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A last-ditch plea to discuss options to retain Tasman’s Eves Valley sawmill was snubbed by its owners Carter Holt Harvey, Nelson’s mayor says.It has been confirmed that the sawmill near Nelson would close, resulting in the loss of more than 140 jobs.Tasman mayor Tim King and his Nelson counterpart Nick Smith had appealed to the company to delay the closure for a year so the ‘wall of wood’ left behind from winter storms could be salvaged.But the union E tū said the company had confirmed it would close its operations from next month after staff were called to a meeting…
Published on 01/09/2025 – 12:41 GMT+2 •Updated 03/09/2025 – 18:27 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Russia has been accused of jamming the GPS of the airplane carrying Ursula von der Leyen during her official visit to Bulgaria on Sunday. The incident was first reported by the Financial Times. “We can confirm there was GPS jamming, but the plane landed safely in Bulgaria. We have received information from Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia,” a Commission spokesperson said on Monday. “We are aware and used to somehow to the threats and intimidations that are a regular…
The mother of a missing woman last seen in Auckland more than two weeks ago has made a plea for her daughter to be returned home safely. Te Anihana Beau Pomana, 25, was last seen leaving SkyCity on August 21 at around 5.06am on August 21, having left all her belongings at the hotel.Today, Pomana’s mother, Catherine Anderson, travelled from Dunedin to help with the search for her daughter. Te Anihana Beau Pomana’s mother Catherine Anderson. (Source: 1News)”We are here because we are determined to find her,” Anderson said. She described Pomana as a “much-loved daughter, sister, aunty, niece, friend…
Published on 01/09/2025 – 16:10 GMT+2 •Updated 02/09/2025 – 10:46 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT French MEP Rima Hassan has told Euronews she’s “honoured” by the controversial decision of students at Brussels Free University (ULB) faculty of law to name their graduating class after her. The decision by the students to name their class after Hassan, a politician of Palestinian origin born in a refugee camp and raised in France, has sparked protests in Belgium and France, where at the request of the Home Secretary, the Paris public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into her for “glorifying terrorism”. In June, she made headlines…
A major shake-up of Auckland Transport has been confirmed, with its core focus to be delivering public transport services for the city. The changes, which had previously been signalled, will make Auckland Council responsible for all transport policy and planning work, the road controlling authority, and deliver transport capital projects while maintaining transport infrastructure.It will also establish the Auckland Regional Transport Committee, which will comprise of both Auckland Council elected members and Ministerial appointees, alongside an independent chair.“Auckland Transport will become a smaller transport council-controlled-organisation so it can focus on its core role of delivering high-quality public transport services for…
Published on 02/09/2025 – 6:38 GMT+2 •Updated 9:03 ADVERTISEMENT Belgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, set to open on 9 September, according to Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot. “Palestine will be recognized by Belgium during the UN session! And firm sanctions are being imposed on the Israeli government,” Prévot announced in a post on X. Belgium’s top diplomat revealed that the government will implement 12 sanctions on Israel at the national level following what is unfolding as a “humanitarian tragedy in Palestine” and in response to violence perpetrated by Israel in violation of…
The Government has outlined a plan aimed at expanding the support available for people sleeping rough and helping them into social homes as the country grapples with a homelessness crisis.The announcement followed the release of the Homelessness Insights Report, which revealed a sharp increase in people living without shelter, including those sleeping in cars and on the streets.The 2018 to 2023 period showed a 37% increase in people living without shelter despite the large-scale use of emergency housing costing more than over $1 billion across that period.Housing Minister Chris Bishop said homelessness had been a problem in New Zealand for…
Published on 02/09/2025 – 17:59 GMT+2 •Updated 04/09/2025 – 14:20 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Technical work on the security guarantees for Ukraine is advanced enough that allies now only need confirmation of US support, the Elysée said on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of the so-called ‘Coalition of the Willing’ later this week. According to the French presidential palace, most of the technical work which started following the first meeting of the coalition in mid-February to ensure Ukraine can deter further aggression attempts following a ceasefire, is now almost completed. This includes work on how to consolidate the Ukrainian armed forces over…
The New Zealand Defence Force has filed a notice of appeal against the sentence handed down in a landmark Court Martial held at Linton Military Camp last month, where a soldier was convicted of attempted espionage.The Director of Military Prosecutions was appealing the sentence to the Court Martial Appeal Court, arguing it was “manifestly inadequate”.The soldier, whose name remains suppressed, was sentenced to two years’ detention at Burnham Military Camp and dismissed from the NZDF after pleading guilty to three charges: attempted espionage, accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose, and possession of objectionable material.Justice Kevin Riordan, who presided…
By Euronews Published on 04/09/2025 – 13:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT An image is circulating widely on social media claiming to show an Allied forces WWII nurse taking the names of soldiers who died during the D-Day landings in Normandy in France. The picture is typically shared with captions saying that the men were buried in makeshift graves on Omaha Beach before proper cemeteries were built, and that nurse Clara Thompson wrote down the names of each soldier that she tended to. Her notebook was supposedly found decades later in her daughter’s attic. The image has appeared all over Facebook and X, but…