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A great-grandmother screamed for help and prayed that dogs in attack mode wouldn’t go for her face as one sank its teeth into her arm and dragged her off her mobility scooter.Carol Stewart, 63, was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital with serious bite wounds to her legs and arms after the attack on a Wairoa street just before 2pm on Tuesday.The bites on her arm will require skin grafts.From her hospital bed, she told Local Democracy Reporting she had been complaining for “weeks” about roaming dogs in the area.Wairoa District Council said its staff had impounded two dogs following the…
Two teenagers were left critically injured after a car crashed into a house in Kumeū overnight. The crash occurred around 8:20pm on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway, after Police signalled a vehicle to stop due to the manner of driving. “The vehicle fled and was not being pursued at the time of the crash.” Four nearby officers in the process of seizing a separate vehicle nearby heard the crash and immediately responded. They provided first aid to those inside. Hato Hone St John said two people were critically injured, while two sustained serious injuries. All four were taken to Auckland City Hospital. Police…
Police are investigating after an inmate died at Mt Eden Corrections Facility yesterday.Police said it was made aware at around 4pm that a man had died at the prison. “Police are currently investigating the circumstances of the death and have positive lines of enquiry to follow.”Corrections was also investigating, with all evidence to be provided to police. Dion Paki, general manager at Mt Eden Corrections Facility said police had notified the man’s next of kin. He said the prisoner was in a double-bunked cell, and his cellmate had been moved to a single cell. “We would like to express our…
Health New Zealand intended to vacate a central Auckland building occupied by a mental health service facing closure by the end of January, correspondence shows.Labour’s mental health spokeswoman, Ingrid Leary, said this shows officials originally intended to axe the service last year, but Health NZ said this isn’t the case.It has proposed closing Rauaroha Segar House, a publicly funded intensive programme for people with long-standing or chronic mental health problems.It’s consulting on the proposal now, as staff rally to keep a service they and many patients say is unique.The programme at Segar House mixes individual therapy with group work, and…
Meat plants across Aotearoa are struggling to match low volumes of livestock coming through with staffing levels.New Zealand’s national sheep flock and dairy herd have continued to decline in recent years, impacting the flow of livestock into meat works.However, this has also created a competitive environment for farmers, some of whom were earning record prices for their stock, exacerbating the challenge of profitability for meat companies.Consistently declining livestock numbers saw red meat farmer-owned cooperative Alliance Group close its Smithfield processing plant in Timaru last year.Major red meat processor Silver Fern Farms’ chief executive Dan Boulton told the Primary Industries New…
Published on 28/06/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe leaders of the NATO countries met in The Hague for their annual summit. In view of the latent Russian threat, they agreed on a drastic increase in collective defense spending. But it was also about satisfying the unpredictable man in the White House. Does this solve all the problems now?For decades, Europe has been the most loyal ally of the United States. That’s what most political and military leaders on both sides of the Atlantic understood Europe’s role on the world stage to be. That today is insufficient, as US president Trump treats his faithful…
Police are investigating after a woman walking her dog was allegedly sexually assaulted in Tokora yesterday evening. Officers were called to Dumfries Road at around 11.20pm. “The offender left the scene prior to Police arrival,” Detective Sergeant Neale Saunders said.Saunders said police wanted to speak to a man who was on a bicycle, seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt around the time of the incident. “While we have no reason to believe this man had any involvement in the incident, we are eager to speak with him as we believe he may have valuable information to share.” Anyone with information…
One person has died after a crash in Tokoroa overnight, police say.Police said it was alerted to the crash at about 12am, which involved a vehicle and pedestrian on Lomond Avenue.”Despite best efforts of emergency services, one person died at the scene.”The Serious Crash Unit has conducted a scene examination.”Police said the road was closed for a period of time, but is now open as of early this morning.”Police continue to make inquiries to determine the circumstances of the crash.”
Eleven homes were damaged after a tornado hit a neighbourhood in Waitara overnight. MetSerivce recorded strong wind gusts in the Taranaki areas, reaching about 130kph, along with intense downpours between 20-30mm per hour. You can follow 1News’ live weather updates here.Shirleen Patterson outside her damaged property. (Source: 1News)Sebastian and Jessica Murrihy were home with their three children, aged three, six and eight, when the tornado ripped through their house at midnight. “It was a huge noise,” Jessica said, adding that it sounded like intense thunder, except “more terrifying, it felt like the house was shaking”. They got up to check…
The sky itself is no limit for billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sánchez, who have travelled into space, and expectations were about as high ahead of their wedding in Venice on Saturday.One of the world’s most enchanting cities as backdrop? Check.Star-studded guest list and tabloid buzz? Of course.Local flavour? You bet.And then, time to tie the knot. The couple held their wedding ceremony Friday night (local time), and Sánchez posted to Instagram a photo of herself beaming in a white gown as she stood alongside a tuxedo-clad Bezos, the world’s fourth-richest man.It was the second day of events spread…