Wellington.Scoop Metlink has advised that because of staff shortages caused by omicron, some train services will be cancelled from Monday to Thursday next week. News from Metlink From Monday, some train services on the Hutt Valley, Melling, Kapiti and Johnsonville lines will be cancelled due to the impact of omicron on our staff. This will […]
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Barrie Saunders writes: The Three Waters proposal driven by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is a totally unnecessary, very divisive battle with local government and the people of New Zealand. The focus has been on whether there should be co-governance with iwi leaders, and also, whether it adequately prevents privatisation, which I see as a […]
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“The Government has staged a quiet, Friday afternoon backdown on vaccine mandates, updating the MBIE website so that unvaccinated citizens and residents can re-enter the country without isolation,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As recently as ...
“With the roar, tahr culling and duck hunting season just around the corner, the time it’s taking to get a firearms licence keeps getting longer,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “There are 2694 people currently ...
The UN is not aware of any biological weapons programme being conducted in Ukraine, the Organization’s disarmament chief told the Security Council once more on Friday, responding to fresh allegations by the Russian Federation, that it had evidence to ...
“Minister for Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti needs to explain why the Classification Office appears to have carried out last minute censorship of the film ‘The Kashmir Files,’” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Kashmir Files is clearly controversial ...
The competition was hot on Saturday as 68 teams went head-to-head in a bid to take out the Taranaki Manawatu FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year and AgriKidsNZ titles. After a chilly start in Feilding, William Russell and Levi Fleming from Feilding ...
Politics can, literally kill. It can seep into the vitals, gnaw away and suck life. Some of the worst battles are waged against colleagues within your own party, all driven by a crazed Social Darwinism to survive. Individually, they may be human and ...
The Auckland ACES head north to take on Northern Districts hoping to extend their Plunket Shield winning streak to five. Seamer Jordan Sussex is named in the ACES squad for the first time, while Ryan Harrison and Cole Briggs return to the squad. ...
Police are now able to name the man who died at a rural property in Manaia, Coromandel yesterday afternoon. A homicide investigation is underway following the discovery of the body of Guy Richards, 43, of Manaia. A post-mortem has been completed today, ...
Zoe Hobbs completed her 60m quest at the World Athletics Indoor Championships by finishing an outstanding third in her semi-final but agonisingly just missed out on a berth in the final by 0.02. The Kiwi sprint ace had earlier in the day smashed ...
Today Tauranga Police Search and Rescue conducted an extended search in Papamoa looking for missing man Dr David Holland. The search was concentrated in the sand dunes between Karewa Parade to Ocean Beach Road. Police were overwhelmed by the support ...
A man has been shot by Police near Invercargill today. Officers were seeking the man in relation to an earlier call of concern for a female. The man presented a weapon to officers on State Highway 1 at Dacre, and was subsequently shot by Police shortly ...
Travel to the Cook Islands gets easier and cheaper from today, Saturday 19 March, with a negative supervised Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) 24 hours before departure now being accepted. PCR testing, which remains in place, was previously the only approved ...
Cobham Drive has reopened following an earlier crash in Hamilton. Two people had moderate injuries and one person had serious injuries in the multi-vehicle crash just before 11:30am.
“Newshub Nation this morning reported that vaccine passes will be gone by April 13th, why not just do it now?” Asks ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT was the first party to say it’s time to move on. Last month we released a cost benefit analysis ...
Motorists are advised of a serious crash on Cobham Drive, Hamilton, and to use alternate routes if possible. The crash happened shortly before 11:30pm and involved multiple vehicles, including a motorcycle. At least two people appear seriously injured. The ...
Jason Power, Chief Executive Today’s cases · Timaru District - 168 · Waimate District - 21 · Mackenzie District - 5 · Unknown – 6. Active cases · Timaru District – 1,008 · Waimate District - 110 · Mackenzie District – 27 · Unknown ...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this morning spoke to Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, to reiterate New Zealand’s strong support for Ukraine and its people, and our unequivocal condemnation of Russia’s aggression. “Prime Minister Shmyhal ...