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A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Whangārei yesterday.Police were called to Norfolk St shortly before 5pm, following a report of a man being injured.”He was found unresponsive, and sadly died at the scene,” Detective Senior Sergeant Michelle Harris said.Another man, known to the victim, was arrested at the property and has now been charged with murder.A scene examination is ongoing at the property.This is the third murder charge laid by police today following an alleged stabbing in Kaikohe and a man’s death in Hamilton yesterday morning.

The hugely popular Te Papa exhibit Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War will stay open until 2032, after opening a decade ago.”It’s been unimaginably popular,” Te Papa chief executive Courtney Johnston said.”I think the most popular exhibition ever done in New Zealand… has introduced audiences to a new kind of immersive storytelling.”It’s so popular and there’s a reason for that. People just love it.”The exhibit opened in 2015, 100 years after New Zealand soldiers landed at Gallipoli as part of the ANZAC forces in World War I.It was originally planned to close in 2019 before it was extended to 2022,…

Prominent Kiwi psychologist Nigel Latta has provided a “very, very good” update on his cancer treatment, saying that the initial tumour in his stomach was now “pretty much gone”.Latta was diagnosed with an initial prognosis of terminal stomach cancer in May last year. An inoperable and incurable tumour had formed at the bottom of his stomach, alongside “lymph node activity” in his throat, lungs, stomach and liver.The surgeon initially told him that he had six to 12 months left to live.”I’ve been through some pretty traumatic things but that was probably the most traumatic thing – or one of the…

A person has died and two others have been critically injured after a driver fled police in Auckland this afternoon. Shortly before 2pm, a police vehicle sighted a car speeding along Great South Rd in Penrose and signalled for it to stop, Inspector Peter Raynes said. It failed to do so and instead fled, crashing with two other cars.The driver of the vehicle which allegedly failed to stop was taken to hospital in a critical condition.A person from one of the other vehicles died at the scene, while another was also critically injured.A fourth person person is in moderate condition.The…

Something must be in the water, as Wellingtonians have been treated to a large pod of dolphins and multiple orca sightings in the past two days.The pod of dolphins was seen whipping up a storm around many of Wellington’s bays yesterday.A pod, likely the same one, was also seen today.One poster in Whale and Dolphin Watch yesterday described “a sea full of dolphins sussing the East-West ferry out”.”Insane. Must be hundreds of them,” said another.An orca sighting at Island Bay. (Source: rnz.co.nz)Orca sightings were also reported in the group across Wellington, including Island Bay, Princess Bay and Pariwhero / Red…

A Hawke’s Bay woman says she was left feeling “very scared” after changes to Napier’s only 24/7 medical centre left her with no choice but to drive herself to the nearest hospital.Haze Tawhara has been dealing with an ovarian cyst that can cause crippling pain. Last weekend, Tawhara visited City Medical, only to discover it was closed. “Generally, I try go to Wellesley, the Napier after-hours, just not to be another number in the hospital ED when I know I just need help with pain or dehydration,” she told 1News. With her family out of town, she felt she had…

Breaking into the TV and film industry is the stuff dreams are made of for 15-year-old Korban Knock.He plays the lead role of Jake in the eight-part TV series, Secrets at Red Rocks.Adapted from the award-winning novel of the same name by Kiwi author Rachael King, the series follows Jake who’s been sent to his dad’s for the holidays. He stumbles across a sealskin while out exploring along the coast and feels compelled to take it home, triggering a chain of events that takes him on an adventure of the mystical and mythical kind.For Korban (Te Atiawa, Taranaki), the reality…

When Holly Earl read her autism diagnosis she says it was like reading a book about herself.The 18-year-old Christchurch student was diagnosed with autism and dyslexia when she was 14 which she says is early for a girl, but late overall.“I was always a shy kid but there were clear signs when the lockdown hit and my routine went away. It uncovered a lot of things I had been masking.”Holly says she tended to mimic the social behaviour of others around her, and so when she became isolated at home during lockdown she no longer had that to help her…

Shane Jones cites the dangers that come with “the court of TikTok” as the reason he wants to keep footage collected on fishing boats out of the public’s hands.The Fisheries Minister is proposing a range of changes to the Fisheries Act to “remove unnecessary regulations that impede productivity and the potential of the sector”. One of the proposals aims to prevent the release of what’s filmed on commercial fishing vessels through the Official Information Act. Jones told Q+A he didn’t agree with having on-board cameras in the first place, but that he had lost that argument. “I do not accept…

A man taken into custody following a stabbing in Kaikohe yesterday has been charged with murder. Police were called to an address on Mangakahia Road, about 5km south of Kaikohe, at 9.10am yesterday.Upon arrival, officers found a man with stab wounds, who died at the scene. A person of interest was taken into custody and has now been charged with murder. The 44-year-old will appear in the Kaikohe District Court tomorrow. A separate homicide investigation was launched in Northland yesterday after a man died in Whangārei. A man was arrested over the incident, but charges have not yet been laid.…