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Naughty children who throw tantrums and act impulsively are more likely to have financial problems in middle age, study finds Researchers looked at data of 1,000 New Zealanders born in 1972 and 1973 Tracked their lives via surveys, interviews and examinations until the age of 45 Revealed lack of self-control as a child is correlated to … Read more
With virtual parties, socially-distanced firework displays and the hope of better days to come, the world has begun bidding good riddance to the year of the pandemic today and greeting the dawn of 2021. Unmourned but never to be forgotten, 2020 started passing into history in Kiribati and Samoa at 10am GMT and New Zealand … Read more
Grab the tissues! The emotional moment Home and Away star Ethan Browne is reunited with his teenage daughter after they were separated for almost one year during the Covid pandemic Published: 00:36 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 00:37 GMT, 29 December 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has affected families across the world, including Home and … Read more
A little girl from Texas was left confused this Christmas Eve when she called up the NORAD Santa Tracker and found herself talking to First Lady Melania Trump instead. Melania spent Christmas Eve answering calls from young Americans to NORAD, giving them updates as Saint Nick made his way toward the United States. In a … Read more
Santa has been spotted on NORAD’s tracker wearing a mask as he flies over Australia delivering presents to all the boys and girls who made it on the good list this year. Father Christmas set off from the North Pole and took to the skies early Christmas Eve with his sleigh laden full of gifts … Read more
Taiwan records its first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in 253 days after woman catches it from a New Zealand pilot friend Taiwan has not had a locally transmitted case of Covid-19 since mid-April Authorities are now testing more than 100 contacts of the unnamed woman Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Tuesday that the New … Read more
Pulling goofy faces, play fighting, larking around and generally looking as if they are enjoying every minute of each other’s company. This isn’t the way that John Lennon described the Beatles’ recording sessions for the film Let It Be. He told me those days were ‘the most miserable sessions ever’. But more than half a … Read more
A mysterious shining monolith has appeared at a theme park for mountain bikers in New Zealand. It is the latest in a series of similar metal obelisks that have appeared eerily around the world, seemingly out of thin air. Some carry strange engravings. Christchurch Adventure Park in the Port Hills near Canterbury on New Zealand’s … Read more
Jacinda Ardern hits back at Greta Thunberg after the teenage environmental activist slammed New Zealand for ‘not being unique’ by declaring a climate emergency Greta Thunberg took aim at a NZ pledge to reduce emissions in public sector The Swedish teen said their pledge was nothing ‘unique’ and more needed New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda … Read more
A survivor of the horror White Island volcano explosion has detailed the painstaking laser treatment she is required to have to help heal the scar tissue covering her face. Stephanie Browitt, 24, was touring the island with her 21-year-old sister Krystal and their father Paul when the volcano erupted off the coast of New Zealand on … Read more