[ad_1] In 1967, New Zealanders voted on pub closing times. Photo / The spinoff Originally Posted by The Spinoff OPINION: In 1967 I changed my mind in another referendum, around six in the afternoon, writes Roderick Aldridge. I am an 80 year old Pākehā male who has never smoked or …
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[ad_1] Universities like the University of Auckland (above) will be able to bring in 250 graduate students starting next month. Photo / Dean Purcell New Zealand’s door has been reopened to foreign students, but only to 250 graduate students who will have to pay for their own quarantine. Education Minister …
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[ad_1] US President Donald Trump was reportedly considering doing a stunt when he left the hospital last week. The leader was hospitalized at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for Covid-19, after both he and the first lady, Melania Trump, tested positive. the New York Times reported that Trump …
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[ad_1] More than a million people have already cast their vote in this year’s elections. In the first nine days of the early voting period, 1,153,334 people have voted, that is, 33.56 percent of the entire registered population and 43.85 percent of the total number of votes cast in 2017. …
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[ad_1] A Christchurch man is concerned that deceased citizens will be able to choose players in this election after receiving a voting card for someone who died 16 years ago. The Electoral Commission is investigating the situation, but says his is rare. On Friday, Jason Stagg, a Phillipstown man, received …
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[ad_1] Sport|Rugby October 12, 2020 03:05 am3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game What game! All the Blacks and Wallabies play a sensational 16-16 draw in the first Bledisloe Cup game. Video / Sky Sport Many umpiring mistakes have been …
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[ad_1] New Zealand|Politics Oct 12 From 2020 03:00 AM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game The Front Bench: Are the Nats playing dirty with the estate tax? See: Newstalk ZB’s Heather Du Plessis-Allan, political commentator Trish Sherson, former Labor MP …
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[ad_1] The government has signed its first Covid-19 purchase agreement, securing 1.5 million doses, enough for 750,000 people, from Pfizer and BioNTech. The deal, which is subject to the vaccine successfully completing all clinical trials and passing New Zealand regulatory approval, could see doses delivered as early as the first …
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[ad_1] TODD NIALL / Things The whale was pulled out of the water and brought to the dock. A whale died after being trapped under a jetty at Hobsonville Point in Auckland. Project Jonah marine mammal rescue charity general manager Daren Grover said a member of the public saw the …
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[ad_1] Supplied An elderly man died in hospital of a perforated intestine after being in respite care at a nursing home. The nursing home company has been found to be in default due to poor care. A nursing home has been asked to apologize to the family of a man …
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