Bags of psychedelic mushrooms removed from a home in rural Connecticut. The Connecticut State Police shows bags of psychedelic mushrooms in a home in Burlington. Contact information for him could not be found in public records, and court records did not list a lawyer for him. Two years later, Colorado voters passed a ballot measure to decriminalise psychedelic mushrooms and to create state-regulated centres where participants can experience the drug under supervision. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have decriminalized the possession and personal use of several hallucinogens, including psychedelic mushrooms, saying the state first needed regulated guidelines.

Anwar El Ghazi has had his contract torn up by German club Mainz. Photo / APAnwar El Ghazi has had his contract torn up by German club Mainz. Photo / APGerman football club Mainz terminated the contract of Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi on Friday following his social media posts about the Israel-Hamas war. The announcement by Mainz came two days after El Ghazi disputed the club’s version of events when it lifted an earlier suspension. In response to Mainz saying that his contract was terminated Friday, El Ghazi posted: “The loss of my livelihood is nothing when compared to the hell being unleashed on the innocent and vulnerable in Gaza.”

nzherald.co.nz published this video item, entitled “The Great NZ Road Trip: Day 5 – Christchurch to Greymouth | nzherald.co.nz” – below is their description. Shayne Currie continues his journey, this time through Arthur’s Pass as he makes his way from Christchurch to Greymouth. Video / Shayne Currie / NZ HeraldSubscribe and be notified of breaking news: https://goo.gl/LP45jXCheck out our playlists: https://goo.gl/Swd249Like NZ Herald on Facebook: https://goo.gl/tUC4oqFollow NZ Herald on Instagram: https://goo.gl/oLicXeFollow NZ Herald on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Wi6mbvnzherald.co.nz YouTube Channel

A proposed change to the age of eligibility for the pension and a plan to allow foreign buyers into the housing market for the priciest properties may be casualties of coalition talks between National and NZ First, economists say. Final election results on Friday confirmed that National and Act will require NZ First to form a government. Eaqub said a bigger question was around whether Peters would allow National to act on its plans to allow foreign buyers to purchase homes for more than $2 million, with a tax. NZ First was part of the Labour-led Government that banned the sale of existing homes to foreign buyers in 2018. He said it was “deeply unlikely” that NZ First would let foreign buyers in again.

Stuff says it was not its articles that caused reputational damage to Anne Cao and Paul Oulton but their own actions. At the same time, 23 neighbours objected to the festival in a petition as the couple sought resource consent without public notification. The weekend before the festival, Farrow interviewed Oulton and asked what would happen if resource consent was not achieved. The organisers of the Cherry Tree Festival claim Stuff defamed them when the event was cancelled in 2019. Later that day NZ Pure Tours posted on Facebook it was denied resource consent, the festival was cancelled and ticket holders would be partly refunded.

A couple of days ago, K Gurunathan – described as a former mayor of Kapiti – had an article in Stuff under the heading “ACT’s Treaty referendum: a bad idea, and even worse timing”. In the article, he noted that former Prime Minister John Key had ruled out the idea

Nervous candidates, Kiwis in Gaza and the Beatles final single | Focus Morning Bulletin November 3, 2023It is unlikely National and Act will be able to form a government alone, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is working around the clock to ensure exit efforts from Gaza and the Beatles release final single Now and Then which was 45 years in the making. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / AP

Greens co-leader Marama Davidson. Photo: NZ HeraldGreen Party co-leader Marama Davidson has dared the incoming National-led Government on its stance on the Treaty of Waitangi as she promises the new Opposition parties will advocate for Māori. “Just try and come for the Treaty, just try,” she said in a message to the still-to-be-formed Government. The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are used to apply the Treaty in a range of contemporary contexts. They are often written into legislation and are used and developed by the judiciary to interpret what the Treaty means today.

A couple of days ago, K Gurunathan – described as a former mayor of Kapiti – had an article in Stuff under the heading “ACT’s Treaty referendum: a bad idea, and even worse timing”. In the article, he noted that former Prime Minister John Key had ruled out the idea

The two men told the coroners court they rushed to an emergency exit door when the shooting began. Siddiqui, Alaydey and another worshipper quickly decided to kick out the glass panel in the door and escape through the open frame. ADVERTISEMENTAlayedy told the court he saw the terrorist from about 100 metres away while he was hiding behind a vehicle. When police officers told him to come out to the road, Alayedy said he saw deceased people, including his friend. ADVERTISEMENTA senior sergeant told the court the emergency exit door in the main prayer room was malfunctioning at the time of the attack.

Luxon just threw Mark Mitchell under the Gang bus and it is glorious! …so National’s Gang Patch law WON’T include face tattoos, something that seems to be news to National’s new Police Minister. Luxon has already puffed himself up to argue that he will send the Police into the next Gang Funeral to take patches off gang members. Here’s Queensland gang expert, Queensland University of Technology’s Mark Lauchs, explaining why the gang ban won’t work here…But thinks it may be a different story for gangs like the Mongrel Mob. The culture is different and the gang patch is worn by vastly greater numbers of people than simply members.

Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections. In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.

Photo: NZ Herald / George HeardTwo survivors of the massacre at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque have recalled the moment they took cover behind cars while a volley of gunshots was directed at them, an inquest has heard. Survivor recounts massacreA third survivor from Al Noor Mosque also read his evidence to the court on Friday. He arrived at Al Noor Mosque shortly after 2.15pm after diverting from Linwood Islamic Centre. The AOS member said he and his team chose to go to Al Noor after false reports of the shooting having returned. After learning there was sufficient police staff at Linwood mosque, they continued to Al Noor.

Residential rents increased by an average of $40 a week across the entire country in the 12 months to the end of September, with rents in Auckland up $60 a week. Bond data is a leading indicator of movements in market rents, because most bonds are collected for newly tenanted properties, providing a snapshot of where the market is sitting, and most landlords and property managers use market rents when reviewing rents for existing tenancies. (See the table below for the rent increase figures for all major urban centres). Within the Auckland region, rent increases ranged from $20 a week (3.2%) in the Rodney Ward on the city's northern boundary, to $83 a week (12.2%) in the Orakei Ward in central Auckland. (See the table below for the rent figures for all Auckland Council ward areas and the map showing the ward boundaries).

Photo: NZ HeraldTwo survivors of the massacre at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque have recalled the moment they took cover behind cars while a volley of gunshots was directed at them, an inquest has heard. Fifty-one people died as a result of the attacks during Friday prayers at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood mosque on March 15 in 2019, with dozens more injured. While he was hiding, Siddiqui told the court he quickly called his wife and told her not to let their son come to the mosque because there had been a shooting. Survivor recounts massacreA third survivor from Al Noor Mosque also read his evidence to the court on Friday. The inquest earlier heard a number of survivors wanted to re-enter the mosque one police arrived to help but were not allowed to go back in.