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“Thank you so much and thank you New Zealand ... you have reached for hope and you have voted for change,” the National leader told supporters, prompting loud cheers. This result would transition Luxon, 53, from a first-term MP into running the country - National and Act would have a combined 62 seats in Parliament. Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks to media during a Labour Party election night event at Lower Hutt Events Centre. "I don't want to look at it," some Labour supporters told the New Zealand Herald as the early results came in. "How different is our situation from one the National Party was in not that long ago?

After Hamas attacked Israel on the 7th of October, Israel has been dropping bombs on Gaza and allegedly stripping the region of its basic amenities. Former player Martina Navratilova, who is also an activist, has been constantly tweeting and speaking out her opinions of the war. https://t.co/Ia8DF9ZtZR — Martina Navratilova (@Martina) October 13, 2023Some of the users replied to Navratilova that the Palestinians can take shelter in the south Gaza. Martina Navratilova (Credit: Stuff.co.nz)But ever since the news broke out, many people have very strong reaction. “Omg…beyond despicable- just evil, EVIL…” Navratilova posted on X (formerly Twitter).

In This Story: IrelandIreland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George’s Channel. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2016, 4.8 million people live in the Republic of Ireland, and 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland. A strong Irish culture exists, as expressed through Gaelic games, Irish music and the Irish language.

During this morning’s media session, a TV journalist from New Zealand asked Ireland attack coach Mike Catt if they had a team photographer at the All Blacks’ training session in Paris yesterday. “I haven’t seen any little photographer hiding under bushes at our training. The only way to go into these games is believing in your game and who you are, and we do. “I’ve probably already given them (the players) my final message: really, I just think trust themselves, trust the work we’ve done as a group and trust the work we’ve done on the field and off the field and go out and express yourself. They’ve got a lot of belief in their game, we’ve got a lot belief in ours.

Palestinian demonstrators wave their national flags while others burn tyres during a protest against an Israeli military raid. Faced with recurring attacks from Hamas militants tunnelling under Israel’s border fence, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a very concrete solution — build a bigger wall. The images taken on Sunday and analysed on Tuesday showed gaping holes in three sections of the border wall, the largest more than 70 metres (230 feet) wide. Once the wall was breached, Hamas fighters streamed through by the hundreds. Under Trump, the US expanded a joint initiative with Israel started under the Obama administration to develop technologies for detecting underground tunnels along the Gaza border defences.

All Stuff brands including stuff.co.nz, and Publishing Mastheads brands The Post, The Press and Waikato Times will no longer post on X. Stuff, New Zealand’s biggest independently owned news business, will stop sharing content to X (formerly Twitter), effective immediately. Noah Berger/AP A partially completed "X" sign rests atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco. “As a business we have made the decision that X, formerly known as Twitter, does not contribute to our mission. Editor’s note: We’re increasingly concerned by the misinformation and bad behaviour happening over on X (Twitter).

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has made a huge call ahead of the team’s with Ireland. Wing Mark Telea has been dropped from the side for the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, for apparently missing team curfew. But that’s the least of the All Blacks’ concerns as they go into Sunday morning’s quarter as underdogs against the World Number 1. NZ Herald rugby writer Liam Napier joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVE

Many projects had their schedules pushed back while a settlement was awaited. So now is the perfect time to catch up on a few gems you may have missed among the non-stop barrage of content over the past several years. There are many great workplace comedies, including The Office (UK and US versions), Parks and Recreation, Superstore (all available on TVNZ+). But what about a workplace comedy that isn’t about the people working, but the absurdity of the work itself? Utopia is one of those shows that will have you alternating between chuckling and howling from start to finish.

Police were able to identify 53 victims between the ages of 2 and 16 years old and 30 adult victims, while an additional group of about 50 victims could not be identified. “It is believed that most upskirt victims would have been unaware of his actions,” court documents state. Davidson faced up to 14 years’ imprisonment for making objectionable videos, 10 years for each of the indecent assault charges and three years on each of the intimate visual recording charges. His adult victims described an ongoing inability to trust friendly older men or wear skirts in public. Judge Maxwell later addressed the parents and victims directly, noting that some of them still seem to blame themselves.

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Heeni Hoterene is an organic gardener and maramataka expert with a remarkable story, and if you go to her talk at Garden Marlborough next month, you might hear it. The catalyst for her resolve was the diagnosis of Stage 4 cancer three years ago. “My mission was to stay alive, and my strategy was to use the maramataka for my health plan. (Keryn Jones/NZ Gardener, Stuff)Understanding – and using – the maramataka, is part of this kaupapa, she maintains. I want to see people using maramataka to realign with nature.

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Voter turnout is well down on the 2020 election so far. Photo: NZ HeraldA “big plunge” in early voting reflects a negative campaign that failed to inspire voters and caused some to turn away from politics “in disgust”, a political analyst says. “More likely, it just shows that fewer voters are going to turn out this time around.”Dr Bryce Edwards. “The rise of battles over ethnicity and race in particular has probably turned a lot of people off politics.”He said he believed people, especially young people, were “turning away from politics in disgust”. Voting on Election Day- More than 2300 voting places will be open from 9am to 7pm across the country.

But it’s election day tomorrow and many people will be talking about little else. So, here’s a cheat sheet of phrases you can trot out while you watch the election results roll in tomorrow night. “Of course, we won’t know the full picture until the special votes are in.”“The Greens often do well out of the special votes, you know.” For bonus points, you could add in a few references to their record polling. The 1News Your Vote 23 Election Night Special will air from 7pm on TVNZ 1, TVNZ+, 1news.co.nz and across 1News social channels. 1news.co.nz will also have live election results throughout the night, allowing viewers to track the national picture and the outcome in their electorate as it happens.