Online Shopping Now More Expensive

                 Online purchase will now get more expensive for New Zealanders.
Offshore retailers selling products in New Zealand will now be required to collect and pay GST. The rule applies to businesses selling goods online in the country worth more than $60,000 annually. The  changes are intended to help local suppliers compete with online overseas companies. It is expected that the government will earn roughly around $130 million in revenue each year by 2022.

NCEA Exams Start

The first of 119 NCEA and Scholarship exams started last week. In total around 140,000 secondary school students will be taking tests. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the group that organised these exams. They are expecting to mark more than a million exam booklets, as well as 48,000 online exam entries from this years exam. The exams will finish on the 3rd of December. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said about 20,000 students from nearly 200 schools would be sitting online exams this year, up from 6,700 students last year.

South Africa Wins Rugby World Cup

South Africa dominated England 13-12 in the final in Yokohama. Tries by wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe and the goal kicking of Handre Pollard earned South Africa their win. England came into the match with huge expectations after the New Zealand win however they were disappointing. South Africa has now earned their 3rd trophy ever since 2007 and 1995.

Rare Flag Given Back To Kingitanga.

A rare 160 year old flag has been returned to the Kingitanga by the Anglican Church. The flag dates back to the time of the first Maori King Potatau Te Wherowhero. The Anglican Church officially signed over ownership to the Kingitanga after forgetting they had it for almost 100 years. The current King Kingi Tuheitia's son Te Ariki Tamaroa Whatumoana, received the Taonga on behalf of Kingitanga at a ceremony at Auckland Cathedral. The origin of the flag is unclear, it may have been made as a kind of funeral pall at the time of Potatau's death. In 1929, it surfaced in England. It appears to have been taken there in 1865 by a member of the clergy who had served in Aotearoa. It was then returned to Aotearoa. Ross Bay the Anglican Bishop of Auckland, it is time for the Taonga to finally return home. The flay will be welcomed back to Turangawaewae Marae formally next week with Waikato Tainui now resuming their role as Kaitiaki of the Taonga.

NZ Loses World's Steepest Street Titile

New Zealand can no longer claim to have the steepest street in the world. A street in the Welsh seaside town of Harlech has come forward to take the crown, with its street Ffordd Pen Llech. Baldwin Street in the South Island of Dunedin had for years been known as the worlds steepest street. The result comes after a campaign by Welsh residents. To qualify for the record a street must be fully paved with buildings along it. The measurement is based on the highest gradient over a section of 10m. Ffordd Pen Llech runs past Harlech castle, houses, shops, a caravan park, a laundry service and a restaurant.

White Ferns lose To Canada

The Football Ferns have lost their second game of the Women's World Cup. Canada are now in the last 16 of the World Cup while the New Zealand team is unable to qualify for the last 16 they have one game remaining against Cameroon. The White Ferns have now gone 14 games without a World Cup win.