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A person is in custody after an alleged theft, which left a person injured on the grounds of Palmerston North Hospital.Police said officers were called to a Ruahine St carpark about 1.30pm on Tuesday.The victim received moderate injuries.Police said the alleged offender left the scene and was found a short time later.”Police would like to thank the members of the public who witnessed the incident and intervened to assist the victim,” a police spokesperson said.A nurse leaving her shift last month was held up at gunpoint outside the grounds of the hospital, with that perpetrator yet to be found.That same…

The sister of Juliana Bonilla Herrera wants her memory to be “honoured through firm actions and just decisions that prevent similar tragedies”.Saray Bonilla has taken part in the Coroner’s inquest into the 37-year-old’s death remotely from California.It came to a close in Christchurch this afternoon.Herrera, a Colombian national, was murdered in January 2022 by her neighbour Joseph Brider, who had been paroled from prison just 72 days earlier. He’d been serving time for serious sexual offences including rape. Over the last week, Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame has heard evidence from various Corrections Department workers about their interactions with Brider prior to…

By Political Editor Maiki Sherman and Political Producer Tom DayGovernment minister Erica Stanford has accepted multiple meeting requests through her personal email in what appears to be a possible breach of the Cabinet manual.The revelation comes as part of the release of hundreds of documents showing Stanford using her personal email for parliamentary business.Section 2.86 of the Cabinet manual says: “As far as possible, Ministers should not use their personal email account or phone number to conduct ministerial business.”Stanford has declared the meetings arranged via her private email in the ministerial diary as she is required to do.The revelation comes…

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4000 staff vacancies. A US$3 billion (NZ$5 billion) repair backlog.And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay that last held inmates more than 60 years ago.Even as the Bureau of Prisons struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure at its current facilities, Trump is counting on the agency to fulfill his vision of rebooting the infamously inescapable prison known in movies and pop culture…

While Dunedin may have narrowly missed out on securing a major music festival, the man in charge of the city’s stadium says it is not the only event in its sights. Organisers announced yesterday Hamilton had been selected as the new home of the Jim Beam Homegrown music festival – with Dunedin singled out as a close second choice. The annual festival has been held on Wellington’s waterfront since 2008. Homegrown Events Ltd managing director Andrew Tuck said yesterday the proposal to move the event to Dunedin ‘‘held firm and was in our final top two until the bitter end’’.…

Former prime minister Sir John Key says he remains optimistic about Donald Trump’s domestic economic policy despite opposing the tariff strategy that has sent global markets into turmoil in recent months.The former National leader, who served as prime minister for eight years, was the keynote speaker at an Auckland business summit earlier today. Sir John told 1News he believed Trump would ultimately take a more moderate approach to tariffs than initially proposed. (Source: 1News)Shortly after his speech, Sir John told 1News he believed Trump would ultimately take a more moderate approach to tariffs than initially proposed.”I’m not a fan of…

A Dunedin-born film-maker says it would be “absolutely devastating” to the country’s film industry if Donald Trump gets his way. The United States President announced in a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday he was authorising the Department of Commerce and the country’s trade representative to “immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% tariff on any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands”. “We want movies made in America, again!” Shares in some US streaming and production companies, including Netflix, fell following the announcement, but the White House later said “no…

Police have raised concerns over the growing risk of 3D-printed firearms, with experts predicting criminals will increasingly turn to it as the technology improves and becomes cheaper.Firearms Safety Authority chief executive Superintendent Richard Wilson told 1News that 3D-printed firearms were an “emerging risk” which was “trending up”.”At the moment, 1% of our firearm seizures are 3D-printed firearms. However, it doesn’t deter from the fact that it’s probably going to grow, because as a technology grows and as criminals look for other ways that they can access our firearms illegally.”He said he believed in time it would become easier to access…

Liquidators are investigating if a Christchurch restaurant operation owing Inland Revenue an estimated $800,000 has further debts. Bikanervala Christchurch Limited, trading as Bikanervala, appears to have gone under as a result of difficult trading conditions. A first liquidator’s report was put out on Monday, May 5 by Paul Vlasic and Derek Ah Sam from Rodgers Reidy (NZ) after they were appointed joint liquidators of the business on April 28. Bikanervala began trading in December, 2017 with Thomas Shaji Kurian listed as a company director and Divya Bereddy, Padmakar Shevde and Shawn Kurian Thomas as shareholders. The liquidators were advised the…

An increasing number of young wāhine Māori are embracing moko kauae – the traditional chin moko – as a powerful expression of identity, connection and cultural revival. Re: News followed one of the journey of one of them – Siobhan Moana Mary-Jean Grant’s (Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Wai) – to receiving hers. You can watch the full video on TVNZ+ now. For Siobhan, the decision to receive her moko kauae was not sudden — it was something she had felt her whole life. Siobhan receiving her moko kauae by tāmoko artist Tyler-Jade Whatarangi. Photo/Te Ahipourewa Forbes. (Source: Re: News)“Ever…