(Reuters) - Persistent rain washed out an entire day's play at the Auckland Classic on Thursday with more showers predicted to affect Friday's packed schedule. Top seed Caroline Wozniacki meets American wild card entry Sofia Kenin While fourth seed Agnieszka Radwasnka faces American Sachia Vickery in the other quarter-final matches. The semi-final matches have been scheduled for the evening but if rain affects Friday's schedule, the organisers could schedule the semi-finals and final on Saturday. "We've done it before," tournament director Karl Budge was quoted as saying by the New Zealand Herald (www.nzherald.co.nz). "There's been times where three matches have been played on a day as well.

A 16-year-old school boy lost three teeth and sustained damage to two others after being attacked by a woman with a steel rod on an Auckland bus. The victim, who preferred to remain anonymous, was on his way to Panmure when the incident took place just past Pakuranga Plaza. The woman began hurling racial slurs at the Chinese-New Zealand boy before launching the unprovoked attack. Police are investigating the incident, which took place on a bus traveling from Howick to Auckland City. A spokesperson confirmed that the victim suffered serious injuries and that the attacker fled before police arrived.

Locke belonged to a generation that still believed in a world that could be, through struggle, relieved of its chains. That struggle constituted the core of a life lived with purpose, courage and determination. would, no doubt, have been surprised to discover that Keith Locke was ...

Dean’s arrogant lack of concern epitomises the deep-seated dysfunction at the summit of the Democratic Party. The President of the United States should be directly elected by the American people. Teleprompter firmly in place, supplying the President with the words, facts and ideas that had been so evidently AWOL 48 hours earlier. Democratic Party muckety-mucks? Confronted with the choice of recommitting themselves to the myth of Joe Biden, or believing the evidence of their own eyes, those Americans not already committed to Donald Trump will reach out instinctively for the President they wish they had – blind to the President they have got.

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Are you really sure I can’t recycle lids? The obvious stuff: food, garden waste, plastic that isn’t 1, 2 and 5, chemicals, batteries, building materials, nappies and sanitary waste. A simple guide to recycling, via Auckland’s EcoMattersWhy are there so many kinds of plastic that can’t be recycled? Often recycled plastic is mixed with new plastic to create recycled plastic items – although there are always enthusiastically heralded new technologies coming through that promise to change this. New Zealand is part of a global plastics treaty intended to reduce plastic waste and pollution, which is expected to be negotiated by the end of this year.

Photo: Getty ImagesThe parents of a 4-year-old boy have been left livid and dispirited by "the absolute embarrassments of society", who screamed homophobic abuse at their son because he was waving a rainbow flag in the Dunedin CBD. "My son saw the rainbow flag and jumped up and down with excitement because he loves rainbows. While the parents support the LGBTQ+ community, the flag was simply purchased because it was the one he wanted. "My son said, ‘that person is very angry’, but thankfully he didn’t realise the abuse was being directed at him. They were met with smiles from secondary school pupils, and a busker told the boy that he liked his flag.

Between 6cm to 12cm of snow was expected above 800 metres, with lesser amounts down to about 600 metres from 5am to 2pm. A heavy snow watch is in place for Central Otago northwest of Alexandra including the Queenstown Lakes, also the MacKenzie Basin, with periods of heavy snow above 800 metres, MetService said. In Southland, up to 5cm of snow was expected to accumulate on Milford Road (SH94) about 800 metres from 4am to 9am today. Heavy rainHeavy rain warnings were in place for the headwaters of the Otago lakes and rivers today. There were heavy rain warnings in place about Fiordland and north of Doubtful Sound overnight as well, where up to 150mm of rain was forecast.

Former Married at First Sight NZ contestant Andrew Jury has died at the age of 33. Andrew Jury was cast for the 1st MAFS NZ season (Channel 4)Daniels told Stuff NZ: “Everyone from our series is in shock." AdvertBlackwell also posted his shared statement along with the Renall’s, writing: “It's with the heaviest hearts we've come together to acknowledge the passing of Andrew Jury. Discovery spokesperson said: “All MAFS NZ contributors have access to mental health professionals throughout the process, including pre-screening, during production and after broadcast. Discovery expresses our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Andrew Jury.”

This chart is a little tougher, but I’m trying to point out majority of income tax. If you actually take every dime in income tax, and you add it up, this year, 36.9% of all income tax will go to just cover Medicare. Think about that: [in] this year, almost all the income tax is consumed by interest and Medicare. In nine budget years, all income tax will go to Medicare. Border policy.

All the people that have been on that show, you've never heard nobody make no joke about anybody's career. It was personal," Murphy later added. Spade later wrote about receiving a phone call from an upset Murphy after the bit and feeling horrible about his "stupid joke." "I've come to see Eddie's point on this one, " Spade wrote. I went back to SNL," Murphy said this week.

“But actually they have been the two main things that people have highlighted positively in their reviews.”The location of author G.B. I don’t want to hold them up and say these are gay issues books, because they aren’t at all. But also, I had my main character by himself in an unfamiliar place and I thought he needed someone to talk to, and that became Keith. As well as The Milverton Mysteries, he has also published another book series as well as plenty of short stories. The third book in The Milverton Mysteries comes out later this year, but it won’t be the last, he said.

Follow the podcast onMental health and addiction targets and a possible alcohol law reform are among the steps included in the Government's long-term healthcare plan. The Government unveiled their three-year plan for the public health system, designed to improve access, timeliness, quality, workforce and infrastructure. NZ Herald political reporter Adam Pearse unpacks the plausibility of these targets. LISTEN ABOVE

Opinion – Ian PowellThis is a tribute to the recently deceased Keith Locke who was much more than an influential Green MP in New Zealand. The one that registered with me the most was the importance of being ‘hard on the issues but soft on the people’. Although I’m not aware of him using this expression, this was also the everyday practice of the recently deceased Keith Locke. The NZ Herald (21 June) rightly described him as a leading figure in New Zealand activism: Keith Locke dies. At that time Keith Locke was its most prominent leader.

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