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Amber Heard is expecting her second child.The Aquaman actor is said reportedly “delighted” to be expanding her family with a sibling for her three-year-old daughter Oonagh, though she didn’t share any further details.Her spokesperson told People magazine: “It is still quite early in the pregnancy, so you will appreciate that we do not want to go into much detail at this stage. Suffice to say that Amber is delighted both for herself and Oonagh Paige.”The 38-year-old star – who was previously married to Johnny Depp – revealed in July 2021 she had welcomed Oonagh into the world three months beforehand,…

Two men have been arrested after an alleged “violent scuffle” outside a takeaway restaurant in Auckland’s Ōtara this week.Police said a man allegedly entered the restaurant on Bairds Rd at around 3.30pm on Tuesday and stole a box cutter before getting into an altercation with a young man on the street.”Both men have begun to fight each other, resulting in the younger man suffering an injury on his chin,” Inspector Rakana Cook said.”The injured man has then picked up a hammer and chased the older man with it as police arrived and took both of them into custody.”Cook said this…

A French school, another Australian school, and a school sponsored by a group of state schools are among five new charter schools announced today.The announcement brings the total number of charter schools opening next year to six.The schools include two aimed at disengaged students — Christchurch North College, a middle school for children in Y7-10, and in Auckland the Busy School, for students in Y11-13 and part of an Australian chain of schools.Auckland also gets the Ecole Francaise Internationale which would provide a curriculum approved by the French government, and North West Creative Arts College, a secondary school with a…

A woman has been arrested after alleged thefts during open homes across Auckland in recent months.Detective Senior Sergeant Megan Goldie said the woman allegedly targeted personal belongings such as jewellery.The woman had allegedly targeted 12 homes across West Auckland and the North Shore since August, Goldie said.”Yesterday morning, we arrested a woman at an address in Massey and located and recovered items of jewellery there that were reported as stolen.”We are working hard to recover more of the stolen jewellery for its owners.”Goldie said the community should remain “vigilant” when putting their homes up for open home viewings.”Ensure high value…

Bananas have been seen duct-taped to buses across Wellington with “up to five” of the yellow fruits being removed today.Photos seen by 1News show bananas taped to the back of the 2 bus and the 18 bus, which both travel between Seatoun and Karori.The stunt appears to be inspired by the infamous artwork Comedian which consisted of a banana duct-taped to a wall and sold for NZ$10.5m at a New York auction late last month.Social media users have reacted to the prank, with one Redditor labelling it as “bananas”.”There may be more out there. Keep your eyes peeled,” another said.Metlink…

The French president has endured a disastrous year, with his efforts to stave off multiple crises blowing up in his face left, right and centre. ADVERTISEMENTFrench President Emmanuel Macron will not remember the year 2024 fondly.It was one of the toughest years of his time in office, marred by constant political and economic turmoil. After his party suffered a major drubbing in the June European elections, in which Marine Le Pen’s extreme National Rally took 32% of the vote, he decided to dissolve the French parliament and call snap elections to shore up his own and other centrists’ political legitimacy.Unfortunately…

The 80-year-old chairman of the Waihī Beach Community Board claims he was forced to step down because he’s “too old”.But the board’s new chairwoman says they never said he was too old for the role and there were concerns about his leadership and behaviour.Ross Goudie resigned from his chairman position at a tense community board meeting on Monday but he will remain as a board member.He is in his second term on the board and previously spent 12 years as a Western Bay of Plenty District councillor.He said he was stepping down as board chairman because if he didn’t, he…

As negotiations heat up in Montevideo, we asked two MEPs how they consider this major deal. ADVERTISEMENTCommission President Ursula Von der Leyen has landed in Latin America to finalise a trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur bloc, formed by Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, whilst Europe’s key opponent against the deal, France, suffers government collapse.“Touchdown in Latin America, the finish line of the EU-Mercosur agreement is in sight,” von der Leyen posted on Twitter on Thursday, adding: “Let’s work, let’s cross it. We have the chance to create a market of 700 million people. The largest trade and investment partnership…

The Government’s “very ambitious” target to recruit 500 extra police officers by the end of next year will be “very, very challenging” to meet, police officials have told MPs, and could take longer than promised by the coalition.Labour has seized on police hesitancy about meeting the figure, agreed to as part of National and NZ First’s coalition agreement, saying the “promise is down the gurgler”.But Associate Police Minister Casey Costello said it remained “my commitment to absolutely achieve” the target.Newly-appointed Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and an array of his top officials appeared in front of MPs at the justice select…

Over the last three years, Poland has faced a surge of attempted border crossings from Belarus, prompting stronger security measures and ongoing discussions over migration policies. ADVERTISEMENTAs Poland prepares to take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he is willing to sustain controversial measures on migration.He said Poland’s resolve in protecting its border with Belarus from migrant pressure is gaining wider support and the need for protecting its borders is becoming Europe’s shared approach.The remarks were made during a meeting with The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, in…