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A person was killed and another critically injured in a crash in the Far North near Kaikohe last night. Police were called to Ōhaeawai at around 11.15pm after a car collided with a bank on State Highway 12. “One person has sadly passed away at the scene, with a second person transported to hospital in a critical condition,” police said. The serious crash unit was called to the scene and was investigating the cause of the crash. “The road has since reopened.”Ngāruawāhia crashFurther south, two people have been critically injured in a crash at the intersection of Duke Street and…
The Government says it is prepared to support funding requests for critical electricity infrastructure from the power companies it is a majority shareholder in. Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced this morning that the Government was “prepared to support capital funding requests for strategic and commercially rational investments that support energy security”.The announcement comes after a review of New Zealand’s electricity sector by Frontier Economics, in the wake of shortages leading to increased wholesale prices. The review found the Crown’s Mixed Ownership Model (MOM) companies – Genesis, Mercury, and Meridian – faced constraints in their ability to invest in larger generation…
ADVERTISEMENT The Spanish government wants to regularise more than one million migrants within three years. For Madrid, this is one of the keys to future prosperity, in a context of demographic decline. By 2027, more than one million undocumented immigrants could be granted legal status in Spain. A government reform, which came into effect in May 2025, plans to legalise 300,000 people per year for three years. In parallel, a draft bill, yet to be debated in Parliament, aims to regularise 470,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived before the end of December 2024. The main objective is to support economic growth…
The best of southern business will be celebrated at the Grand Business South Awards in Dunedin on November 20. The finalists are: • Best emerging business: Axon Perform, Givenwell, Hobby Lords Ltd and Incredible Software. • Excellence in community service: Medworld Institute, K9 Medical Detection NZ Charitable Trust, Southern Cancer Society Trust, Aroha Ki Te Tamariki Trust and Hayz at the Anchorage. • Excellence in customer experience: Dunedin Solar, Focus Technology Group, Unifone and Medenterprises. • Excellence in exporting: Mastaplex Ltd, Eden Juice Ltd, Kaffelogic Ltd, Mizen Automation and Standby Consulting. • Excellence in hospitality: Alchemist Mixology, Outasight Marketing &…
Credit trends are improving, though the number of company liquidations remain high as tax debt collection has intensified following a more lenient approach taken during the Covid years.Credit reporting service Centrix said there was a 12% drop in the number of customers with debt arrears in August over July, or 1.8% on the year earlier.”Consumer arrears, year on year have improved, and that’s a trend which is good. And if we start to see consumer sentiment improve, then that should flow through into businesses which will be a really positive outcome for New Zealanders,” Centrix chief operating officer Monika Lacey…
ADVERTISEMENT Political support is growing across the European Union for a groundbreaking plan to issue a €140 billion loan to Ukraine based on the immobilised assets of the Russian Central Bank, which would help the country sustain its economy and armed resistance. “It’s a very good idea,” Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said at an informal summit of leaders on Wednesday. “I think that we have to go forward with that.” His Swedish counterpart was equally positive. “We have long argued in favour of a more offensive way of using the frozen assets because it’s simply not acceptable to have…
The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including spring snow closes roads in the south, a strong quake crumbles buildings in the Philippines, and why the FBI director’s gifts to NZ officials had to be destroyed. Spring snowfall has closed roads in the south of the South Island. Two more measles cases have been detected in Northland.A powerful earthquake has damaged buildings in the Philippines. FBI director Kash Patel’s presents to NZ officials have had to be destroyed. A climber has taken on a gravity defying challenge, climbing in mid air around a course built on to a glider.
ADVERTISEMENT How long will it take Europe to build a drone wall? And how should it be financed? EU leaders arriving in Copenhagen on Wednesday to discuss European defence seemed to have wildly different views, with the traditional geographical divide holding firm on this sudden, but long-expected key European security aspect. Baltic and northern countries have embraced the project and called for unity and solidarity following a series of airspace violations in the past few weeks in Poland, Estonia, Romania and Denmark. Evika Siliņa, Latvia’s prime minister, for instance told reporters that she believes a drone wall along the eastern…
A series of wire and cable thefts in the Kawerau area may be linked to a strong chemical smell residents have been suffering.The current theory is that the thieves are using fire to strip the cable down to its valuable metal. Since September 21, Bay of Plenty Regional Council has received 41 calls to its Pollution Hotline regarding a strong chemical smell of burning plastic or rubber.At first it was suspected to be a resident burning rubbish or an industrial site.Regulatory compliance manager Stephen Mellor said while the calls were most frequent at the beginning of last week and they…
It has been a “bitter night” for parts of the South Island as plummeting temperatures brought snow and prompted some road closures. A road snowfall warning remained in place for Lewis Pass (SH7) until later this morning, while a strong wind watch was also in effect for Wairarapa and the Tararua District from 8am until 2pm today, as west to northwest gusts may be severe in exposed places.The forecaster said Crown Range Summit received a “fresh dusting of snow overnight”. “It’s been a bitter night for the southern South Island as a cold front has brought some freezing conditions across…