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Mr Frydenberg said he spoke to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and the head of Google at the weekend, where “constructive discussions” took place in relation to making digital giants pay for news.  The Treasurer believes Australia will be able to secure significant commercial deals which would generate world-leading reform benefiting the media landscape. “We have …

An emergency press conference was called with a 20minute warning to media. The Prime Minister has announced 4 cases of Covid from an unknown source all in one household. Contact tracing now focused on the workplaces these people worked at. All people in close contact are now in quarantine. Auckland is the focus. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.com …

Two fishermen in Auckland are on the run from police after they were caught flouting lockdown rules put in place yesterday. A quick-thinking member of the public caught them hook, line and sinker, grabbing photos of the men before they fled the Bucklands Beach area. Police officers arrived shortly after they left the ramp, however, …

Google Trevor Phillip Goffe was critically injured when he tried to break up a fight in Gibbons Rd, Weymouth, A 60-year-old man is dead and a teenager has been charged with manslaughter following a serious assault earlier in February. Detective senior sergeant Veronica McPherson said Trevor Phillip Goffe, from Weymouth in south Auckland, had been critically injured after he …

New Zealand’s largest city is on the cusp of its longest-ever dry spell, as a total fire ban is declared for the entire North Island, home to millions of people. According to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa), on Saturday, Auckland will mark 40 days of no rain – breaking the previous …

A Bay Area man has decided to run eight marathons in eight days on seven continents to challenge himself, according to Stanford Children’s Health, where he works. Brendan Watkins, 44, decided to run what’s called the Triple 8 Quest to also raise money for the Lucile Packard Children’s Fund, which is a charity that provides …

According to a recent press release, Auckland International Airport is one of the fastest-growing airports in Australasia. This is in addition to being New Zealand’s largest and busiest airport with 21 million passengers in 2019. The airport has partnered with a company by the name of Veovo to implement some innovative technologies that will assist …