[ad_1] Winston Peters did not have time for a question from a Covid-19 denier at a New Zealand campaign event in Tauranga today. Your playlist will load after this announcement. The NZ First leader compared the man’s question to someone who says the Earth is flat. The party leader was …
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[ad_1] Police are disappointed by the results of a traffic enforcement operation targeting drunk drivers on the roads of the eastern Bay of Plenty. During the operation, the police detained 42 drunk drivers. “This is an alarmingly high number, and police are concerned that people are putting themselves and others …
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[ad_1] Campaign diary: Jacinda Ardern smeared Judith Collins’ estate tax on the last disinformation dice roll of the weekend, but Collins herself seems determined to roll the dice a few more times to see if she’s lucky on October 17. Collins’ challenge to Ardern is to predict the future, to …
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[ad_1] A late-stage study of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate has been paused while the company investigates whether a study participant’s “unexplained illness” is related to the injection. The company said in a statement Monday night (local time) that illnesses, accidents and other so-called adverse events “are an expected …
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[ad_1] The president of the Civil Liberties Council, Thomas Beagle, considers the government’s request for more access to be contradictory and dangerous. Photo / 123RF By RNZ Civil liberties groups believe that privacy, free speech, and trade secrets could be eroded if tech companies hand over their encrypted data to …
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[ad_1] Ross Giblin / Stuff A Canterbury driver recorded a breath alcohol level of 1,511 micrograms at 8 p.m. Monday. (File photo) A Canterbury motorist seen weaving into his lane nearly hitting a sidewalk flew six times the legal alcohol limit. Officer Blair Croucher was driving down Lowes Rd, Rolleston, …
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[ad_1] A crowd of some 47,000 is expected to arrive at Auckland’s Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup international match between New Zealand and Australia on Sunday. Images of 31,000 fans without masks cheering on the three-time world champions at the first round in Wellington last weekend attracted a …
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[ad_1] There has been a strong reaction to the New Zealand Medical Association U-turn on the cannabis referendum, with one doctor saying he will resign after 40 years of membership. Your playlist will load after this announcement. The group now says it has no position on the proposed legalization, after …
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[ad_1] Sport|Rugby October 13, 2020 04:00 am3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Wallabies fullback Reece Hodge had a bad night’s sleep after missing the game-sealing kick for the Wallabies. The Wallabies came close to achieving a famous victory over …
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[ad_1] A man who pointed a firearm at a police officer and stole his cruiser told his victim that he thinks about the incident every day. “Nobody deserves that in their life,” Jesse Daniel Nash, 39, Superior Sheriff Darren Kidd said from the Dunedin District Court dock this afternoon. “So …
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