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Deputy PM Winston Peters blames media for Auckland Covid lockdownDeputy Prime Minister Winston Peters continued his war on the media today, blaming it for allowing the long Auckland Covid-19 lockdown. He’s gone from falsely claiming the entire media were bribed by the $55million Journalism Fund to falsely claiming the media were somehow complicit in the Auckland lockdown??? TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comIt’s like Winston’s conspiracy theory that Harry Tam took a covid infected prostitute through Auckland checkpoints. But to falsely claim the entire media were bribed into carrying Jacinda’s dark vaccination message is a conspiracy theory only believed by fuckwits. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media.

“And there’ll be no shortage of ‘events’ to test Luxon’s political skills. David Seymour wants a referendum on the Treaty. Winston wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Labour’s handling of the Covid crisis. Talk about cans of worms!”were very fond of their local. It was nothing ...

In a letter to parents, Woodlands Park School in West Auckland told parents the shoes and accessories had been causing “unnecessary worry and distraction”. “As you may be aware, Jibbitz are small charms that attach to Crocs shoes. These are immensely popular at school and, unfortunately, have started to cause a few issues,” Stuff.co.nz reported the letter saying. This has led to instances where students are losing their Jibbitz during school hours, causing unnecessary worry and distraction.”Students have also been trading Jibbitz during class and lunch breaks, and this has resulted in “disagreements” between students. “While we encourage positive social interactions, trading activities can be disruptive and may result in misunderstandings or disagreements among students,” the letter said.

Sentencing for the South African doctor found guilty of murdering her three young daughters just 19 days after arriving in New Zealand has been pushed to 2024. Lauren Anne Dickason, 41, smothered Liane, 6, and 2-year-old twins Maya and Karla to death at their new home in Timaru on September 16, 2020. Graham and Lauren Dickason with their daughters (from left) Maya, Karla, and Liane. A nominal date of February 2 has been allocated for her case to be called and on that date a new sentencing hearing could be set. On that date, Dickason will be sentenced to life in prison and Justice Cameron Mander will set a minimum non-parole period.

A letter sent to parents at Woodlands Park school in Auckland said Jibbitz were creating issues in the yard, Stuff.co.nz reports. “As you may be aware, Jibbitz are small charms that attach to Crocs shoes,” the letter said. Jibbitz are small charms that attach to Crocs. Lisa Brennan’s daughter Fiadh was wearing Crocs when she suddenly turned to her mother and started shouting “my shoe, my shoe”. This continues to occur until a child’s foot is cut or maimed.”— with Claudia PoposkiOriginally published as ‘Disruptive’: New Zealand schools ban Crocs and Jibbitz charms due to playground disputes

Photo: STUFF / Lawrence SmithThe man who used an axe to attack people at Chinese restaurants on Auckland's North Shore has been acquitted on all charges due to insanity. But Judge Bonnar KC found him insane at the time of the offending so he was not legally responsible for his actions. This victim continued to be attacked but managed to grab the axe before falling to the ground, maintaining his grip. He managed to stand and leave the restaurant with the offender, each holding an end of the axe until police arrived and made the arrest. Another report by Dr Skipworth said the offender "went to the restaurant because after he had been 'attacked' he thought the people in the restaurant had the same faces as those that attacked him".

Christopher Luxon was sworn in as prime minister yesterday (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP) (Photo by MARTY MELVILLE/AFP via Getty Images)After two days of pretending not to see or hear Winston Peters, new prime minister Christopher Luxon has just faced a lot of questions about him, and more. Relive every moment of what was a very busy (but brief) first post-cab. Thanks to the Herald, here’s a stream so you can follow along with us. Find our live blog below.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has continued his war on the media, blaming it for allowing the long Auckland Covid-19 lockdown. Photo: ODT filesThe second lockdown began in Auckland on August 12 in 2020, when Peters was still a member of the government, however that lockdown was triggered by three cases. Peters said that Robertson “went behind our backs and told the media Winston Peters was the roadblock trying to stop it from happening”. “The behaviour that we’ve seen from Winston Peters in the last 48 hours is just wrong. Christopher Luxon needs to show that he is actually the Prime Minister and stamp down on that very quickly.

A car stolen from a Dunedin wreckers' yard was later spotted parked in a central city street, police say. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police were called to Bond St yesterday at 6.55pm when a person associated with the wrecking business saw it. The vehicle had earlier been stolen from Autoparts Otago Car Wreckers. Officers located a 30-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly stealing the car. He was due to appear in Dunedin District Court today.

The stepdaughter of a man on 17 child abuse charges has been accused of making up the allegations in order please her mother, a court has heard. The man, who has name suppression, faces a jury trial this week before Judge David Robinson in the Dunedin District Court. The woman said the groping mainly happened when her siblings were not around and she only told her mother after her sister disclosed her own alleged abuse. Both stepdaughters said they feared for their own safety and the safety of their family, so they did what the man told them to do. Both were accused of "being swept up in a web of lies" and making false allegations to please their mother, the court heard.

Owen Dyer MontrealNew Zealand’s revolutionary anti-smoking law, which drew headlines around the world when it passed last year1 and was widely credited as the inspiration behind the UK’s recently announced smoking bill, will be repealed in its entirety by the incoming coalition government, new prime minister Christopher Luxon has said. The law would have introduced a generational smoking ban starting next year, barring anyone born after 2008 from ever legally buying cigarettes. Plans for a similar measure were announced by the UK government last month.23But New Zealand’s law went further, reducing the number of shops allowed to sell cigarettes from about 8000 to 600. It also aimed to dramatically reduce the level of nicotine permitted in cigarettes, making them unsatisfying to addicted smokers. All of these measures must instead be repealed by March 2024, under the coalition agreement between the conservative National Party, led by Luxon, and the right wing populist New Zealand First party, led by Winston Peters.4 …

Big Stuff' video but a row over pay meant it never happened. Big Stuff’ - it was just so universal. Jean recorded 'Mr. Big Stuff' when she was a churchgoing New Orleans housewife who worked in the cafeteria of a Dominican all-girls college. Big Stuff' over the subsequent decades meant that she kept earning royalties from it until her passing.

“And there’ll be no shortage of ‘events’ to test Luxon’s political skills. David Seymour wants a referendum on the Treaty. Winston wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Labour’s handling of the Covid crisis. Talk about cans of worms!”were very fond of their local. It was nothing ...

With their population growth running at +2.4% per year and retail price inflation running at +3.6% in the September quarter, this October retail trade result implies a very large real, per capita decline in the -4.5% to -5% range. The overnight GDT Pulse auction for WMP and SMP wasn't encouraging with lower prices from both the last full auction, and the prior event. Overnight, European markets were mixed in the -0.2% / +0.2% range. The Kiwi dollar starts today at 61.4 USc and up +½c from yesterday, but a new high since July. Against the Aussie we are -10 bps lower at 92.2 AUc.