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Police say they have made the “difficult decision” to pause search efforts in Milford Sound for a tramper missing for more than a week.The missing tramper had been named as 25-year-old Eli Sweeting who failed to return after a planned day trip to climb Mitre Peak last Sunday.The alarm was raised promptly, and a search and rescue operation began immediately, shortly before midnight on May 5.British 25-year-old Eli Sweeting. (Source: GiveALittle)Acting Southern District Commander Inspector Matt Scoles said police had been supporting the family of the tramper and acknowledged it was “difficult news for them to hear at what has…

The alleged driver of the car in a fatal collision between a car and a four-seater bike in Martinborough has died, bringing police inquiries into the crash to an end.UK resident Alison Korny was killed and three others on the bike suffered serious injuries in the crash on February 13.Korny’s LinkedIn profile listed her as working for the Royal Bank of Scotland as an operations support financial analyst.She had previously worked for the National Bank of New Zealand between 1995 and 2002 in both the Wellington and Canterbury regions.Police said no one would be charged in the incident as the…

A Christchurch eye surgeon who attempted to murder his former business landlord has been granted parole.After being declared bankrupt on August 4, 2022, prominent doctor Ian Dallison stormed into the Lyttleton home of Alberto Ceccarelli and attempted to shoot him while he was eating dinner with his wife, Antje Schmidt.Dallison was jailed for almost seven years in 2023.A Parole Board spokesperson confirmed Dallison appeared before the board on Monday and was granted release.He will be released next month.It was earlier revealed Dallison had been in an intimate relationship with District Court Judge Jane Farish.Farish was Dallison’s girlfriend at the time…

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has addressed his party’s recent disagreements with its coalition partner ACT, calling them “not emotional” and asserting the two parties are “aligned on the vast majority of things”.On Sunday, ACT formally invoked its agree-to-disagree clause over the Government’s work on the firearms registry review.The clause allowed parties to maintain differently held beliefs on particular issues in public, but stated “a Minister’s support and responsibility for the collective government position must always be clear”.Today, another disagreement continued to be a topic between the two parties. Luxon claimed in a Newstalk ZB interview this morning that ACT had…

From Kylie Minogue’s gold hotpants to a 19th century cloak worn by Dame Nellie Melba, costumes worn by Australia’s stars of the stage will go on show at a new museum.The NZD$3.79 million Australian Museum of Performing Arts is currently under construction inside Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, and set to open in December.The space will be used to show off the Australian Performing Arts Collection of more than 850,000 costumes, props, posters and other memorabilia.The treasures include AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott’s leather jacket, Dame Edna Everage’s The Scream Dress, and Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett’s tunic.Part of a ‘School Boy’ costume’…

A new members’ bill requiring overseas animal products to meet New Zealand’s welfare standards might result in only minimal price increases, Green MP Steve Abel says.Speaking to Q+A, Abel said Kiwi farmers are operating to very high animal welfare standards, but that doesn’t always mean consumers are getting cruelty-free products. “As a principle, we’ve set in place these high welfare standards in New Zealand,” he said.“There’s been great advocacy, and the public has demanded that we don’t have sow stalls for pigs that are cruel, we don’t have battery cages for chickens. “And yet, we’ve got a problem in that…

Today is all about mothers, and according to Fish & Game more of them are dusting of the camo and heading out to shoot ducks this season.Fish & Game, the organisation that monitors the duck shooting season, said it is seeing huge growth in the number of women not only picking up the sport, but winning more and more hunting and fishing events. At the same time, a group of Hawke’s Bay shooters have created their own women’s only club. ‘We call ourselves the Huntresses’Central Hawke’s Bay farmer Jen Moore created the group to help grow and encourage other women…

Health New Zealand has confirmed a new case of measles has been identified in Auckland, linked to overseas travel.The person and their household is being supported by National Public Service (NPHS). Fullers360 has confirmed the case is a member of its marine crew.In a statement, Health New Zealand said those who are non-immune are now in quarantine to help reduce the chance of spread of the highly contagious disease.”The person with measles has travelled recently to Asia where they are thought to have caught the virus but was not infectious while flying home. There are a number of public locations…

People may have seen them driving around – cars fitted out with cameras, patrolling streets with parking limits.Auckland Transport now has a fleet of 23 of these cars – two more are set to join that fleet shortly.The organisation’s parking compliance manager Rick Bidgood says its the biggest fleet in the Southern Hemisphere.”I have to keep up with the expansion of Auckland,” he told 1News. “I can’t do that by throwing more people, more people, more people.”The city has 173 on-foot parking officers, but using the vehicles means compliance staff can cover far more ground, far more quickly.1News went for…

Auckland’s emergency response teams are preparing for the realities of climate change, considering potentially life saving options such as leaving air conditioned libraries open for longer during heatwaves.But when it comes to stopping climate change from getting worse, figures show our biggest city is way off target.Aidan Milner, a hazard and warning adviser at Auckland Emergency Management, says heat has not always been top of mind for civil defence organisations, but that has changed.He is part of a national heat reference group including scientists, the Ministry of Health and emergency managers.”Heat is a novel hazard for the emergency management sector…