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Milo has long been part of the Kiwi kitchen, whether after sport, on school camp or just on a cold evening. Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern stirred the pot — or the mug — after expressing surprise at the number of teaspoons of Milo Nestlé recommended using in a single serving. In a post to Instagram, Dame Jacinda featured a photo of a tin of Milo showing the “perfect” way to make a cup.It suggested putting in six teaspoons with 200ml of water or milk. “Is that an extreme Milo to liquid ratio? Or is that the way it’s always been?”Jacinda Ardern’s…

Christchurch councillors say shopping trolleys are being abandoned on footpaths and in rivers, causing a nuisance and costing businesses millions of dollars.Council staff responded to reports of 6313 abandoned trolleys in the city in the year to last October, more than half of which came from the country’s two biggest supermarket chains —2238 from Woolworths New Zealand and 1652 from Foodstuffs-owned Pak’nSave and New World.RNZ has been told trolleys cost an average of $300 but could cost up to $700 each, with Woolworths spending more than $1.5 million per year on abandoned trolleys nationwide.Abandoned trolleys were generally reported via the…

Kiwis are cutting back on food wastage by asking for doggy bags, but the attitudes to taking away leftover food from a restaurant can vary between cultures.Tee Phee, owner of Little Penang in Wellington, has seen more customers taking leftovers home in the past year.”It would have gone up maybe from 10-15%, to now at least 30% [of customers take a doggy bag]. You’d be surprised.”Almost every other table will get a takeaway. Especially lunch time when people don’t eat that much, they will ask for a takeaway box when they order and keep that for dinner.”As her restaurant gets…

ADVERTISEMENTPoland’s Ruling Civic Platform (PO) coalition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski won the presidential election first round, according to preliminary exit polls on Sunday night.Trzaskowski has won 30.8% of the vote, while the second place went to PiS-backed candidate Karol Nawrocki, who won 29.1%, the poll prepared by Ipsos on behalf of TVP, TVN and Polsat showed.According to a separate poll by the Nationwide Research Group (NRG) for Telewizja Republika, Trzaskowski won 31.6% while Nawrocki won 29.8%.The two candidates will now face each other in the presidential vote runoff, which will take place on 1 June.Slawomir Mentzen has come in third, with…

Children as young as six are being adopted overseas and being made to work as house slaves, suffering threats, beatings and rape.Kris Teikamata – a social worker at a community agency – spoke about the harrowing cases she encountered in her work, from 2019 to 2024, with children who had escaped their abusers in Auckland and Wellington.This story discusses graphic details of slavery, sexual abuse and violence.”They’re incredibly traumatised because it’s years and years and years of physical abuse, physical labour and and a lot of the time, sexual abuse, either by the siblings or other family members. “They were…

ADVERTISEMENTLiving close to the frontline means more than surviving the constant threat of an attack —it is also a daily battle for basic needs, like medical care.In the liberated areas of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, one organisation named Dignitas Ukraine is stepping in where many clinics were forced to close following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.Despite the dangers, which include drone attacks and mined roads, the team of volunteers works seven days a week, covering 27 communities in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.Some villages become inaccessible due to harsh winter conditions cutting off roads, isolating them.In the community of the…

New Zealand’s dollar has become a little stronger against the US in the past month – but if you’re looking for a holiday where you can make the most of the exchange rate, that’s not the part of the world to be looking in.The NZD has been worth as much as US$0.60 in recent weeks. But based on historical performance, it remains weak.Data from Infometrics chief forecaster Gareth Kiernan showed, at an exchange rate of one dollar buying US58c, the dollar is 12% down on the USD’s average exchange rate of the last 10 years and down 17% over 20…

Far North Mayor Moko Tepania is calling for long-term solutions for the slip-prone Mangamuka Gorge as closures continue despite major investment in the vital route’s resilience.The 13km section of State Highway 1 connecting Hokianga and Kaitaia has been prone to slips and closed for repairs for around three out of the last four years.It opened just before last Christmas after more than two years of closure and $204 million worth of work.However, ex-Tropical Cyclone Tam forced it to be shut off again last month, with two slips closing it for three days.1News spoke to several locals who said there was…

Mons Royale creative director and co-founder Hannah Acland checks out the Wanaka-based company’s new flagship store in central Auckland. The doors opened to Mons’ first North Island retail space on Friday, featuring its high-performance merino wool apparel built for snow sports and alpine missions. In-store updates and snow reports would connect visitors with the slopes of Tūroa, Treble Cone, Whistler and Innsbruck in real time. The Britomart store is Mons’ seventh retail location. Last year, it opened stores in Wānaka and Whistler, Canada. 

ADVERTISEMENTRussia launched its largest drone assault in overnight attacks from Saturday into Sunday on Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion, with a total of 273 drones deployed, according to the Ukrainian air force. At least one woman was killed, and three others, including a four-year-old child, were injured in the Kyiv region, regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk reported. The attack also left damage across the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions.Ukrainian air defences said they intercepted 88 of the incoming drones, while another 128 went off radar.Russia’s largest known drone attack before this was on the eve of the war’s…