The Bull Ring

ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 ℙ𝕒𝕦𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕠𝕝𝕤-𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕤 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 $𝟜𝕓 𝕗𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟘 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕟 ℙ𝕒𝕦𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕠𝕝𝕤-𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝'𝕤 $𝟜𝕓 𝕗𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕝 "𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖" 𝕚𝕟 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟘. A s National's finance spokesperson before the 2020 general election, Goldsmith said at the time the $4b "hole" found in the party's fiscal and economic plan  was an "irritating mistake" .  The error happened because National used Budget figures from May 2020 in its cost estimates, instead of using September's PREFU (Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update). Speaking to Newscrap ZB on Thursday about the media and other topics, Hipkins said a go

𝔸ℕℤ𝔸ℂ 𝔻𝕒𝕪: '𝔸𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕎𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.' 𝕋𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝔸ℕℤ𝔸ℂ 𝕕𝕒𝕪, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔸𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚 ℙ𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕒 𝕕𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟠 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕙 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝕋𝕦𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕎𝕒𝕣 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕓𝕪 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕤. T   he Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was formed in December 1914 as a suggestion from New Zealand expeditionary force and Australian imperial force troops stationed in Egypt, as a decision not to lose their separate identities.  The ANZACs came under the command of Lieutenant General Willia

  Day two of Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs. Photo: AFP/Pool By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan , Reuters The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he had a "highly confidential" agreement to use his supermarket tabloid to help Trump's 2016 presidential bid. Pecker, 72, testified in a New York court that at a meeting in August 2015 he told Trump the Enquirer would publish favourable stories about the billionaire candidate and keep an eye out for women selling stories that might hurt him. "When someone's running for public office like this, it is very common for these women to call up a magazine like the National Enquirer to try to sell their stories," Pecker test

𝕌𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕄ℙ 𝕄𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕃𝕖𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 ℂ𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥 𝕒𝕤 ℂ𝔼𝕆 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 '𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤' 𝕌𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕄ℙ 𝕄𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕃𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥, ℂ𝔼𝕆 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕎𝕖𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕠𝕠𝕟. H e said this moves comes as the media sector faces "significant challenges". Lee was until Wednesday the Media and Communications Minister. She received criticism for her response to the proposed closure of Newshub. Luxon also said Penny Simmonds would be taken out of the Minister for Disability Issues role to free her up to focus on her Environment portfolio.  There was uproar earlier this year after new funding rules around the purchasing of services were uploaded to the Ministry of Disabled People's Whaikaha website. Some community members felt "blind-sided" and said there had be

'𝕎𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖': ℙ𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕛𝕠𝕓 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝, 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕛𝕠𝕓 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥. A t least 400 of the  3379 of jobs on the line so far  were outside of Wellington, according to numbers provided by the Public Service Association. A Ministry of Education employee, who worked in the curriculum and assessment space, lived outside Wellington, and whose role was up for redundancy, said the cuts will impact regional towns where public servants do hybrid work. "A lot of the team work remotely and come to Wellington for office days. There's a lot of subject expertise - some of them live in Wellington, but some of them outside of Well

𝔻𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕝𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝔸ℕℤ𝔸ℂ 𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝔾𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔻𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚 𝔸ℕℤ𝔸ℂ 𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕝𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕦𝕓𝕒𝕚 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜 F or the first time in history, the role of the New Zealand Defence Force in the Gallipoli ANZAC Day dawn service is up in the air. The contingent's luggage containing instruments and uniforms, were lost in transit during the Dubai floods last week. . . Dubai International Airport has since found some of the bags and the first of these have arrived in Turkey. "Efforts by New Zealand Embassy staff in Ankara managed to retrieve some of the luggage on Tuesday evening (Türkiye time), but it included just one band instrument and some dress uniforms.