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A panel of three senior military officers, acting as a jury would in a civilian court, delivered their unanimous verdict of “not guilty” on Wednesday morning.
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“She has been sentenced to six years in prison for ‘gathering and collusion’ and one and a half years for propaganda and two-year travel ban,” lawyer Mostafa Nili said on social media.
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The comments came as Brown again renewed calls for a bed levy tax, despite the government’s opposition to the move.
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Influential members of the Comancheros deported as “501s” to New Zealand radically changed the local criminal underworld through their connections to global drug traffickers. Taumoefolau tried to do the same in Tonga.
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McNulty responded calling Mike B a nonce in a comment that has since been deleted.
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Yocheved Gold, who died this month at 102, was born in 1923 in Halberstadt, Germany, to Sarah (née Bamberger), a descendant of prominent 19th-century German rabbis, and Rabbi Dr Aharon Neuwirth. The family moved to Berlin when she was seven.
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Henare noted the energy required to be successful in election year and the recent resignation of his colleague Adrian Rurawhe. He said he realised he was the only one left.
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts said it was “appropriate” to consult Jones because of his portfolios.
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Teenage running sensation Sam Ruthe breaks Sir John Walker’s New Zealand mile record.
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Maclennan was identified with the help of DNA, dental records and a butterfly tattoo above her ankle.
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Steve Gibson posted that he refused to attend the council’s strategic planning session on Wednesday because he was “not comfortable participating in council business where religious or spiritual practices form part of official proceedings”.
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MP Judith Collins will start a new job, heading the Law Commission – a Crown entity which reviews the law – later this year.
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Hooton revealed the government was planning to U-turn on changes it had made to Auckland densification rules that would allow for two million potential homes to be developed with greater density and building heights in some inner-city suburbs.
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Questioned about comments circulating online, the prime minister said he was aware of misinformation.
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Asked if he would work with Labour, Winston Peters said, “We’re never going back there again”.