[ad_1] A Christchurch mother who says her daughter was not properly embalmed continues to call for a “reorganization” of the funeral industry. A review by the Health Ministry is underway after a series of mistakes with grieving families complaining that the bodies were incinerated by mistake. Michelle Bishop’s daughter, Sharnae …
Read More »
[ad_1] Australian sportsbook Sportsbet has lost over A $ 5 million (NZ $ 5.3 million) in a costly NRL grand final mistake. With Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith pulling the strings in an impressive first half of the 2020 NRL decider against the Penrith Panthers, the Storm took a 22-0 …
Read More »
[ad_1] Marine Lourens / Things Randall Clinton Waho was convicted of wounding with intent to wound for his role in the death of Shayne George Heappey. A prominent figure in the Christchurch Nomads gang had his sentence reduced in four months after a judge did not give him enough credit …
Read More »
[ad_1] Sightings of the legendary South Island giant cat have been circulating since about the 1990s, everywhere from Canterbury to Marlborough to Southland. The last one was in Hanmer Springs. At around noon on Sunday, Christchurch osteopath Mark Orr was mountain biking on the Perseverance Bike trail, when he swears …
Read More »
[ad_1] Eight pohutukawa trees were cut down with a chainsaw in south Auckland by a vandal who fled the scene, police said. The incident occurred around 6.30pm on October 25 on Harborside Drive in Karaka, and it left the locals “devastated.” Manukau County Police Inspector Tony Wakelin said an officer …
Read More »
[ad_1] Gabe Loiacono is the kind of voter that US President Donald Trump cannot afford to lose. He lives in a pivotal county in an undecided state that is among the few that will decide the presidency. Loiacono, a college history professor who last voted for a Democrat more than …
Read More »
[ad_1] Stuff The winning photo in the ‘Most Beautiful View in New Zealand’ contest, taken by Darren Patterson, is of Aoraki / Mt Cook from Lake Hooker. The stunning views of the Mackenzie region have caught the judges’ attention with Christchurch photographer Darren Patterson’s Aoraki / Mt Cook landscape, first …
Read More »
[ad_1] Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed in Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans dominating Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative majority in court in the next years. Trump’s decision to fill the vacancy of the …
Read More »
[ad_1] Several police officers and members of the Armed Criminal Squad on Waikeria Rd. Photo / Caitlan Johnston Two people are in custody following an incident in Waikeria this afternoon. A shot was reportedly fired on local property at around 3:45 p.m. The Armed Criminal Squad, a unit of dogs …
Read More »
[ad_1] OPINION: The Labor Party achieved a historic victory this month, thanks in large part to a leader who provided competent and consistent leadership in dangerous times. The Republican Party in America is on the way to resounding defeat, in large part because of a leader who provided the opposite. …
Read More »