Guy Fawkes will once again be celebrated with public events and displays in Auckland this year, despite the ongoing controversy over the use of fireworks. Auckland City Council and a number of national organizations have renewed calls to ban the private use and sale of fireworks, after a parliamentary …
Read More »SH1 Brynderwyns school bus accident: seven injured, ambulance checking children leaving scene
[ad_1] The bus involved in this morning’s accident on State Highway 1. Photo / Imran Ali High school children are among seven people injured in an accident between a school bus and a van on State Highway 1. The accident happened just before 8.20 a.m. M. Between a Leabourn Passenger …
Read More »Mount Tarawera, Rotorua: Inside the Grand Canyon of New Zealand
[ad_1] The sheer force of nature is awesome. I have just set foot on the sacred peak of Mount Tarawera, and for miles the earth has simply opened up. Huge valley-like fissures stretch for 17 kilometers. In some places, the mountain is wildly contorted, with a deep volcanic red crust …
Read More »Emergency services dealing with two accidents in Northland, including a bus accident
[ad_1] Emergency services at the scene of a bus accident in Brynderwyns. Photo / Imran Ali High school children are among seven people injured in an accident between a school bus and a van on State Highway 1. St John treated seven patients on the spot, including five who were …
Read More »Police investigate ‘unexplained’ death of woman in Invercargill
[ad_1] Stuff Police were called to the address around 4.15pm Thursday after the body of a woman was found. Police are investigating the death of a woman at her home in Invercargill. A block of flats in the suburb of Appleby has been under police surveillance since Thursday afternoon. A …
Read More »Tragedy of a baby dog attack: dad died just a few months earlier
[ad_1] Vera and Viktor Zabiyaka met their grandson Jackson for the first time just the night before he died as a result of a horrible dog attack. Jackson, who was born Saturday, died at the Waikato hospital more than 24 hours after a dog attacked him at his mother’s home …
Read More »Cops acquitted after smoking text messages seized cannabis
[ad_1] Two policemen who sent text messages about smoking cannabis that they had confiscated from a member of the public were acquitted of any crime. Photo / Archive – By RNZ Two policemen who sent text messages about smoking cannabis that they had confiscated from a member of the public …
Read More »Annah Stretton criticized for ‘racist’ poster
[ad_1] A poster by fashion designer Annah Stretton posted on a busy Wellington CBD street has been criticized for showing models with “racist” makeup. The Hunter St poster featured Stretton along with two women of color who wore makeup that exaggerated their lips and eyes, with the caption: “Most people …
Read More »Elections 2020: Reckoning as referendum results roll in and Labor concludes talks with the Greens
[ad_1] ANALYSIS: After two weeks of political stalemate, it is a turning point for thousands of people who have spent years trying to change the country. Preliminary results of the two referendums will be released at 2:00 p.m. and Labor is expected to conclude their talks with the Greens before …
Read More »Annah Stretton criticized for ‘racist’ poster
[ad_1] A poster by fashion designer Annah Stretton posted on a busy Wellington CBD street has been criticized for showing models with “racist” makeup. The Hunter St poster featured Stretton along with two women of color who wore makeup that exaggerated their lips and eyes, with the caption: “Most people …
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