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A project manager for a planned statue of the rugby legend to be erected in his hometown said he hopes it can finally be built this year.

Cook Islands Police is short by about 40 staff and low remuneration rates are making it difficult to drum up new recruits.

Tearful New Zealand skier Alice Robinson secured her first World Cup win in four years to climb to the top of the giant slalom standings.

Police Minister Mark Mitchell is set to take up the ethnic communities' portfolio from Lee.

The seven day rolling average of new cases down 165.

US President Donald Trump's pardon has quashed hundreds of pending cases with leaders of the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among those pardoned.

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The area has been suffering from low rainfall for many months.

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Over the past month the first cohort of participants have undergone sessions with mushroom extract containing a specific dose of psilocybin at Rangiwaho Marae south of Gisborne.

The last week of January is prime job-hunting time, and Trade Me says a softer labour market is not putting applicants off.

The ministry's chief veterinary officer Dr Mary van Andel said every trace of dirt and chicken litter needs to be removed and disposed of in a biosecure way.

Green hydrogen - which has been described by fans as the "swiss army knife" of clean energy - has enjoyed a wave of private investment and government subsidies.

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Police Minister Mark Mitchell is set to take up the ethnic communities' portfolio from Lee on Friday 24 January.

超1300户家庭停电，预计奥克兰、Coromandel以及Tai Rāwhiti将出现严重降水过程。