AvatarGodzonePaganCyclone aftermath offers popularity boost to new New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins as poll loomsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Tess McClure in CoromandelOn the lawn of a suburban home in Coromandel, the prime minister’s dress shoes have been scuffed ochre by a softened bed of clay. Chris Hipkins stands in front of the house, perched atop a tide of packed earth. It has been carried about 15 metres downhill by a landslide, walls crunched and bowing. …
Shame on ANZ.AvatarGodzonePaganANZ bank offers $19k settlement to pensioner who lost $36k to scammers, acknowledges victim’s stressnzherald.co.nz - Lane NicholsThe country’s biggest bank has made a $19,000 settlement offer to an elderly woman who was tricked into buying nearly $40,000 in pre-paid gaming …
AvatarGodzonePaganWorld’s first openly transgender MP, Georgina Beyer, dies in New Zealand aged 65verified_publisherThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressFormer New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has led tributes to Georgina Beyer, the world’s first openly transgender MP, who has died. Friends announced “with the heaviest of hearts” on Facebook on Monday that the 65-year-old had died at a Wellington hospice. “Georgie was surround by her nearest …
AvatarGodzonePaganThe Political danger to National of their 3 Water’s blocked gutterthedailyblog.co.nz - Martyn BradburyWhen National finally released their 3 Water’s policy, the surprise was how little detail there was.It seems, as Rob Campbell pointed out, National …
AvatarGodzonePaganDame Lynda Topp gives health update amid cancer battle - reveals Jools is trying a new treatmentnzherald.co.nzLast year, the Topp Twins revealed they had both been diagnosed with breast cancer, and now Lynda has given an update on their treatments. Speaking on …
AvatarGodzonePaganBroadcasting Standards Authority rules freedom of expression outweighed potential harm in RNZ interview about gender identitynewshub.co.nzAotearoa's radio and TV watchdog has ruled freedom of expression outweighed potential harm in a 2022 RNZ interview with a gender-critical philosopher. …
