The deputy mayor of Wellington thinks calling people a nonce is perfectly OK.
@andrewlittle_nz is this your deputy? pic.twitter.com/CsRQyLw3Oe
— Cam Slater (@kaiviti_cam) January 16, 2026
Is it normal for a Deputy Mayor to insult people by calling them a slang word for pedophile? @andrewlittle_nz @WgtnCC pic.twitter.com/DUkcZW326J
— Cam Slater (@kaiviti_cam) January 16, 2026
This year, the winning entry came from Sritam Kumar Sethy, a student at Berhampur University in India, while Australian researchers and wildlife snagged awards in several categories.
Beard was in hospice care when he died at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side, band representative Bob Merlis said.
The group are mostly elderly and retired and gather at an old sports building in Hastings to make coffins. “We are at a point where we don’t have the room to make any more,” Treasurer Cherie Hames says. “We are basically at capacity of what we can make on the premises. We have to find new premises.”
Peters, who is also the minister for rail, said he pitched an alternative plan, to immediately put the harbour crossing to tender, but was outvoted in cabinet. His comments seemed to surprise both Transport Minister Chris Bishop and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
How turning an inadequate dictator into a fake pornstar backfired.
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