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By Euronews & Loredana Dumitru Published on 09/09/2025 – 10:57 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Driven by a poor harvest in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s largest producers of cocoa, the price of chocolate has surged globally over the past year. But where in the European Union have consumers seen the biggest price hike? Poland took the podium as number one, with the country reporting a 39.1% increase as of May of this year, compared to the previous year. Across Europe, prices were on average 21.1% higher in May than a year earlier, according to data from Eurostat. Other countries reporting notable price…
A Manawatū couple who won $1 million in last week’s Lotto draw has celebrated their big win by getting KFC. The couple, who wished to remain anonymous, bought their ticket from Four Square Milson in Palmerston North – their usual spot. The man said that when he bought the ticket, he asked the Lotto operator if they had ever “sold a big one”. “A long time ago,” the operator replied. The man retorted with: “Well, you’d better print out the winning ticket so you can add to your trophy collection then.”While celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday, the man read that…
The completion date of the New Zealand Transport Agency’s troubled national public transport ticketing system Motu Move has blown out by a year as an independent review disavows an “overly ambitious” timeline for the $1.4 billion project.Officials conceded that a finished system would be delayed to the end of 2027 as they announced progress in what was termed a “reset” of the National Ticketing Solution (NTS) earlier today.Christchurch bus and ferry passengers would soon receive a taste of Motu Move with contactless card and phone payments coming from mid-November, NZTA revealed. But that rollout — which will see new terminals…
Police are speaking to people of interest after a smash-and-grab at a Michael Hill store in Auckland’s Botany this afternoon.Police inspector Danny Meade said it received reports of seven offenders entering the store at about 4.20pm.”The group have used various weapons to smash the glass cabinets and have taken a quantity of jewellery.”Meade said the offenders fled the scene in two allegedly stolen vehicles, which were found abandoned near Botany Downs Secondary College a short distance away.Police are speaking to several people of interest, he said.Inquiries are ongoing.
Not many franchises have fuelled society’s timeless fascination with the boundless possibilities of a utopian future like Star Trek.Next year the sprawling franchise will add more shows, Lego sets and even a Rose Parade Float in a yearlong celebration of its 60th anniversary.The hefty lineup of “fan-centric” celebrations was announced by the franchise on its 59th anniversary Monday, known as Star Trek Day. The projects are the first wave, Paramount said in its announcement.”The 60th anniversary celebrates ‘Space for Everybody’, extending an open invitation to celebrate the future that Star Trek aspires to — a future of HOPE, a future…
Child and adolescent clinical psychologist Sarah Watson says the next chapter for the Marokopa children following the death of their father Tom Phillips was going to be “very complex and tricky”. Jayda, 12, Maverick, 10, and Ember, 9, are in the care of family and Oranga Tamariki following yesterday’s dramatic conclusion to more than 1000 days missing.Follow our live updates hereOne of the children was with their father when he was fatally shot early yesterday, after a police officer was injured in a shooting.The other two were safely recovered from a remote campsite that afternoon.Police Commissioner Richard Chambers said information…
Five Otago supermarkets have been banned from selling alcohol for two days over an online booze promotion. FreshChoice Roslyn, Green Island, Roxburgh, Queenstown and Lake Hāwea will not be allowed to sell alcohol for the 48-hour period starting later this month. They are among 22 South Island FreshChoice supermarkets — including the Southland stores in Riverton, Te Anau and Otautau — hit by the suspension. The suspension of 38 FreshChoice supermarkets nationwide was called for in an application by police, a decision issued by the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority said. They alleged the supermarkets advertised a nationwide promotion offering customers the opportunity…
Brad Pitt has starred in a new advertisement filmed in New Zealand and directed by Taika Waititi.In the commercial, the 61-year-old appears in Queenstown and uses a De’Longhi Perfetto coffee machine.Pitt also sported a beard and jewellery from his girlfriend Ines de Ramon’s line, Anita Ko.(Source: De’Longhi)The advertisement features comical elements, such as him being taught how to pronounce “perfetto” by Italian actor Riccardo Scamarco, who narrated the piece.In a statement, Pitt said: “Taika bought the humour, De’Longhi brought the ritual. Together, that was perfetto.”In an interview with People, Waititi said he enjoyed working with Pitt on the ad.Kiwi filmmaker…
Wellington house prices are now up to 30% below their peak, as the housing market continues to record a steady slide, QV says.It has released its latest data, which shows the QV House Price Index fell 0.8% in the three months to the end of August.The new national average value of $906,977 is 0.2% higher than the same time a year earlier but 13.4% below the January 2022 peak.In the quarter, Queenstown was up 2.5%, and Hastings 1.7%. But Nelson was down 3.2%, and Wellington 2.4%.Auckland, Whangārei, Hamilton, Napier, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Dunedin also recorded drops.Spokesperson Andrea Rush said…
A child of fugitive Tom Phillips cautioned police of firearms hidden at the campsite the group were staying at before entering yesterday.Phillips died after a shootout with police after they were called to reports of a burglary in the early hours of Monday.Follow our live updates hereOne of his children, who was with him at the time, then began assisting police.More than 12 hours later, the remaining two children were located in a remote campground.Police Commissioner Richard Chambers told Morning Report he was very relieved the children had been recovered safely.He said police knew there were firearms at the campsite,…