[ad_1] France announced a full nationwide lockdown for the second time this year and German officials imposed a four-week partial lockdown on Wednesday (Thursday NZT), as governments across Europe sought to stem a rapidly rising tide of coronavirus cases. The World Health Organization says that the European region, which includes …
Read More »Second defendant from the First NZ Foundation pleads not guilty
[ad_1] Bevan Read / Stuff North Shore District Court where one of the defendants appeared Thursday Both men who allegedly fraudulently deposited more than $ 740,000 into an NZ First Foundation account have denied the charges and have chosen a jury trial. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) filed charges against …
Read More »Covid crash: ANZ Bank’s $ 562 million profit drop
[ad_1] ANZ bank has declared its full annual result. Photo / Steven McNicholl. ANZ New Zealand’s cash earnings have plunged 29 percent to $ 1,371 billion in the financial year through Sept. 30, as the bank was hit by an increase in Covid-driven credit impairments. 19. The country’s largest bank, …
Read More »Anonymous Revealed: Miles Taylor Identifies Himself As Trump Official Behind Blasting Opinion Piece And Book
[ad_1] Anonymous, the previously unidentified “senior Trump official” behind an explosive opinion piece and revealing book, finally revealed his identity. Photo / Getty Anonymous, the top Trump official who published an explosive opinion piece and eye-opening book from within the administration, finally revealed his identity, six days before the presidential …
Read More »Watch Live: Rocket Lab Attempts Another Launch
[ad_1] Rocket Lab’s fourteenth mission to deploy satellites in space, to be carried out from the Māhia Peninsula near Gisborne this morning, will have particular significance for the company. The Electron rocket will carry a Canon developed satellite and a new generation of cube satellites for the regular Planet customer. …
Read More »US Election: Who Exactly Is Trump’s ‘Base’? Why white working-class voters could be key
[ad_1] The path to re-election for US President Donald Trump requires maximizing the support of his often-mentioned “base” – white voters without college degrees – in the key states on the battlefield where he won in 2016. This is because support for Trump among other voters has fallen. According to …
Read More »Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site
[ad_1] Iran has begun construction on its Natanz nuclear facility, recently released satellite images show. This came as the UN nuclear agency acknowledged that Tehran was building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant, a key step in enriching uranium as a nuclear fuel, after the latter erupted in a sabotage …
Read More »Women attacked in two Christchurch home raids, ‘marauder’ sightings sought
[ad_1] Stuff The incident occurred in Riccarton, a suburb of Christchurch. (File photo) A man is arrested after what Stuff understands there were two raids in the Christchurch suburb of Upper Riccarton. He allegedly illegally entered the two properties, near the Bush Inn Mall, on Thursday between 6 a.m. and …
Read More »Ghosts, Asylums and Buried Villages: Five of New Zealand’s Creepiest Cities
[ad_1] You don’t have to believe in ghosts to find fascinating ghost towns and other settlements with dark stories. Hence the popularity of dark tourism around the world. In New Zealand, old abandoned gold rush cities and mining sites that have suffered death or destruction on a large scale tell …
Read More »Crowded House Announces First New Song in Over a Decade, Announces New Zealand Tour for March 2021
[ad_1] Crowded House will tour New Zealand in March 2021. The band have announced that they will be playing both the North Island and the South Island as part of their “To The Island” tour. Crowded House also released their first new song in over a decade with a new …
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