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Residents of a Tauranga suburb are concerned a new housing development will have a “huge impact” on traffic that is already “horrendous”.The residents want a second access added to the planned 13-hectare Pukemapu subdivision in Ōhauiti to alleviate their concerns, but Tauranga City Council says doing so would be prohibitively expensive.The new subdivision will be built on land that slopes down from the Rowesdale subdivision towards Pukemapu Rd, and an existing Rowesdale Drive house will be demolished to build the only access road.The developer Carrus said it was unknown how many homes would be built but the council website said…
Wellington’s most famous fence is nearing the end of its lifespan, with a design for its replacement under way 25 years after it was first installed around Zealandia.It was the first of its kind worldwide when it was built in 2000, and now, the eco-sanctuary is home to some rare and protected flora and fauna, including parasitic plants, kiwi, takahē and tuatara.That initial fence design process in the early nineties involved a prototype built in a Wellington warehouse, a handful of rodent-y test subjects and some video cameras to capture their attempts to scale it.What emerged was the fence we…
A man was critically injured in what police described as an “extremely violent assault” near the Māngere Town Centre early this morning.A person was located severely injured on Bader Drive at around 2.30am.A police camera operator established that an altercation between two parties occurred at the location at around 1.40am.”The victim was transported to Auckland City Hospital in a critical but stable condition, after being subjected to an extremely violent assault,” a police spokesperson said. “The operator was able to track the offender’s movements from where he left the scene, guiding the Police Eagle helicopter and ground units to his…
A red severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the Far North this afternoon, with damaging wind gusts and tornadoes also possible. MetService issued a red severe warning for the region after its weather radar detected thunderstorms lying from offshore west of Ninety Mile Beach to offshore Kaipara West Coast at 3.37pm.”This line of severe thunderstorms is moving towards the east-south-east, and is expected to lie from offshore west of Ninety Mile Beach to Tutamoe to offshore Kaipara West Coast at 04.07pm, and from the Maungataniwha Range to Tangiterōria to South Head at 4.37pm,” it said.”These thunderstorms are expected to…
A late switch from autopilot to manual control due to heavy rain likely contributed to an Air New Zealand flight veering off the runway when landing at Auckland Airport. A recently released Transport Accident Investigation Commission report looked into the incident – in which there were no injuries – that occurred on January 27, 2023 – the night of the Auckland Anniversary floods. It found the veer-off likely happened because heavy rain had contributed to a late transition from autopilot to manual control. “The timing of the autopilot disengagement combined with the technique used by the pilot flying, very likely…
A person has sustained moderate injuries when a bus crashed into a stationary truck in Palmerston North this morning.An ambulance and one rapid response unit was called to the crash on Mihaere Dr in Kelvin Grove around 7.51am, a St John spokesperson told 1News. The bus was towed from the scene, a police spokesperson said.A truck damaged following a collision with a bus in Palmerston North. (Source: Supplied / Wayne Belk)One patient was taken to Palmerston North Hospital in a moderate condition.
Published on 30/05/2025 – 4:39 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTStrong winds and heavy rains over the past two days have caused severe flooding in various parts of Romania.Emergency services said that hundreds of people have been evacuated from Covasna and Brasov counties in central Romania and Botosani in the north east.On Thursday, floods were threatening to destroy an old salt mine in Praid, in central Romania.The mine hosts beautiful galleries and a religious chapel and is an important tourist attraction, selling half a million tickets yearly.More rainfall was expected in the coming days over parts of northern Romania, officials said.The Corund River passes over…
Sweeping changes to the rules governing councils’ oversight of everything from housing — to mining — to agriculture — under the Resource Management Act are being released to the public for feedback.The government has released discussion documents covering 12 national policy statements and similar instruments, with the aim of having 16 new or updated ones by the end of the year — ahead of legislation replacing the RMA next year.The consultation covers three main topics: infrastructure and development, the primary sector and freshwater. It is open from May 29 to July 27.The topics cover a wide range of portfolios, the…
A 17-year-old Aucklander has been charged after a spate of shoplifting, which police say added up to $10,000 worth of items.He was tracked down after allegedly bagging $800 worth of groceries in one haul.Initially, police said there was a report of a male shoplifting from a Manukau supermarket at 9am on Saturday, May 24.Counties Manukau central area prevention manager inspector Warrick Adkin said the youth allegedly took a large amount of meat products and fled the scene in a vehicle.Attending officers made inquiries about the vehicle, and discovered it was likely that the same person had been involved in shoplifting…
A grandmother from the Porirua suburb of Whitby says she spent the day at work after realising she had won Lotto’s $17.2 million Powerball prize. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, was walking with her grandson when she decided to stop at New World Whitby to purchase her ticket for that night’s draw.“It was purely because I was out with him that I remembered to get my ticket that day – he’s the reason I stopped and bought it.”He’s too young to understand, but I’ve told him every day since that I love him 17.2 million times,” she laughed.The…