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Queenstown cemetery damaged in severe weather event

[ad_1] supplied/Stuff Flooding debris covers a big chunk of the cemetery in Queenstown. About one-third of Queenstown’s cemetery has been affected by this week’s severe weather, with flood debris displacing some headstones. On Thursday, Queenstown received a month’s rain in one day, with a State of Emergency declared early Friday morning. The heavy rain, the Read more…

Hannah Wilkinson sent off after contact with assistant referee in Football Ferns loss

[ad_1] At Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago, Chile: Chile 3 (Daniela Zamora 27’, Yenny Acuña 29’, Yesenia López 47’) Football Ferns 0. HT: 2-0 Red card: Hannah Wilkinson 55’ Centurion striker Hannah Wilkinson was sent off after making contact with an assistant referee early in the second half of the Football Ferns’ 3-0 loss Read more…

Work perk?: Aussie company sends mass email on ‘weigh management’, offers to pay for unapproved drugs

[ad_1] An Australian digital marketing agency has rolled out a “weight management” plan to staff with the offer of providing funds for drugs which can’t be used for weight loss in the country. Melbourne-based Conversion Digital, which has a workforce of over 70 employees, sent a mass email to staff with the promise of a Read more…

What it’s like running a hotel in Queenstown right now

[ad_1] Supplied/Supplied VR Lofts Apartments on Shotover St in Queenstown. Queenstown hotel and restaurant workers are spending hours making sure guests are up-to-date about the boil water notice issued by the local council amid an outbreak of cryptosporidium. A boil water is in place for Queenstown’s businesses and residents following 30 confirmed cases of gastro Read more…

Freddie Flintoff ‘voiced his worries’ on day of crash, BBC facing questions

[ad_1] Getty Images Freddie Flintoff reportedly “voiced his worries about the safety of the stunt on set” on the day of his Top Gear crash. New revelations from the day of England cricket stand-in coach Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff’s horror crash is mounting further pressure on the BBC. The 45-year-old Top Gear host sustained several face Read more…