Covid 19 coronavirus: Mother and kids flouting lockdown at playground berates police at Browns Bay
5 Mar, 2021 03:37 PM
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Mother who flouted level 3 lockdown at playground then abuses police officers who explain the rules.
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Mother who flouted level 3 lockdown at playground then abuses police officers who explain the rules.
Video / Supplied
NZ Herald
A mother who encouraged her children to flout level 3 lockdown rules at an Auckland playground then filmed herself berating two police officers who tried to explain the rules.
The video, which the woman posted to social media, shows her criticising police for intervening after reports of children tearing down police tape at a playground.
The United States vs Billie Holiday: how the FBI tried to stop the protest anthem Strange Fruit
5 Mar, 2021 08:00 PM
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Billie Holiday recording at the Columbia Records studio in December 1957 in New York City. Photo / Getty Images
Billie Holiday recording at the Columbia Records studio in December 1957 in New York City. Photo / Getty Images
The Times
By: Jonathan Dean
Andra Day was the first Black woman in 35 years to win Best Actress at Sunday s Golden Globes, for her portrayal of music legend Billie Holiday. The United States Vs. Billie Holiday reveals how Strange Fruit became a rallying cry for the civil rights movement and spooked the FBI so much they put Holiday in jail. Jonathan Dean reports
Nido receiver approached 50-plus would-be buyers - but not Ikea
24 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM
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A receiver of New Zealand s biggest homeware store has revealed how hard her firm tried to sell the business as a going concern, including approaching more than 50 would-be buyers. But in the end, attempts to sell the 100-showroom Nido came to nothing and yesterday it was announced that all stock in Henderson s store would be sold in the next two to three weeks and the shop shut.
Kare Johnstone of McGrathNicoll said her practice had approached more than 50 parties in a last-ditch attempt to sell the business, whose name is Italian for nest.