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After years of remission, eight-year-old Easton Trueman’s leukaemia returned and he found himself back in Starship needing a bone marrow transplant. That’s when his 10-year-old brother Eden stepped up. “He wants his brother to be himself again and go to school.”This is how Natalie Trueman explained her 10-year-old son’s decision to donate bone marrow to his younger brother who has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia.Natalie Trueman, left, with her sons Eden and Easton. (Source: Supplied)Easton Trueman was diagnosed with B-cell Philadelphia positive chromosome leukaemia at just three years old.After two years of brutal treatment, which included painful…
An 11-year-old boy with family in New Zealand and Canada has gone missing in British Columbia, with police “working around the clock” to find him.Kai Pavlovic’s New Zealand-based family have “grave concerns for his safety”, a Givealittle page set up for the family said.Burnaby Royal Canadian Mounted Police posted an appeal for information on Thursday, saying they were seeking the public’s assistance to find the 11-year-old.An updated statement said they received a request for a wellbeing check for Kai on September 26.”As part of the investigation, police have spoken to Kai’s family members and have reason to believe Kai is…
By Euronews Published on 05/10/2025 – 15:51 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Today is World Teachers’ Day, established in 1994 to commemorate the signing of the Recommendation on the Status of Teachers drawn up in Paris on 5 October 1966. Teachers, Unicef says, are at the heart of quality education, but the industry continues to suffer from underinvestment and fewer students. According to a 2024 report from the United Nations Children’s Fund, only 31% of countries had effective teacher professional development systems in place — less than half the 64% target. Worldwide, the report says, the number of out-of-school children and young people (Oosc)…
Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been recognised by Time magazine as one of “the world’s most influential rising stars”.Maipi-Clarke was aged just 21 when elected to Parliament in 2023. Time said she “shook the world” when she performed a haka during a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill last year.The influential news magazine said she followed in the footsteps of ancestors who sustained the Māori language, traditions and culture.Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Source: 1News)Writing for Time, Deb Haaland – former US secretary of the interior under President Joe Biden – said Maipi-Clarke was a “link in the chain of activists…
A visiting tax expert has lavished praise on a key revenue raiser in the New Zealand tax system, saying it is world-leading.Professor Michael Keen is a former head of tax policy for the International Monetary Fund, and was in New Zealand as a guest of the Tax Policy Charitable Trust.He said that good tax policy is based on a few key principles, including efficiency, fairness, and simplicity. On these grounds, Keen lauded New Zealand’s system of GST, which is applied as a 15% tax on top of the price of the vast majority of goods and services. “New Zealand has…
A person has died and four others have been injured in a two-vehicle crash in the Bay of Plenty this morning.Emergency services were notified of the crash on Thornton Rd near Matatā at 9.20am.Shortly after 11am, police confirmed one person had died in the crash.St John said it responded to the crash with three ambulances, a rapid response unit, a manager and a helicopter.”Our crews assessed and treated three patients in a serious condition, and one patient in a minor condition, who were all transported to Tauranga Hospital,” a spokesperson said.Fire and Emergency NZ confirmed it had attended with crews…
Police are investigating the “perplexing” death of a man found at a central Christchurch home yesterday morning, with officers working to piece together his movements over the past two weeks.Officers were called to a property on Eastern Terrace in the suburb of Beckenham at around 8.20am on Saturday, where a man was found dead.The death was being treated as “unexplained”, police said at the time.In an appeal today, police said the circumstances of the man’s death remained “unclear” and that staff were working to understand what happened in the lead-up to the incident.The man’s movements over the past two weeks…
A boil water notice will remain in effect for close to 30,000 residents of northeast Hamilton and nearby rural communities until at least Tuesday, authorities say.The notice was triggered on Saturday morning after a single water sample from the Rototuna reservoir tested positive for E. coli.Follow-up testing at the reservoir and other sites across the city returned clear results, but standard safety procedure requires three days of clear results before the notice can be lifted.Water should be boiled for at least one minute before it was used for drinking, cooking or preparing food, washing dishes, or brushing teeth.An emergency mobile…
Several properties have been damaged with some roofing ripped off after a reported tornado near Whakatāne this afternoon.Fire and Emergency NZ said it was called to reports of a tornado going through several properties along State Highway 30 in Awakeri at around 2.45pm on Sunday.”Several properties have been damaged by the tornado. Damage includes some roofs being lifted,” a FENZ spokesperson said.Four crews from Edgecumbe and Whakatāne were in attendance.St John said it responded to the incident with an ambulance and a manager but that its crews were not required.Whakatāne District Council said there were reports of damage to a…
Thousands of young New Zealanders will soon face stricter rules for accessing Jobseeker Support while others could earn a $1000 bonus for staying in work under two new initiatives announced by the Government today.The changes were aimed at reducing long-term benefit dependency among young people and incentivising sustained employment, Minister for Social Development and Employment Louise Upston said.Revealed: The parental income that’ll restrict your access to benefits – Watch on TVNZ+The initiatives formed part of the National-led Government’s Welfare that Works policy and reflect commitments made in the National–NZ First coalition agreement.Stricter eligibility for Jobseeker SupportSocial Development and Employment Minister…