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Fire and Emergency New Zealand were this afternoon called to a building fire on Auckland’s Dominion Rd in Mt Eden that disrupted travel through the area for a time.FENZ said the fire broke out in a three storey building but was “contained to the basement level”.Eight appliances attended the scene from Balmoral, Auckland City, Grey Lynn, Mount Roskill and Remuera.A shopper in the area, who wished to remain anonymous, told 1News they first noticed the smell of the fire “like that of fireworks”.”It wasn’t until we walked out of the op shop we discovered a fire had started a few…
The Government was warned by officials that a card payment surcharge ban could push up prices and put pressure on small businesses.The Government plans to ban surcharges on card payments for in-person payments.Legislation is expected to be introduced to Parliament by the end of the year, with the ban to kick into effect no later than May 2026.But advice released to RNZ under the Official Information Act shows Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment officials warned there could be problems with the ban.They also recommended the ban be limited to only in-person debit card payments, not credit cards.Ministry officials said…
Police have today dropped charges against a man after a woman died at a property in Paraparaumu on Tuesday.”Police investigating the death of a woman at an address in Paraparaumu can now confirm that her death has been referred to the coroner, and is no longer being treated as suspicious,” Inspector Renée Perkins said.Officers were called to the Chums Rd address around 9.50pm on Tuesday following reports of an assault. A woman was pronounced deceased at the scene.Charges against a 31-year-old man of assault and breach of protection order have this afternoon been dismissed at Porirua District Court.”Police extend our…
The body of Marokopa fugitive father Tom Phillips has been released to his family, police said this afternoon,Police examinations of the campsites believed to have been used by Phillips to conceal himself and his children are also expected to conclude tomorrow.Police today also confirmed a postmortem was carried out on Phillips yesterday, and his body had been released to his family.Detective inspector Daryl Smith said the investigation team had worked tirelessly in difficult conditions to examine the multiple scenes.Tom Phillips was fatally shot by police after being called to reports of a burglary in the early hours of Monday morning,…
A publishing error has resulted in missing candidate profiles in voting documents for South Wairarapa’s first Māori ward election.Although apologies have been made to candidates Andrea Rutene and Whitu Karauna, they have labelled it a “serious failure of democratic process”.The error was confirmed on Wednesday by external electoral officer Warwick Lampp who has apologised to the two Te Karu o Te Ika a Māui Māori Ward candidates .The candidate names were correctly included on the voting papers, however their candidate profiles were missing from the booklet, Lampp said.“Unfortunately, the error occurred in the proofing and printing process,” he said.“The buck…
Fairness in the Ōpōtiki Māori ward election has been called into question following a printing error.Curley Keno is one of three Ōpōtiki Māori ward candidates whose profiles have been left off candidate profile booklets sent out with voting packs.”How can we trust the integrity of an election process if such a fundamental mistake is allowed to happen?” Keno said.”Do the returning officers get to see a draft before it is printed?”Ōpōtiki district is not the only one to have an issue with Māori wards not appearing in candidate booklets. Whanganui and South Wairarapa, which both use a different electoral service…
By Marta Pacheco & Jorge Liboreiro Published on 11/09/2025 – 17:50 GMT+2 •Updated 17:51 ADVERTISEMENT EU energy chief Dan Jorgensen is confident that a deal to end Russian energy from entering the bloc by 2027 will happen “quite soon”, the Danish Commissioner told reporters, as the bloc faces pressure from the US to wean off liquified natural gas (LNG) imports from Moscow. The commitment comes amid an increase of diplomatic coordination between Brussels and Washington in the context of the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Jorgensen addressed reporters in front of the European Commission’s headquarters after a meeting on Thursday with…
Police are expanding the search for a woman missing from central Auckland for three weeks. Te Anihana Beau Pomana, 25, was last seen leaving SkyCity at 5.06am on August 21, with all her belongings still at the hotel.She was described as having a thin build, standing at around 154cm tall, with curly black hair and tattoos.Pomana – who was last seen wearing a long-sleeved white top, white trousers and sneakers – was headed along Victoria St West.The day prior, she was seen on CCTV boarding a WX1 bus to Henderson from Hobson St at 6.37pm. She is believed to have…
ADVERTISEMENT Following the violation of Polish airspace by at least 19 Russian drones earlier this week, representatives of the Polish Army will travel to Ukraine to take part in anti-drone training. Of the at least 19 drones that flew into Polish territory, four were shot down by Polish and NATO aircraft. Following the incident, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed training to strengthen Poland’s defences against drones. On Wednesday, Zelenskyy spoke by phone with Polish President Karol Nawrocki about the airspace violations with both leaders acknowleding the incident had been on a bigger scale than previous incidents. “This is a different…
A group of Māori artists who have travelled to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to mark the 41st anniversary of the revolutionary Te Māori exhibition is hoping for greater recognition of contemporary – and living – Māori art on the global stage.Tā moko artist Hohua Mohi told Te Karere there’s more to Māori art than pieces left on display.“Kia kite i te toi Māori e ora ana, ka kite i te moko e oreore ana, ka kite i ngā kairāranga e mahi nei i a rātou mahi, ka kite i ngā kaiwhakairo, i ngā kaioroi, i ngā kaimahi uku…