Keyword: newzealand
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With 60 percent of the vote counted: National 46.7 (58 seats), Labour 35.5 (45 seats)
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The final poll is in, and it shows either side could take power on Saturday.
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The New Zealand dollar jumped as much as 1 per cent on Wednesday following the release of a new poll …
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New Zealand’s ruling National Party regained a wide lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of Saturday’s election, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, sending the New Zealand dollar higher in the face of what is still expected to be a tight race.
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The NZDUSD opens at 0.7318 (mid-rate) this morning.
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The NZD has struggled for direction despite consumer confidence hitting three year highs.
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National (38.5%) and Labour (38.2%) are neck-and-neck according to a new poll from Horizon Research. The survey also finds ACT on 1.4%, just over the 1.2% threshold for David Seymour to bring in a second MP …
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Support for New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party was neck-and-neck with the National Party, a poll showed, threatening the center-right government’s decade-long grip on power. Backing for Labour had surged 7 points to 39.5 percent, virtually even with National on 40 percent, a Roy Morgan Poll showed on Friday.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand’s Labour Party on Thursday promised no surprise new taxes until 2020 and improved its position as frontrunner in a national election, with a poll showing its support edging up, threatening the National Party’s ten-year grip on power.
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The Green Party has been in every Parliament since 1999, but unless the party can turn Newshub's latest poll result around, this year its streak could end.
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Labour’s support has almost doubled since May, yet National’s is virtually unchanged, according to our latest poll.
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A man who sold his car while drunk forgot he had made the deal and called the cops to report his vehicle stolen. The Telegraph reports on the story involving a man in New Zealand who sold his car for $800NZD (€495) so he could get more money to keep his boozy night out going. However, the next day he had no memory of selling the car and reported it stolen to the police in Rotorua. The man who purchased the motor from a car-selling site was also suspicious the car might be stolen so he checked the registration and...
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He's known for his 'walk-runs', and now the Prime Minister has offered his rowing technique up to public scrutiny.
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Since the last poll two weeks ago Labour is up 6 points giving them a level of support not seen since 2006.
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An impressively weird dessert washes ashore in New ZealandAn ice cream shop in Auckland, New Zealand is taking the burgeoning goth dessert trend to new heights by serving a giant chocolate-dipped cone with a mantle and menacing tentacles protruding from the top of creamy sphere. The chef at Giapo Kitchen thought that this undeniably phallic treat would be a nice way to commemorate the 10th anniversary of The Colossal Squid’s arrival at the Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa. Here’s a clip of the chocolate tentacles being inserted into the cone after it’s dipped: The squid dessert is just as spooky...
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Mark Cropp just wants to to get a job and support his family, but something unique is holding him back. A giant tattoo saying “DEVAST8” covers half of his face, and, perhaps not surprisingly, it’s off-putting for potential employers. The teenager, born in Oamaru in the southern part of the country, told the New Zealand Herald he had it inked a few months ago, while drunk on homebrew in a jail cell in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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The Royal Australian Air Force is on contract to acquire 12 P-8A Poseidons for delivery through March 2020. (Photo: Mike Yeo) The U.S. has cleared the Boeing P-8A Poseidon for sale to New Zealand, as that country moves toward the next phase of acquiring a new maritime patrol aircraft to replace its Lockheed Martin P-3 Orions. Several manufacturers are eyeing the requirement. The Defense Security and Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on April 28 that the State Department has approved the possible foreign military sale of four Boeing 737-based P-8As and associated support to New Zealand for approximately $1.46 billion....
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President Trump on Thursday said he plans to nominate former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown as ambassador to New Zealand. "If confirmed, Scott Brown of Massachusetts will serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand," the White House said in a release. "Mr. Brown is a lawyer and former United States Senator. Mr. Brown served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard before receiving his law degree from Boston College Law School. He then went on to serve in the Massachusetts legislature for over a decade before winning the special election for Ted Kennedy's U.S....
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An Indian court declared Himalayan glaciers “legal persons” under law in a bid to save them from global warming. The court’s two judges claimed Indian law must gives glaciers “living entity” status to keep them from melting. . . . The case was filed as public interest litigation by an environmentalist, and was not filed to address any specific harm to any individual. The court also extended the status of “living entity” to other natural wonders, including waterfalls, meadows, lakes and forests.
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A New Zealand airport security dog was fatally shot after he ran onto the airfield — leaving many distraught over his untimely death. Grizz, a 10-month-old bearded collie mix, was training as a bomb-sniffing dog when he broke free around 4 a.m. Friday at Auckland Airport, according to media reports. Aviation Security Services tried for three hours to capture the pooch, who was not on the tarmac, according to reports. But officials said the prancing puppy’s escapades held up 16 domestic and international flights. “Auckland Airport staff directed police to shoot the Avsec dog, which was loose at the airport...
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