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Announcement of Rural Assistance Payments welcome news for Whanganui

The Rural Assistance Payments are available to 38 districts across the country.

2024-07-01T03:32:35Z

Rotorua robbery: Police investigating

Police were called to the store about 8pm on Sunday.

2024-07-01T00:02:27Z

First Minister says only his party can bring Scotland ‘better future’ in the EU

First Minister says only his party can bring Scotland ‘better future’ in the EU - On Monday, Mr Swinney is expected to say in his campaign that the election is a contest of values.

2024-06-30T21:40:45Z

Higher income households across NSW increasingly struggling to stay on top of their energy bills

A survey of more than 1,000 people in NSW found that 39 per cent of respondents that had their energy disconnected were from middle income households.

2024-06-30T23:23:17Z

Armed police block rural Pōkeno road, specialist search team deployed

Police could be seen digging up 'large white tubs'.

2024-06-30T22:02:01Z

Reform UK pledges to ‘Make Britain Great Again’ as Farage channels Trump

Puff! Flash! Bang! Nigel Farage almost danced between smoke and sparklers at the last Reform UK rally of the campaign, an entertaining extravaganza that was pure Donald Trump. A new poll, he said, shows Reform winning more ethnic minority voters than the Lib Dems. “So, Channel 4, put that in your bloody pipe and smoke it!” The crowd of thousands cl...

2024-06-30T18:22:57Z

Kāpiti College kapa haka group Kia Āio te Noho set for exciting trip to China

Massive opportunity to showcase Māori culture.

2024-07-01T03:32:48Z

Actor Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges upheld, criminal trial to go ahead next month

A judge has ruled (for a third time) on Alec Baldwin’s criminal trial.

2024-06-30T23:31:59Z

Activists' plot to 'rescue' animals from RSPCA assured farms

Campaigners from the group Animal Rising hope to 'mobilise and train' more than 200 volunteers to take part in the 'huge open rescue' at undisclosed locations.

2024-06-30T23:12:31Z

LynnMall shopping centre in West Auckland evacuated after ‘faulty fog cannon’ goes off

'Everyone’s been evacuated and police are swarming.'

2024-07-01T00:32:07Z

Return of the Hamburglar? Auckland police beef up search for stolen Ronald McDonald statue

Police would like to 'ketchup' with the person who stole the statue.

2024-07-01T01:18:45Z

Warning issued to Aussie motorists - as change comes into force today

A major change is coming into force on Australian roads today. Here is what motorists need to know.

2024-06-30T20:42:03Z

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party in strong position after first round of voting

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party in strong position after first round of voting - Exit polls show that the National Rally have won 34.5 per cent of the vote

2024-06-30T21:24:20Z

Major twist in battle for late Chicago recluse's $11 million fortune

Judge Daniel O. Tiernan made the decision Thursday, after hearing testimony from two men who say they witnessed Joseph Stancak (not pictured) sign the will the year before he passed.

2024-07-01T00:57:50Z

Light airplane crash on motorway near Paris leaving three dead

Tragedy struck as three people were killed in a motorway plane crash east of Paris. A light aircraft was reported to have come down on the A4 motorway in Nosiel around 4pm after the plane hit an electric power cable.

2024-07-01T00:58:09Z

Swarbrick 'looking forward' to unpacking Darleen Tana investigation

It has been 15 weeks since the Greens launched the independent investigation.

2024-06-30T20:17:51Z

Brisbane bloke claims his SECOND multimillion dollar Lotto prize

A Brisbane man has won his second major lottery prize this year after taking home $3.7 million in Saturday's Gold Lotto draw.

2024-07-01T03:28:12Z

EU would not rush to reopen Brexit talks with Labour, say Brussel sources

The EU will not rush to reopen Brexit negotiations with the UK even if Labour is swept to power next Thursday, senior sources in Brussels have indicated. They say they will welcome a change of government but the deep scars left by the Conservatives during Brexit negotiations along with the new priorities caused by the war in Ukraine, and the rise of the far right weigh heavily on the minds of influential figures in Brussels. “It’s not that...

2024-07-01T04:34:56Z

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, one may have fallen on land

The latest launches come as US, Japan and South Korea wrap up three days of military exercises dubbed ‘Freedom Edge’.

2024-07-01T04:56:07Z

Nat Barr grills Police Minister over response to alleged DV murder

Mother-of-three, Sarah Miles, was found unconscious with head injuries before dying at her Johnston Street home at Casino, in northern NSW , at 2.30am on Saturday.

2024-07-01T01:12:50Z

Instant karma as man kicks hotel door before walking up to reception

A man was caught on camera kicking in the door to a Marriott hotel. The video shows him shattering the glass with punches before kicking the door multiple times.

2024-06-30T23:12:55Z

The world’s coolest police cars

Cop a load of these...

2024-06-30T18:05:41Z

Marine Le Pen says Macron's camp has been 'almost wiped out'

Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right party National Rally (RN), said President Emmanuel Macron's camp has been 'almost wiped out' during the first round of France's parliamentary elections, where RN emerged ahead with around 34% of the vote.

2024-06-30T20:57:35Z

Tragedy as son of successful real estate mogul dies suddenly

Cameron Black, the managing director of property management company Certainty Property, died this week.

2024-07-01T04:43:28Z

Lotto results: Waikato outlets sell double winners

Several Waikato players win thousands in weekend draw.

2024-06-30T20:01:26Z

Labour plotting ‘gun tax’ to wage war on countryside, Tories claim

Labour has been accused of waging a “war on rural communities” by hiking charges for gun owners. In its manifesto, the party says it expects to raise £20 million per year by making the firearms licensing process cost-neutral, with the proceeds funnelled into crime prevention schemes. The Tories claimed the change would cost gun owners “hundreds of ...

2024-06-30T18:33:20Z

Bizarre marriage and divorce laws from around the world

Marriage and divorce laws vary from country to country, and even from state to state in countries such as the United States. Some of these laws are pretty archaic, while others are just plain bizarre. Without further ado, you may now click through the gallery and discover the wackiest marriage and divorce laws from around the world.

2022-07-19T10:29:56Z

District councillor takes shot at Government over long-term plan ‘burdens’

The three-yearly long term-plan process has been described as 'crazy'.

2024-06-30T22:01:48Z

Man and woman arrested over Gulf Harbour body in bags case

The pair were caught attempting to leave the country on Sunday.

2024-07-01T01:18:44Z

Tories warn any vote for Farage's Reform party could let the SNP win

Pro-Independence Reform ­UK candidates are 'helping' Nationalist MPs win seats, the Conservatives have warned, as a poll shows one in five Scots will vote

2024-06-30T22:42:26Z

Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman’s $9k shoplifting case ended with a conviction; here’s why

The former Green Party standout said a conviction might derail her legal career.

2024-06-30T22:31:49Z

Rangitīkei District Council bringing roading and water services in-house

Rangitīkei District Council bring roading and water services in-house.

2024-07-01T03:32:38Z

Heavy flooding submerges roads and train tracks in Switzerland

Roads and railway lines were submerged in Switzerland's Valais region on Sunday (June 30) as melting snow compounded violent thunderstorms. Eyewitness video showed the floodwaters surrounding a warehouse and traffic tunnels in Sierre.

2024-06-30T23:42:57Z

Ex-cop suggests Jay Slater 'may not be missing' and details things that don't make sense

Graham Wettone, a former Met Police officer, believes that Jay Slater may not be missing at all as the search for the 19-year-old is called off in Tenerife

2024-07-01T05:02:41Z

Grant Robertson steps into new digs at University of Otago

Grant Robertson has officially begun his new role as the university's vice-chancellor.

2024-07-01T03:02:55Z

Seymour slams Greens' landlord register wish as 'witch-hunt' in fiery clash with Swarbrick on AM

"It's a witch hunt and I'm sorry but this is the kind of populism that I am getting tired of."

2024-06-30T22:48:18Z

Wairoa flooding: Taskforce Kiwi volunteers on the ground for disaster response

Defence Force and emergency services veterans volunteering their services in Wairoa.

2024-07-01T04:32:50Z

NZ soldier pleads guilty to four charges of indecent assault

He pleaded not guilty to four other charges, with sentencing expected on Wednesday.

2024-07-01T03:34:09Z

Police Minister Mark Mitchell defends under-fire proto boot camp course

Documents revealed the proposed boot camp 'blueprint' was causing 'severe distress'.

2024-07-01T01:32:21Z

Canadian woman sentence to jail in first ever 'Pretendian' case

Karima Manji (left inset) was given three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to falsely claiming her twin daughters (right) were Inuit to get scholarships and business grants.

2024-06-30T20:12:00Z

Neighbor, 74, shoots seven people, including four children

The gunfire came from 74-year-old Crete resident Billy Booth Friday, and culminated with him turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, cops said.

2024-07-01T02:28:11Z

Storms cause flooding and landslides in Switzerland and Italy

Storms in Switzerland and northern Italy caused extensive flooding and landslides, leaving at least four people dead, authorities said.

2024-06-30T19:27:14Z

CEO and five directors out at Kainga Ora

Within a month of a new chair's appointment by the Govt, the chief executive of state housing agency Kainga Ora heads for the door The post CEO and five directors out at Kainga Ora appeared first on Newsroom.

2024-07-01T01:25:02Z

Reform candidate defects after becoming 'disillusioned' with the party

Liam Booth-Isherwood, who was standing in the Derbyshire seat of Erewash, announced he was dropping out of the race and would instead be endorsing the Tories.

2024-06-30T22:42:25Z

New York police shooting of teen sparks calls for justice from immigrant community

New York police shooting of teen sparks calls for justice from immigrant community - Nyah Mway’s family belong to Karen ethnic minority from Myanmar

2024-07-01T04:25:27Z

Stop the tit-for-tat: Settlements cannot be used as a punishment for terrorism

Using the threat of settlements as a “punishment” feeds directly into the narrative that an Israeli presence on the West Bank is an obstacle to a peace agreement and is inherently counterproductive.

2024-07-01T02:53:55Z

Rishi Sunak 'determined' to confront rising anti-semitism in country

Rishi Sunak has said Jews should 'never feel unsafe to go into town' as he visited a north London synagogue and pledged to crack down on anti-Israel marches if re-elected.

2024-06-30T20:42:27Z

Nurse accused of stalking and female politician she met on dating app

A children's nurse has been arrested and charged with allegedly stalking a female politician after meeting her on a dating app.

2024-06-30T22:27:25Z

Starmer opposes everything and has no new ideas, public says in poll

Most voters think Labour has 'just opposed everything' rather than coming up with good ideas for the country, a poll found yesterday.

2024-06-30T23:42:36Z

Have petrol prices dropped in Auckland following removal of regional fuel tax?

From today, Auckland's 11.5c per litre regional fuel tax no longer applies.

2024-07-01T00:18:32Z