Manawatu Standard - December 04, 2021

Officials fear losing their voice

Hot heads in the cooling room

‘Push-back’ expected as traffic light turns orange Climate resilience projects a bit rocky

Final school bell rings after 40 years

Loneliness concern among the elderly

Motorcycles likely purchased with meth money

Birds of a feather... on the road and in the yard

Lambert’s rugby league sojourn paid off financially

A delicate balance for Luxon

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Auckland bars, restaurants finally fling open doors

Rumours don’t match reality

Wedding postponed over couple’s contact concerns

Faafoi: Vaccination won’t be mandatory for jurors

Auckland metro DHBs hit 90 per cent double dose

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Polyamorous trio ruled a family

Bridges’ son to be in hospital for ‘a fewdays’

Warmest November on record bymore than 1.2C

Pre-coronerMosque terror attack hearing postponed

Crises converge to bring misery as winter looms

Omicron raises reinfection fears as more cases emerge

United States

Long wait for headstones

Merkel’s punky sendoff

New glitch in nuclear talks

Fresh Belarus sanctions

Water infrastructure overhaul

Gadhafi’s son allowed to run

Hong Kong students quitting

Conversion therapy ban

UN urged to open Blame game over Ukraine investigation into Yemen atrocities

Red tape halts efforts to save basilica from the sea

Rival wants ‘fake’ Marcos gone

Warning for companies over unhappy workers

Workbridge launches jobs portal

Buy now, pay later traps kids in bad financial habits

The crowd goeswild

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Witness to Mt Erebus ‘litany of lies’

Veteran activist from the LandMarch to Ihuma¯tao

Atruly stunning achievement

A deep dive into Nazi art obsession

Keaton steals the show in Kiwi director’s action-packed Protege

Napoli in all its loose and bawdy glory

Crazy, colourful Encanto a milestone

Essential tools for a small business

Twitter charts new profitable course

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Tall Blacks star Shea Ili on Delly, defence and Dean

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Fighting for family and a good cause

Top four found in women’s interclub

Athletes unfazed by wet weather

Solid win for young Dodgers

Cemetery Circuit race cancelled

Bathurst ‘feels like home’ for Pither

IOC favours ‘quiet diplomacy’ over safety of Peng

Two Illicit at peak for Group I tilt

Italians set sail for another Cup bid

Ronaldo does it again

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Secret settlements paid to riders Bates carries bat as Otago hammer Northern Brave

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Elbow injury rules Williamson out of second test

Cairns fears he may never get back on his feet