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Published on 21/07/2025 – 9:31 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Russian overnight strikes pounded Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, killing one person and injuring at least six, according to authorities. The large-scale drone and missile attack caused several fires to break out across the city, including in residential buildings, a children’s daycare, outdoor kiosks and a metro station, local officials said. Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko stated that the entrance to the Lukianivska metro station was damaged, but no casualties were reported. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced that the daycare caught fire as a result of the attack. Other Ukrainian cities…
A 21-year-old who stabbed a homeless man to death as a 14-year-old has been located and arrested after he escaped custody at a Hastings medical centre over the weekend.Haami Hanara was arrested shortly before 1.30pm on Monday, nearly 48 hours after he fled Corrections staff during a visit to the Hastings Health Centre on Saint Aubyn St West.Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison general manager George Massingham said a remand prisoner fled from Corrections staff while on a visit to a medical centre at around 1.40pm on Saturday.A review into the incident would be carried out. Hanara was 14 in 2018 when…
Julia DeLuney’s defence says there’s no evidence of a breakdown in the relationship between her and her mother, Helen Gregory, that would explain a murder.DeLuney is on trial at the High Court in Wellington charged with murdering the 79-year-old at her Khandallah home in January 2024, which she denies.The Crown finished its closing argument on Friday, arguing DeLuney had been stealing cash from her mother and then violently attacked her, leaving her dead or dying, perhaps following a confrontation about money.But defence lawyer Quentin Duff said there was no evidence of a breakdown in the relationship between DeLuney and her…
Inflation has increased to a 12-month high of 2.7%, according to official figures out from Stats NZ today.The increase in the 12 months to the June quarter followed a 2.5% increase in the 12 months to the March 2025 quarter. “Although the annual inflation rate increased from the March 2025 quarter, it remains within the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s target band of 1 to 3% – the fourth consecutive quarter it has done so,” Stats NZ prices and deflators spokesperson Nicola Growden said.The largest contributor to annual inflation was local authority rates and payments, up 12.2%.Growden said rates contributed…
The incredibly popular Kaiteriteri Beach in Tasman has had its water quality downgraded to “poor” after exceeding faecal bacteria standards too many times during the last swimming season.The downgrade is unrelated to recent flooding in the area, with the faecal indicator bacteria – enterococci – being traced to a stormwater pipe which drains onto the beach.Between November 2024 and February 2025, 22 water samples were taken from the sea about 60 metres south of the pipe. Of the samples, 18 were within the guidelines set by the Ministries for the Environment and of Health.The downgrade is unrelated to recent flooding…
An Auckland supermarket owner is in disbelief after his business was broken into twice overnight by what appeared to be the same person.The burglar allegedly gained access to the Mount Wellington store by cutting a hole in the roof and crawling on the floor with a headlamp to avoid setting off fog cannons.Security footage provided to 1News showed the man heading straight to the office where he allegedly broke into the safe and stole thousands of dollars in cash and coins.The shop owner, who lived nearby, said he was alerted by his alarm company shortly before 1am and checked his…
It has been 10 years since residents in the small Far North town of Kāeo were placed under a boil-water notice – but it is not a milestone anyone is celebrating.Chef and cooking teacher Anna Valentine, who lives on Kāeo’s main street, is among those affected.She said she had never been able to drink from the tap, and at times she could not even use the water for laundry.”I wasn’t able to do my washing without it turning brown, basically. And every now and then it would just be super-brown, and then it would get clearer, and sometimes it would…
By Gyles Beckford of RNZ Recent figures show inflation has risen to a 12-month high, pushing the annual rate to 2.7%. Stats NZ data shows the consumer price index rose 0.5% in the June quarter, taking the annual rate to 2.7%. Key factors contributing to the inflation increase include surging food, power and housing costs, offset by cheaper fuel. The spike is not expected to halt at least one more Reserve Bank (RBNZ) rate cut. Consumer prices for the three months ended June were expected to have risen 0.6%. Economists believe inflation will edge above the Reserve Bank’s 1.3% target band by…
Contestants who win prize money on The Chase are told not to share their winnings with fellow competitors who fail to make it back, a former winner has revealed.Steven Sneade, who won a share of $17,000 after beating Paul ‘The Sinnerman’ Sinha, gave details of the contract successful contestants are asked to sign.One person on his team walked away with nothing. But Snead, 69, said they were told to put sympathy aside.“If you win you have to sign another contract as you’re accepting money from them,” the Liverpool resident said. “They told us not to give money to the contestants…
Many areas across Aotearoa are in for a “frosty, foggier conditions” this week as temperatures plummet, according to MetService. MetService meteorologist Oscar Shiviti told 1News it was a frosty start for many across the country today. “I don’t know if this is good or bad news, but we’re not really expecting a change in the weather for most of the week.”He said a high-pressure system was going to be sitting over New Zealand for most of the week, resulting in “settled, fine weather for most places”. “Also [a] continued trend of those frosty and foggier conditions in the morning and…