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A new set of average speed cameras is set to be installed on a Northland road next week. Four cameras will be installed on Kaitaia-Awaroa Road from Monday, July 28. NZTA said the cameras were intended to reduce the number of motorists speeding on the road to reduce the likelihood of serious crashes. Outer cameras would be installed near Sandhills Road in Ahipara at one end and the 80km/h speed limit sign at the Kaitaia end. The two cameras in the middle would be set up near the speed limit signs near 655 Kaitaia-Awaroa Rd and 854 Kaitaia-Awaroa Rd. NZTA…
By Euronews Published on 22/07/2025 – 7:06 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez began a tour of Latin America in Chile on Monday, which included participation in an international forum on the defence of democracy and meetings related to promoting the agreement between the EU and Mercosur. Government sources say the trip is part of Spain’s strategy to strengthen ties between the EU and Latin America. Speaking at the ‘Democracia Siempre’ forum organised by Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Sánchez called on progressive leaders in Latin America to “step forward” and “go on the offensive” against the rise of the far…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has challenged Labour to front up with any policy at all as he comes under pressure over National’s struggling childcare support scheme.Labour revealed just 153 families had received the maximum FamilyBoost rebate, well short of the 21,000 families the Government said would be eligible for the full amount when it was unveiled last year.Speaking on his way into a Tuesday morning caucus meeting, Luxon rejected Labour’s characterisation of the policy as a failure.”I’m not taking any any lectures from frickin’ Chris Hipkins or the Labour Party,” he told reporters. “They have no idea what to do.…
A section of State Highway 1 between Ōtaki and Levin was closed “for several hours” today following a serious crash, with a nearby marae open to those waiting. Emergency services responded to the scene at Manakau between Whakahoro Rd and Kuku East Rd, about 10.20am. NZTA Waka Kotahi said the major highway was reopened at 2.25pm.”State Highway 1 has reopened following this morning’s serious crash near Manakau,” the agency advised.”While the highway is open, drivers can expect ongoing delays until queued traffic clears. Northbound queues are currently back to Ōtaki, and southbound queues are back Kimberley Rd.”Drivers are asked to…
A debt collector and his company have been ordered to pay $115,500 in fines and emotional harm reparations.Director John Stuart Campbell and his company Law Debt Collection pleaded guilty in the Manukau District Court to making misleading representations when collecting debt after a prosecution by the Commerce Commission.Campbell had previously been warned by the commission in 2019 for likely harassment, coercion and misleading representations when he was an account director with Twenty Five Station Limited. That company went into liquidation.In the latest case, the commission said Campbell and Law Debt Collection misled debtors by lodging or threatening to lodge credit…
Finance Minister Nicola Willis will be asking dairy giant Fonterra about the high retail price of butter in New Zealand. Willis told RNZ’s First Up programme this morning it didn’t seem quite right that butter seemed to be cheaper in Australian supermarkets. The price of a block of butter is now 120% higher than it was a decade ago, according to Stats NZ. In the year to June, it was up 46.5% to $8.60 for a 500g block. At her regular meeting with the co-operative this week she would be discussing what gets added to the cost by retail brands,…
Australian sex worker Madison Ashton has asked to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Auckland health manager Pauline Hanna.Hanna, who managed the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine as an executive director at Counties Manukau Health, died in her Remuera home on April 5, 2021.Her husband, former Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne, was found not guilty of murdering her after an eight-week trial last year.The Crown argued Polkinghorne killed his wife after a possible violent struggle, while he may have been under the influence of methamphetamine.Pauline Hanna, Philip Polkinghorne and Madison Ashton. (Source: 1News)The defence maintained Hanna died…
Consumer NZ wants the government to crack down on what it calls a systemic problem of misleading supermarket prices. The consumer organisation said shoppers were too often being stung at the checkout and paying more than the advertised shelf price for items. New World and Pak’n Save owner, Foodstuffs said it took pricing accuracy seriously and had invested in systems and staff training to reduce errors. RNZ has approached Woolworths for comment. Consumer NZ chief Jon Duffy said pricing errors might seem small for individuals but the practice was costing New Zealanders tens of millions of dollars a year. He…
By Krystal Gibbens of RNZ Working a four-day week reduces burnout and improves job satisfaction, a large-scale new study has found. The research from Boston College in the United States tested the effect of reducing employees’ hours to a four-day week with no reduction in pay. The study held six-month trials reducing the working hours for 2896 employees across 141 organisations in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the US. Outcomes of the trials were then compared with 12 control companies that did not transition to the shorter work week. Researchers found that employees with a reduction of…
The death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner at just 54 was mourned by fans and admirers of the actor, who played the only son of Bill Cosby’s Cliff Huxtable on the landmark series The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992 and also starred on the UPN sitcom Malcolm & Eddie with Eddie Griffin.Warner died Sunday (local time) in an accidental drowning at a Costa Rica beach, authorities there said Monday (local time).Actor Tracee Ellis Ross, who later played Warner’s wife in the BET sitcom Reed Between the Lines, wrote that her “heart is so, so sad.” Magic Johnson said, “Every time I…