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SYDNEY (Reuters) - It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has finally ended a century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook who died in the Sandwich Islands in 1779. "There is no Cook in the Australian Museum," museum collection manager Jude Philp said on Thursday in announcing the DNA evidence that the arrow was not made from Cook's bone. But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its exhibition, "Uncovered: Treasures of the Australian Museum," which does include a feather cape...

It's going to be more difficult to move to New Zealand. A bumper year for inward migration, more than double what official forecasters predicted, is pushing the country's government to tighten its worker visa system to control an "unsustainable" level of immigration. On Sunday, New Zealand's government reported that 173,000 non-citizens migrated to the country last year, almost a record. The figure is also more than twice what forecasters predicted in May 2023, when officials projected that just 82,500 migrants would move to the country. The country has an overall population of 5.1 million. “Getting our immigration settings right is...

New Zealand’s conservative government announced Sunday it has tightened work visa rules as “unsustainable” migration levels soar to near-record highs. Low-skilled applicants now have to fulfil English-language requirements and are allowed to stay for three years – down from five previously – amid fears that high immigration levels are driving up house prices. “Getting our immigration settings right is critical to this government’s plan to rebuild the economy,” said Immigration Minister Erica Stanford. Close to a record 173,000 non-citizens migrated to New Zealand last year.

US CIA Director William Burns going to Egypt this weekend seeking a hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas... US Central Command destroying a missile in Yemen... In the Rostov region of southern Russia a massive Ukrainian drone strike attack tonight. More than 40 targets destroyed... "We have been saying it for weeks now: this pattern of attacks is either intentional or indicative of reckless incompetence" Christopher Lockyear of the Doctors Without Borders charity saying numerous Israeli attacks on convoys of aid workers... "No it doesn't just happen" This is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau disagreeing with Israeli Prime Minister.......

In Haiti today violence on the streets at last one person killed... A ship claiming to be from Yemen trying to hail a merchant vessel... President Trump posting a 175 million dollar bond... Israel says it is urgently probing the deaths of five aid workers... "We urgently call on the Israeli leadership to abandon the practice of provocative military operations in Syria and other neighboring countries" That statement from Russia's foreign ministry tonight... North Korea firing a ballistic missile eastwards into the Sea of Japan (East Sea)... UK politics 20 Labor Party local council members in Lancashire resigning from Labor...

Clown World ™ 🤡 @ClownWorld_ In New Zealand, police are on the lookout for three suspects caught on video painting over a rainbow crossing in Auckland. They've issued a search warrant and are treating the act as a hate crime. https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1774233573111087246

Australians made $746 million in digital payments in 2018—that number soared to $93 billion in 2022.. A new all-in-one mobile app will offer what its developers claim is Australia’s first end-to-end digital banking platform for the country’s 2.4 million businesses with fewer than 10 employees. The announcement comes a day after Bankwest announced that it is closing 45 of its branches and transitioning the remaining 15 to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) branches, going digital-only by October 2024. Bankwest is a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank, which trades on the Australian Stock Exchange. ... The new app, called Business+, was...

Fifty people were injured onboard a Boeing plane Monday, with some smashing into the ceiling when it “suddenly nosedived” mid-flight. This marks the latest disaster for Boeing after a wheel fell off one of their planes mid-flight and another skidded off the runway just last week. As Newsweek noted, a spokesperson for the Chilean airline LATAM told news outlets that a “technical problem” on the flight had harmed passengers and crew members. The airline also claimed the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner experienced a “strong movement” but refused to elaborate. The airplane was traveling from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand, when...

While Germany and Austria were the first countries to use DST in 1916, it is a little-known fact that a few hundred Canadians beat the German Empire by eight years. On July 1, 1908, the residents of Port Arthur, Ontario—today's Thunder Bay—turned their clocks forward by one hour to start the world's first DST period......Germany introduced DST in 1916. Clocks in the German Empire, and its ally Austria, were turned ahead by one hour on April 30, 1916—two years into World War I. The rationale was to minimize the use of artificial lighting to save fuel for the war effort.Within...

Newshub obtains exclusive underwater video of record cocaine haul floating in ocean | Newshub VIDEO AT LINK....................

The revelation that the U.S. intelligence community, under the Obama administration, sought the assistance of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance to surveil Donald Trump’s associates before the 2016 election is a chilling reminder of the lengths to which the Deep State will go to protect its interests and challenge its adversaries. (The Five Eyes countries are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.) This bombshell, reported by a team of independent journalists, exposes a dark chapter in American political history, where foreign intelligence services were reportedly mobilized against a presidential candidate. The alleged operation against Trump...

Whilst Hypocritically Insisting That the Public Be Vaccinated.. ... “From 13 November 2021 to 26 September 2022, a total of 478 applications for Significant Service Disruption exemption (SSD) were received. 103 applications were granted, covering approximately 11,005 workers ... 95 consultants in the Dunedin region alone benefitted from vaccine exemptions. Another source has pointed to a group of doctors working in Northland who arranged among themselves to remain unvaccinated. The total appears to run to hundreds and possibly more. It seems that those granted exemptions were restrained by gag orders. In other words, they could not tell anyone that they...

The US Army in Europe and Africa is spending its budget to train Ukrainian soldiers... In Stockholm, Sweden a gas smell incident at the headquarters of the Swedish Security Service... Russian authorities report a fire at metallurgical plant...may have been caused by a drone... ...balloon tracked over the Western United States... Two Mississippi National Guard members killed in a helicopter crash... A New York jury finding the National Rifle Association and its longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre liable for lavish spending... President Trump calling for 'immediate action" in Alabama to reverse...Supreme Court decision affirming the humanity... An investigator for President Donald...

The 49-year-old collapsed on Wednesday morning in Auckland after running in the ChildFund Water Run, a fundraiser for Pacific communities. He received medical treatment on the scene at Auckland's Britomart, according to TVNZ, with screens erected to shield him from public view. The Greens confirmed the news 'with profound shock and sadness' at 10.45am. 'We are absolutely devastated. A beautiful family has lost a dedicated father, husband, and community leader,' co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson said in a statement

We are continuously sold promises of health breakthroughs that are just around the corner, but we forget they have been just around the corner for decades. We are told technology, and especially biotechnology, will enable us to live longer, healthier lives in greater comfort, yet publicly available statistics show we are now living shorter lives with greater stress, greater wealth divides, and ever-growing rates of chronic and serious illness, including cancers. I was forcibly reminded this week that it is heresy to deny the imagined march of progress. The burgeoning class of highly paid government technocrats, regulators, and consultants, along...

First there was Apple, and then, the flood gates opened. Celebrities have been giving their babies weird and wacky names for years – from Kulture to X Æ A-12. But not every country allows parents to be quite so free and easy with their children’s monikers. In New Zealand, for example, you have to comply with a strict set of rules when picking that all important name. Each one is reviewed by the government, and parents are allowed to present a reasoning for it before a decision is made. When registering a baby, the rules are: •Don’t use official titles...

Russia's UN Ambassador concerned tonight that the US and Allied nations will launch military action against Yemen. This after a resolution condemning Yemeni... At least one killed and others hurt in the Lake Tahoe region of California a massive avalanche... "Total Anarchy" It's now Thursday morning in Papua New Guinea where violence broke out when members of the police and military went on strike... In Ohio a successful override vote in the state House of Representatives. The vote overturns Republican Governor Mike DeWine's... US politics former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie out of the 2024... "no intention of permanently occupying...

As American scientists prepare to announce the location of the remains of Endeavour, a battle is expected over whether Britain, the United States or Australia gets the wreck of James Cook's famed ship. A team of marine archaeologists from Australia and the US said they believe they may have found the resting place of the ship – used by the British explorer on a voyage of discovery to Australia in 1768 - 25 years after beginning their search. They are expected to announce on Friday 'one or two' sites in Newport Harbour in Rhode Island, where the Endeavour was scuttled...

Breakthrough evidence likely reveals the final resting place of the HMS Endeavour. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nearly two years after an Australian research team made the claim that a Rhode Island shipwreck was Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour, the team says they have more evidence to back up their assertion. A Rhode Island-based research group originally said it was too premature to call the shipwreck Cook’s vessel. New findings regarding the pump well and bow further point to this ship in fact being HMS Endeavour. Residents of New England and those with British ties are once again in a scuffle. This time, the debate...

NZ data shows up to 20% higher mortality for males that declines after each shot. How can there be such a large dose dependency if the shot is safe? We've always known that the Pfizer COVID vaccine kills disproportionately more males than females. Thanks to Barry Young, we can now confirm this effect in the NZ data. I’ve known for a long time that the Pfizer COVID vaccine kills disproportionately more males than females. Females are disproportionately injured, but males disproportionately die. This post covers two different effects: 1) an effect whereby males die at a higher rate than females...