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The people of Tonga are coming to terms with the devastation left by Tropical Cyclone Gita overnight. Winds of over 233km/h ripped roofs off houses, brought down trees, destroyed a Catholic church, Radio New Zealand reports. Tonga’s emergency services say they are struggling to get out and assess.... |
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Woodside, 23, was surrounded by music growing up. He heard gospel music at church, his brother played piano and his parents enjoyed listening to the radio. ❯Then, he started playing. "When I was younger I asked my dad for a drum kit for Christmas and it was hell in the house. |
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“Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it, breakfast-style. Ladies celebrating ladies." - Leslie Knope, on Galentine's Day. Remember the super blue blood moon? The celestial phenomenon which saw the moon appear enlarged,.... |
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“Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it, breakfast-style. Ladies celebrating ladies." - Leslie Knope, on Galentine's Day. Remember the super blue blood moon? The celestial phenomenon which saw the moon appear enlarged,.... |
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Ambassador Haley and members of the Security Council, thank for you inviting me on behalf of Human Rights Watch to speak today. On January 21, security forces shot 24-year-old Thérèse Kapangala just outside her church in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, soon after Sunday Mass. The bullet entered her arm and went to her heart. |
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Tropical cyclone Gita has wreaked havoc in Tonga hitting Tongatapu and the capital Nuku'alofa as a category 4 storm. American scientists monitoring the windspeed say it had sustained winds over 233km/h.
Hanna Butler is a New Zealander working for the Red Cross at its Pacific regional headquarters in Suva. |
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Two things riled listeners on my radio show yesterday. One, was my defence of the woman with the crying baby turfed out of the London café ... and two, my defence of MP Chris Bishop's right to Snapchat. Naïve and ill advised yes, but a creepy perv ... no. The comments ranged from, "how dare a woman put herself before her baby". |
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When the curtain raises on Edmonton's Fringe Festival this summer, there will be an unprecedented Indigenous feel to the event. For the first time, the oldest and largest fringe theatre festival in North America will honour the Indigenous community in ways it never has before. |
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Two things riled listeners to this very radio show yesterday. One was my defence of the woman with the crying baby turfed out of the London café, and two my defence of MP Chris Bishop’s right to Snapchat. Naïve and ill-advised yes, but a creepy perv, no. |
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A Church of England representative has defended its position amid mounting pressure over its handling of abuse allegations against Bishop George Bell. An independent review carried out by Lord Carlile found the Church ‘rushed to judgement’ in paying compensation to a woman who claimed she was sexually abused by Bishop Bell as a girl. |
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Mr Dastyari, who was exposed by Fairfax Media as having asked another Chinese donor to pay off his personal debt to the government, and contravened Australian policy on the South China Sea during a press conference with his benefactors in China, said he had left his job for a lesser political crime and called for Mr Joyce to quit. |
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