[ad_1] OPINION: I met Judith Collins in a green media room somewhere in Auckland in mid-2015. She is famous for her ambition and stubborn determination. But meeting her in person, I found her attractive, funny, and very forthright. She is also from my own home province, Waikato, which has a …
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[ad_1] Tom Lee / Stuff Jelle Bone chained herself to a fence surrounding the Rotowaro Coal Mine in protest of climate change. A climate activism group has stopped work at a Huntly coal mine. The Extinction Rebellion group began protesting at the Rotowaro coal mine near Huntly on Tuesday at …
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[ad_1] Jamie Hudson Mendez, 44, was imprisoned for six years and nine months in the Christchurch District Court after being caught with 2.5 kg of pure cocaine at the Christchurch airport. Photo / Kurt Bayer A botched cocaine smuggler who claimed she was pressured into doing the job by a …
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[ad_1] Mike Hosking of Newstalk ZB questioning Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo / Michael Craig Newstalk ZB and ZM are the big winners in the latest radio ratings, reaching their highest audiences. Newstalk increased its general audience by nearly 74,000 listeners in GfK’s latest commercial radio audience survey, a reflection …
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[ad_1] A leading Covid-19 expert is “irate” after a World Health Organization (WHO) official called on world leaders to stop using shutdowns as the primary method of controlling the pandemic. WHO’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr. David Nabarro, told the British magazine The viewer that the locks should only be …
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[ad_1] Warwick Smith / Stuff Medical laboratory scientist Emma Tapp transfers inactivated Covid-19 swab samples to the extraction plate for analysis. (File photo) There is a new case of Covid-19 in a Christchurch managed isolation facility. The person arrived in New Zealand from the United States on October 8, the …
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[ad_1] New Zealand 12 Oct, 2020 11:46 PM2 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Boris Johnson says the three-tier national system was designed to “simplify and standardize” a confusing set of local rules. Video / UK Parliament There is a …
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[ad_1] Garner argued that pushing for decriminalization might have been an appropriate option, to which Swarbrick responded that removing criminal penalties for cannabis-related offenses would still leave the prevalent drug illegal and unregulated. “Decriminalization simply removes criminal penalties for people who use the substance,” he said. “Will adding another drug …
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[ad_1] Facebook screenshot New Zealander Kate Bell is believed to have been killed by her boyfriend in Melbourne, Australian media reported. A New Zealand woman described as a “kind soul” was killed in Melbourne by her boyfriend, Australian media reported. The body of Kate Bell, 31, was found in a …
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[ad_1] The IPCA found that the police communicated ineffectively during a manhunt in Christchurch. Police failed to effectively communicate with a man found sleeping outside a Christchurch preschool, who led them on a chase and struck a patrol car twice. The police officers were justified in pursuing, but did not …
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