WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Some are perched in trees. Some are hanging upside down. Some are baking scones. Teddy bears are popping up in the unlikeliest of places as New Zealanders embrace an international movement in which people are placing the stuffed animals in their windows during coronavirus lockdowns to brighten the mood and […]
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March 15 terrorist pleads guilty
WELLINGTON, 26 MARCH 2020 (NEWSROOM) — The terrorist who attacked two mosques on March 15, 2019, and killed 51 people in New Zealand has pleaded guilty to charges of terrorism, murder, and attempted murder Gunman Brenton Tarrant has pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 charges of attempted murder and one of engaging in […]
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NZ slavery trial: Complainants motivated by money, court told
AUCKLAND, 16 MARCH 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC)—The jury in the trial of a Samoan chief accused of slavery has retired to consider their verdict. Joseph Auga Matamata, 65, denies 11 charges of human trafficking and 13 charges of slavery relating to 13 Samoan nationals between 1995 and April last year. Summing up the case this afternoon […]
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Travel restrictions for those coming from China extended: NZ PM
WELLINGTON, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has confirmed the country’s China travel ban will be extended for another eight days. Ardern said NZ was also exploring the possibility of an exemption to the travel ban for foreign tertiary students in mainland China. She made the announcement after Cabinet […]
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Police begin fraud probe of Oceania Football Confederation
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Police’s serious fraud office has begun an investigation into former leading figures in the Oceania Football Confederation in response to a complaint by world governing body FIFA. The fraud office confirmed the investigation Thursday after inquiries by New Zealand’s Fairfax Media. Fairfax reported that one of the people […]
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New Zealand’s first slavery trial to enter second week in the High Court in Napier
NAPIER, 17 FEBRUARY 2020 (STUFF NZ) — New Zealand’s first court trial involving slavery and human trafficking charges has ended its first week in the High Court in Napier and will resume today. The trial before Justice Helen Cull and a jury started on Monday last week with horticultural and viticultural contractor Joseph Matamata, also […]