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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
This is a list of New Zealand Firefighters killed in the line of duty. As of 2020, 66 firefighters have been killed, of which 23 have died while responding to an incident, 35 at incidents, and another 8 during training or routine tasks. There have been four instances of multiple fatality incidents, on 19 January 1921, 10 December 1949, 30 ...
Job Vile, who had represented the Manawatu electorate during the 15th New Zealand Parliament, died on 6 December 1905. This was the day of the 1905 general election, when he was defeated by John Stevens. [ 4] Most recently, Allan Peachey died six days before the 2011 general election, from which he had withdrawn due to ill health.
26 June - The primary school teachers' union New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) accepts the Government's NZ$1.5 billion collective agreement, which includes a new, unified pay scale. While primary teachers voted to accept the Government's offer, primary principals rejected the offer, demanding better pay and working conditions.
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. [ 4 ] It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily Herald had declined to ...
Clarke Gayford. Clarke Timothy Gayford[ 2] (born 24 October 1976) [ 1] is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster, presenter of the fishing documentary show Fish of the Day. He is the husband of Jacinda Ardern, who was prime minister of New Zealand from October 2017 to January 2023.
The daughter of Alex Wood the chief reporter of the now-defunct Auckland Star. Wood began her career in journalism in 1979 as a print reporter for the Bay of Plenty Times[ 1] before moving on to The New Zealand Herald in Auckland to work as the court and then police reporter. She began her career with TVNZ in 1985 as a reporter for the then ...
He was editor of the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture from 1965 to 1971, and the controller of public affairs at Air New Zealand between 1971 and 1973. [2] In 1973, McLauchlan became a freelance journalist and writer, and from 2000 he was a full-time writer. [1] He was a columnist for The New Zealand Herald newspaper between 1971 and 1975 ...